The 2023 season is officially open with a pair of monster trades sending Cy Youngs and mega-million dollar players to new homes, and Big League Choo (his new name is banned from Jargon content) made the big splash live on the JLB Green Lottery Show on Thursday night.
Choo's name somehow came out of the Santa hat first as the JLB Commissioner, yours truly, drew the Green Draft order in front of several League members, including two-time reigning World Series Champion Sam Marcinek. Topton, Philly Cheese and Main Line also joined the call.
Philly Cheese wished he hadn't joined the Zoom call because for about 6 excruciating minutes he waited and waited until his name finally came out at No. 11.
According to some reports, he muttered under his breath after Pick No. 7: "My team isn't getting any younger."
The champ, on the other hand, didn't have to wait as long to hear his name called.
He, of course, found some luck in this crazy game of fantasy baseball.
Here's the draft order:
2. Charleston Boiled Peanuts
3. Sex Panthers
4. Big Ol' Country Breakfast
5. Quad Eh
6. Bensalem Slammers
7. Topton Tornadoes
8. Little Lebowski Urban Achievers
9. Main Line Gamblers
10. Stantonians
11. Philly Cheese Steaks
12. Crox Sox
Crox Sox pulled the last straw for the second straight year, which means he'll likely show up to my basement bunker to oversee next year's lotto drawing.
o Jan. 9: Winter Meetings open with dedicated Slack thread to open trade talks
o Jan. 11: The deadline to trade prospects in green or drop players in green to open up draft slots is at 11:59 p.m.
o Jan. 13: At 8 a.m., finalized draft board will be posted.
o Jan. 13: At noon, slow draft for Green Draft will begin on Slack. Teams will select their players by going on Fantrax, adding the player directly to GREEN on their rosters.
o Jan. 15: Winter Meetings close with a “Happy Hour” Zoom, time TBA to involve as many owners as possible.
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