The Brewster

…UMEBA is a constant battle of the waivers

It's like Uno except everyone hates everyone else more.

It’s definitely different. Free agency is the big ticket.

If you can find anything but médiocre on the waiver wire you're a good man. Free Agency is your best buddy, I regularly sign 2-3 players a month from there

Fat Nige wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:51 am

If you can find anything but médiocre on the waiver wire you're a good man. Free Agency is your best buddy, I regularly sign 2-3 players a month from there

I mean, the entire league is medicore as it's supposed to be. Some guys that are solid stars in this league would be AA/AAA fodder at BBA level. I HATE building a team via FA but seems the only option.

Now I’m the opposite lol, I love building it through other people’s reject FAs.

When I was in Kuwait City I signed a couple really late season, like postseason, free agents from BBA. I don’t think many people were paying attention at the time so I signed them to three year deal and front loaded their contract, which was virtually free, and remaining two years were reasonable. I think Weaver Ridley was one of them.

Umeba reminds me of the Korean/Japanese leagues some of the talents go to when they can’t catch a break in mlb with the hopes of returning after a little break.

Which is probably their idea but in all reality most who cross the divide into the UMEBA are either old, broken BBA players on their last legs or A or AA players who fall miles short of ever developing into a BBA level player. Anybody who really has a chance of making it BBA >UMEBA >BBA never makes it to us, they are either horded in AAA or AA until there’s absolutely no chance of any development