"Making final cuts is what I hate most about this job. Monkeying around with people’s lives is never fun. On the other hand, when I’ve picked the team, 25 players are monkeying around with my life." - Don Zimmer Transactions
March 3
RED HOTS trade Kelly Johnson (.20D) and Jason Hirsh (.05D) to CLOWNS for Chris Snyder (.01C) and Bronson Arroyo (.06C).
COPPERFIELDS trade Ken Griffey Jr (.13D) and Aaron Rowand (.24D) to CLOWNS for Jimmy Rollins (.38D) and their 9th round Rotation Draft pick in 2008.
BULLS trade Stephen Drew (.02C) and their 10th round Rotation Draft pick in 2008 to CLOWNS for Rich Hill (.10C) and John Maine (.06C).
March 7
RUFFINS trade Mark Reynolds (.09D) to BULLS for Rich Hill (.10C).
March 8
MOORE BETTER trade Derek Turnbow (.02D) to STONES for Tony Gwynn Jr (.01D) and Will Inman (.05M).
March 9
BULLS trade Brent Lillibridge and their 5th round Rotation Draft pick in 2008 to RED HOTS for their 7th and 15th round Rotation Draft picks in 2008.
Roster Cuts
Roster cut worksheets have been e-mailed to all owners and are also available in the Download Center. The deadline for roster cuts is 4:00 PM Central time on Monday March 24. All teams must reduce their rosters to 15 or fewer players and submit the names of the players being kept to the League Secretary by this date. Any rosters not received by the deadline on March 24 will be reduced to 15 by a random method determined by the Executive Committee.
We'll Be Right Back...
Before we get to the information about the cuts, we've got a brief commercial interruption. As reported in earlier messages, all CFCL fees must be paid by the time your cuts are received. This is usually the place where I plead each year for everyone to send in a check for the annual fees, only, guess what? I've already received payment from all but one owner. I'll follow up with him directly to spare him the embarrassment of being called out in public (being the defending champ and all). But seriously, thanks to everyone for getting payment in on time!
Cuts - The Gory Details
The roster cut sheets are (I think) fairly self-explanatory, and certainly those of you have been through this processes before should have no problem filling them out. I won't go into a lot of detail here about how to submit your cuts, but there are a number of things you should be careful to keep in mind when completing the form. A couple of years ago I put those reminders and a number of other details into a separate document that I creatively entitled Roster Cut Instructions.
For old pros and young upstarts alike, the temptation will be to dive right in to your cuts, but I encourage everyone to at least take a glance at the instructions so you're aware of all the requirements and implications of your decisions.
Submitting Your Cuts
When you e-mail your cuts, make sure you put ROSTER CUTS in the subject line -- that way I will know not to open your message until I've submitted my own cuts to Rich.
Send in your cuts as soon as possible. I have to have them By MARCH 24 or we'll make your cuts for you. As a reminder, your cuts are considered final as of the time you send them -- that means no trades are allowed between MARCH 24 and the end of the Draft. Once you mail in your cuts, your roster is frozen, so if you're working on any last-minute blockbusters, make sure they're completed and noted on your roster cut sheed beofre you send it.
One protected lists have been submitted, they cannot be changed, even for moving players between Active and Reserve Lists. EXCEPTION: Changes may be made before the Draft ONLY to reserve players who were sent to the minors or placed on the DL between the time cuts were submitted and the start of the Draft. You cannot move players from your Reserve List to your Active Roster after your cuts are submitted.
National League Opening Day Rosters
Draft Day (March 30) is the day before Opening Day for most teams, so the official National League rosters probably won't be set before the Draft. Every team will probably have a few borderline players who still might get send down to the minors before Opening Day.
Remember, you can download the 2008 Spring Training Rosters from the Download Center. This spreadsheet has up-to-date information about which players have been send down by their NL team.
Pre-Season Calendar
Along with Draft Day, here's a list of other important days in the coming weeks:
Roster Freeze Day
- Monday March 24, 4:00 PM
List of Keepers Released
- Wednesday March 26
Draft Day
- Sunday March 30
Opening Day Rosters must be set
- Monday April 1, Sportsline Deadline
First Regular Transaction Date
- Friday April 4
First Free Agent Bid Date
- Sunday April 6
Some Nice Things You May Have Missed
Items posted since the last report that you'll probably want to be familiar with:
4 comments:
You might want to check the link and/or the permissions on the file system for the roster cut download Excel file. I'm getting a page not found (404) error.
Thanks Nick. Actually, it was the old "we'll show you the file name in lower case when uploading it, but upload it as all caps, just to mess with your HTML" gambit.
I appreciate you catching it, though! It should be all good now.
Nick that was me. I was busy editing Hanley Ramirez's salary down to .04 when you interrupted me. You should be able to access the file now. You'll notice that I made some minor alterations to your roster as well.
Matt Cain is now .42
Jeff Francis is .73
Ryan Howard comes in at 1.39
It's good to know I'll have Cain under contract until 2016. Francis may be overpriced but I expect him to really break out this season. As for Howard at a buck thirty-nine, I kept Danny Graves at $.37 one year...I'm dumb enough to try anything once I guess.
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