Saturday, January 12, 2008
Sportsline Rosters
I've renewed the league at CBS Sportsline an updated the rosters to reflect B-contract releases from the end of the season and recent waiver activity. Be sure to take a look at your roster at some point and verify it's correct.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Winter Waivers, Round 1 Results
Transactions for January 10, 2008
RED HOTS claim HC Kuo, waive K Correia (.10D).
BULLS claim L Gonzalez, waive J Bay (.42D).
DEM REBELS claim C Meredith, waive C Iannetta (.16D).
COPPERFIELDS claim J Pierre, waive J Edmonds (.13D).
KENNDOZA LINE claim C Izturis, waive C Sullivan (.07D).
BULLS claim Ja Valentin, waive T Gordon (.20D).
DEM REBELS claim G Dobbs, waive B Bray (.02D).
COPPERFIELDS claim L Castillo, waive R Seanez (.10D).
BULLS claim J Cantu, waive B Ryan (.05D).
DEM REBELS claim J Germano, waive R Springer(.02D).
BULLS claim O Hernandez, waive J Garcia (.02M).
STONES waive W Rodriguez (.10D).
Winter Waivers
The full set of claims for each team are listed below. These are the ranked lists for each team who sumbitted claims, with players claimed by more than one team marked with an asterisk. Players are crossed off if they were already claimed.
The period for Round 2 of waivers (the players waived above) will expire at 6:00 PM Central time on Sunday January 13.
CFCL Winter Meat Market
Now that the first round of Winter Waivers is in the book, the trading season can now begin! Between now and Roster Freeze Day (a week or so before the Draft) you can make trades involving any number of players. Note that if you claim a player in subsequent rounds of Winter Waivers, you must still waive a player - even if you've got fewer than 23 players on your roster.
Target Draft Day Date
As mentioned last time, our target date for the Draft is Sunday March 30. If you have a conflict with this date, place let me know soon.
CFCL Rosters
The Excel rosters posted in the Download Center have, of course, been updated for the recent round of waiver claims and cuts. In addition, now that most of the rosters are down to about 23 players and some room has become available in the Reserve List portion of the roster, I've added some information about the Draft Picks for each team.
The first line indicates the number pick you typically have in each round of the Rotation Draft and how many draft picks you currently own. So where it says "#6 Rotation Draft Pick (17)" for the Rebels, it means they'll typically draft sixth in each round and that they own 17 picks overall.
The next line indicates which draft picks you have traded away. For Kenndoza Line it says "Traded: 4, 7", which means they've traded their 4th and 7th round picks.
The lines after that list any draft picks you may have acquired and the team whose pick you'll be using.
Finally, note that direct links to the Excel rosters and the Draft Pick Tracker have been added to the CFCL Links section of the sidebar. Thanks to Matt G. for this suggestion!
Proposed Rule Changes
Discussion about the proposed rule and process changes in the Forum seems to be petering out. We'll want to be finalizing these soon, so if you have any opinions to share please do so soon before the Executive Committee makes their recommendations.
New Owner Search
Finally, the time is here for us to select the new owners who will be replacing Eric, Paul, and Teddy. We've received more applications than we have space available, so it will take a vote to determine with three of the candidates will be brought on board. Watch your e-mail for a note asking for your votes and please respond as promptly as possible so we can notify everyone whether they've made it or not.
RED HOTS claim HC Kuo, waive K Correia (.10D).
BULLS claim L Gonzalez, waive J Bay (.42D).
DEM REBELS claim C Meredith, waive C Iannetta (.16D).
COPPERFIELDS claim J Pierre, waive J Edmonds (.13D).
KENNDOZA LINE claim C Izturis, waive C Sullivan (.07D).
BULLS claim Ja Valentin, waive T Gordon (.20D).
DEM REBELS claim G Dobbs, waive B Bray (.02D).
COPPERFIELDS claim L Castillo, waive R Seanez (.10D).
BULLS claim J Cantu, waive B Ryan (.05D).
DEM REBELS claim J Germano, waive R Springer(.02D).
BULLS claim O Hernandez, waive J Garcia (.02M).
STONES waive W Rodriguez (.10D).
Winter Waivers
The full set of claims for each team are listed below. These are the ranked lists for each team who sumbitted claims, with players claimed by more than one team marked with an asterisk. Players are crossed off if they were already claimed.
The period for Round 2 of waivers (the players waived above) will expire at 6:00 PM Central time on Sunday January 13.
| RED HOTS HC Kuo | BULLS (4 only) | DEM REBELS C Meredith* G Dobbs J Germano |
| COPPERFIELDS J Pierre* L Castillo | KENNDOZA LINE C Izturis |
CFCL Winter Meat Market
Now that the first round of Winter Waivers is in the book, the trading season can now begin! Between now and Roster Freeze Day (a week or so before the Draft) you can make trades involving any number of players. Note that if you claim a player in subsequent rounds of Winter Waivers, you must still waive a player - even if you've got fewer than 23 players on your roster.
Target Draft Day Date
As mentioned last time, our target date for the Draft is Sunday March 30. If you have a conflict with this date, place let me know soon.
CFCL Rosters
The Excel rosters posted in the Download Center have, of course, been updated for the recent round of waiver claims and cuts. In addition, now that most of the rosters are down to about 23 players and some room has become available in the Reserve List portion of the roster, I've added some information about the Draft Picks for each team.
The first line indicates the number pick you typically have in each round of the Rotation Draft and how many draft picks you currently own. So where it says "#6 Rotation Draft Pick (17)" for the Rebels, it means they'll typically draft sixth in each round and that they own 17 picks overall.
The next line indicates which draft picks you have traded away. For Kenndoza Line it says "Traded: 4, 7", which means they've traded their 4th and 7th round picks.
The lines after that list any draft picks you may have acquired and the team whose pick you'll be using.
Finally, note that direct links to the Excel rosters and the Draft Pick Tracker have been added to the CFCL Links section of the sidebar. Thanks to Matt G. for this suggestion!
Proposed Rule Changes
Discussion about the proposed rule and process changes in the Forum seems to be petering out. We'll want to be finalizing these soon, so if you have any opinions to share please do so soon before the Executive Committee makes their recommendations.
New Owner Search
Finally, the time is here for us to select the new owners who will be replacing Eric, Paul, and Teddy. We've received more applications than we have space available, so it will take a vote to determine with three of the candidates will be brought on board. Watch your e-mail for a note asking for your votes and please respond as promptly as possible so we can notify everyone whether they've made it or not.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Things Are Heating Up!
Not only are we nearing the end of our new owner search, finalzing rule changes, and coming up on the end of the first round of Winter Waivers, but I just got notification that Sportsline has updated our site for the 2008 season. If I renew in the next few weeks, not only do we get a $20 discount, but we supposedly also get a bobble head trophy for the league champion.
I'll be sending payment in the next few days, but it looks like we can access the site now. Feel free to poke around, but please don't play around with the rosters at all until I get things updated.
Hey Rich, how many days until pitchers and catchers report?
I'll be sending payment in the next few days, but it looks like we can access the site now. Feel free to poke around, but please don't play around with the rosters at all until I get things updated.
Hey Rich, how many days until pitchers and catchers report?
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Correction to Winter Waivers List
Matt G. is in mid-season form, finding an error in my very first transaction posting of the New Year.
Donald Veal (.05M) was mistakenly left on the Dem Rebels roster and off the list of waived players. This oversight has been corrected in the posted forms, but if you downloaded a copy of the waivers list or rosters before Tuesday evening, he's probably not listed among the waived players. Be sure to update your sheet accordingly.
Thanks Matt!
Donald Veal (.05M) was mistakenly left on the Dem Rebels roster and off the list of waived players. This oversight has been corrected in the posted forms, but if you downloaded a copy of the waivers list or rosters before Tuesday evening, he's probably not listed among the waived players. Be sure to update your sheet accordingly.
Thanks Matt!
Huckabay on Congress
Here's a great, great article from Baseball Prospectus' Gary Huckabay about Congress grilling baseball players about performance enhancing substances.
http://baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered?p=720
I particularly like his comparison between players on steroids and beer ads during games.
This was posted in their blog, which I assume is open to non-subscribers...
http://baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered?p=720
I particularly like his comparison between players on steroids and beer ads during games.
This was posted in their blog, which I assume is open to non-subscribers...
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Winter Waivers Begin!
Yes, you've arrived at the right spot - welcome to the CFCL 2008! As you can see, the CFCL Report is now a blog. I'll explain all about that a little bit later, but I know you've come here for your Winter Waivers fix, so without further ado...
Winter Waivers
Click here for the list of players who were waived by their CFCL teams and are available to be claimed in the first round of Winter Waivers. This first round of waivers will last until 6:00 PM Central time on Thursday January 10.
NOTE: Since this priority for waiver claims goes in reverse order of the standings, you might want to send a list of 4-5 players you want, in the order of preference, in case your first couple of picks don't work out.
Remember, you're allowed to attempt to claim as many players as you like. If you do claim more than one player, please RANK THEM IN THE ORDER OF PREFERENCE. This ranking may determine which players you do or do not get. For details on what happens if multiple teams claim the same player, see the Winter Waivers section (Article XVIII) of the Constitution. If you don't supply an explicit ranking, I'll assume the order that you name them is the order in which you want them.
All unclaimed (non-AL) players go into the Free Agent Pool for next year's Draft. Also, remember that if you want to claim a player on waivers, you must waive a player on your 23-man roster to make room for him. All the waived players will go through the second round of waivers.
Take a good look at the list, particularly you rebuilding teams -- as always there are likely to be some hidden gems of good talent and cheap potential available.
The salary and contract status that the player will receive if he is claimed is listed. W contract players will become D contracts on Draft Day, minor leaguers will keep their M contract status until they lose their rookie status or you activate them.
The Trading Season
With keeper lists and cuts announced, trading can soon begin. Of course, talks can begin immediately, but nothing can be made official until after 6:00 PM on January 10. At that time, the off-season trading season officially begins and it will last until Roster Freeze Day, a week or so before the Draft.
Draft Day Target Date
Speaking of the Draft, here's a reminder again that our current target weekend for Draft Day is March 29-30. As in the past, our primary target and default Draft Date is the Sunday of Opening Night. If anyone already knows of a conflict with Sunday (or Saturday for that matter), please let me know. We’ll have at least three owners traveling in from out of town, so the better we can set our date, the better.
New Owner Search Update
The search for leadership for our three ownerless franchises continues. We've asked that anyone interested in joining us submit an application by Friday January 11. I will send applications out to everyone as I receive them so that by the time the 11th rolls around we should all have a good handle on the candidates and can hopefully decide rather quickly about those we'd like to invite to join us.
Rosters for the New Owners
Once the new onwers have been identified, here's how things will proceed:
1) The new owners will hold a straight draft in which each will acquire 23 players by selecting them from the pooled rosters of the Lambchops, Meisters, and Splinters. The salaries and contract status of the players they choose will remain the same. Players who are not selected will be temporarily set a aside.
2) The new teams will then hold a single round of Winter Waivers in which they will be allowed to select from all the players who were not claimed by existing CFCL teams during the original set of Winter Waivers.
3) Players who are waived by the three new teams will be combined with the players who were not selected during the dispersement draft (Step #1), and all those players will go through Winter Waivers in which ALL CFCL teams will be able to participate.
In other words, the Winter Waivers fun is just beginning!
Now, About This Blog Thing...
Ok, clearly this isn't the same report layout you are accustomed to. I decided to try publishing the report as a blog for a number of reasons, mostly having to do with reducing the time I spend formatting, posting, and archiving the report.
A few things this will mean for you...
1) The report won't be a once-a-week thing anymore. With this, I'll be able to post news, notes, and general other falderol as I have the time and inclination. I still plan to post the transaction reports, but if we move to 2-3 transaction dates per week as we're dicussing, it makes sense to have the capability to post them right away rather than all together once a week. Plus those transaction reports will be tagged as transaction postings, so it will be easy to be easy to find transaction-related posts.
2) You'll have instant access to the full archive of the season's posts, which means if you want to go back and check on a transaction or verify a rule explanation that was posted, you'll be able to do so by using the Archive listing over there on the left.
3) You'll be able to comment on posts by using the Comment link down below. I certainly don't intend the comments here to replace the Forums, and encourage the continued use of them for discussion. However, if you've got something to say about a post or a quick remark about the bidding on a free agent, you and do it here. This'll also be handy for communicating all those errors and ommisions Matt G. finds in my posts.
Things will probably be in a state of flux around here for a while. I literally set all this up last night, so chances are I'll be tweaking the format, layout, content, etc. as I do a little exploring. And, of course, there's always the chance I'll find this won't work out after all and hasten back to the old report format. In the meantime, if you've got suggestions or comments, feel free to share them!
Winter Waivers
Click here for the list of players who were waived by their CFCL teams and are available to be claimed in the first round of Winter Waivers. This first round of waivers will last until 6:00 PM Central time on Thursday January 10.
NOTE: Since this priority for waiver claims goes in reverse order of the standings, you might want to send a list of 4-5 players you want, in the order of preference, in case your first couple of picks don't work out.
Remember, you're allowed to attempt to claim as many players as you like. If you do claim more than one player, please RANK THEM IN THE ORDER OF PREFERENCE. This ranking may determine which players you do or do not get. For details on what happens if multiple teams claim the same player, see the Winter Waivers section (Article XVIII) of the Constitution. If you don't supply an explicit ranking, I'll assume the order that you name them is the order in which you want them.
All unclaimed (non-AL) players go into the Free Agent Pool for next year's Draft. Also, remember that if you want to claim a player on waivers, you must waive a player on your 23-man roster to make room for him. All the waived players will go through the second round of waivers.
Take a good look at the list, particularly you rebuilding teams -- as always there are likely to be some hidden gems of good talent and cheap potential available.
The salary and contract status that the player will receive if he is claimed is listed. W contract players will become D contracts on Draft Day, minor leaguers will keep their M contract status until they lose their rookie status or you activate them.
The Trading Season
With keeper lists and cuts announced, trading can soon begin. Of course, talks can begin immediately, but nothing can be made official until after 6:00 PM on January 10. At that time, the off-season trading season officially begins and it will last until Roster Freeze Day, a week or so before the Draft.
Draft Day Target Date
Speaking of the Draft, here's a reminder again that our current target weekend for Draft Day is March 29-30. As in the past, our primary target and default Draft Date is the Sunday of Opening Night. If anyone already knows of a conflict with Sunday (or Saturday for that matter), please let me know. We’ll have at least three owners traveling in from out of town, so the better we can set our date, the better.
New Owner Search Update
The search for leadership for our three ownerless franchises continues. We've asked that anyone interested in joining us submit an application by Friday January 11. I will send applications out to everyone as I receive them so that by the time the 11th rolls around we should all have a good handle on the candidates and can hopefully decide rather quickly about those we'd like to invite to join us.
Rosters for the New Owners
Once the new onwers have been identified, here's how things will proceed:
1) The new owners will hold a straight draft in which each will acquire 23 players by selecting them from the pooled rosters of the Lambchops, Meisters, and Splinters. The salaries and contract status of the players they choose will remain the same. Players who are not selected will be temporarily set a aside.
2) The new teams will then hold a single round of Winter Waivers in which they will be allowed to select from all the players who were not claimed by existing CFCL teams during the original set of Winter Waivers.
3) Players who are waived by the three new teams will be combined with the players who were not selected during the dispersement draft (Step #1), and all those players will go through Winter Waivers in which ALL CFCL teams will be able to participate.
In other words, the Winter Waivers fun is just beginning!
Now, About This Blog Thing...
Ok, clearly this isn't the same report layout you are accustomed to. I decided to try publishing the report as a blog for a number of reasons, mostly having to do with reducing the time I spend formatting, posting, and archiving the report.
A few things this will mean for you...
1) The report won't be a once-a-week thing anymore. With this, I'll be able to post news, notes, and general other falderol as I have the time and inclination. I still plan to post the transaction reports, but if we move to 2-3 transaction dates per week as we're dicussing, it makes sense to have the capability to post them right away rather than all together once a week. Plus those transaction reports will be tagged as transaction postings, so it will be easy to be easy to find transaction-related posts.
2) You'll have instant access to the full archive of the season's posts, which means if you want to go back and check on a transaction or verify a rule explanation that was posted, you'll be able to do so by using the Archive listing over there on the left.
3) You'll be able to comment on posts by using the Comment link down below. I certainly don't intend the comments here to replace the Forums, and encourage the continued use of them for discussion. However, if you've got something to say about a post or a quick remark about the bidding on a free agent, you and do it here. This'll also be handy for communicating all those errors and ommisions Matt G. finds in my posts.
Things will probably be in a state of flux around here for a while. I literally set all this up last night, so chances are I'll be tweaking the format, layout, content, etc. as I do a little exploring. And, of course, there's always the chance I'll find this won't work out after all and hasten back to the old report format. In the meantime, if you've got suggestions or comments, feel free to share them!
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