Friday, May 9, 2008

Roster Moves for May 9, 2008

May 9
RED HOTS reserve Paul Maholm, activate Johan Santana.
RED HOTS reserve Vinnie Chulk, activate Matt Belisle.

STONES reserve Wesley Wright, activate Todd Wellemeyer.
STONES reserve Scott Proctor, activate David Weathers.
STONES reserve Javier Valentin, activate Mike Rivera.

BULLS reserve Tim Hudson, activate Randy Flores.
BULLS reserve John Maine, activate Saul Rivera.
BULLS reserve Chad Cordero, activate Kent Mercker.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Dave Bush (FOREVER!), activate Solomon Torres.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Brett Myers, activate JC Romero.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Ray Durham, activate Jimmy Rollins.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Bill Bray, activate Joel Pinero.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Randy Wolf, activate Ted Lilly.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Doug Mientkiewicz, activate Dan Ortmeier.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Odalis Perez, activate Gabe Gross.

DOORMATTS reserve Carlos Villanueva, activate Ben Sheets.
DOORMATTS reserve Brandon Webb, activate Tim Redding.
DOORMATTS reserve John Lannan, activate Dan Haren.
DOORMATTS reserve Sean Marshall, activate Oscar Villarreal.
DOORMATTS reserve Jack Taschner, activate Tyler Yates.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Nyjer Morgan, activate Elijah Dukes.

PICTS reserve Endy Chavez, activate Wes Helms.
PICTS reserve Mark Hendrickson, activate Derek Lowe.
PICTS reserve Jeff Francis, activate Chuck James.

DEM REBELS reserve Johnny Estrada, activate Jason LaRue.

RUFFINS reserve Aaron Harang, activate Jamie Moyer.
RUFFINS reserve Ronny Paulino, activate Jesus Flores.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Roster Moves for May 5, 2008

May 8
RUFFINS reserve Jason Marquis, activate Jonathan Sanchez.
RUFFINS reserve Rich Hill, activate Taylor Tankersley.

RED HOTS reserve Johan Santana, activate Hong-Chih Kuo.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Salomon Torres, activate Dave Bush.
COPPERFIELDS reserve JC Romero, activate Odalis Perez.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Doug Slaten, activate Scott Schoenweiss.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Ted Lilly, activate Braden Looper.

DOORMATTS reserve Ben Sheets, activate Joe Beimel.
DOORMATTS reserve Tim Redding, activate Jack Taschner.
DOORMATTS reserve Josh Willingham, activate Matt Herges.
DOORMATTS reserve Dan Haren, activate Jair Jurrjens.

STONES reserve Mike Rivera, activate Javier Valentin.
STONES reserve Esteban Loaiza, activate Mitch Stetter.
STONES reserve Todd Wellemeyer, activate Wesley Wright.

BULLS reserve Randy Flores, activate John Maine.
BULLS reserve Saul Rivera, activate Chris Young.
BULLS reserve Kent Mercker, activate Chad Cordero.

PICTS reserve Derek Lowe, activate Josh Bard.
PICTS reserve David Ross, activate Jeff Suppan.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve Anthony Reyes, activate Chris Sampson.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Chin-Lung Hu, activate Brian Bixler.

FAAB Addendum

Just a quick note that the FAAB results posted yesterday have been updated.

Due to a oddity in e-mail delivery priority, one of the Stones' acquisitions was left off the initial results list. In addition to the two pitchers the Stones picked up, they also signed Joe Koshansky for .05.

This acquisition is especially notable because it's the first time that a minor leaguer was acquired in a FAAB auction. A rule adopted this offseason allows anyone listed on the CBS Sportsline extensive Free Agent listing to be acquired via FAAB. Koshansky will receive a regular major league contract (10+) rather than the Mx contract received by minor leaguers acquired in the Rotation Draft, so the Stones will immediately start hoping for a Todd Helton injury/trade.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

FAAB Results for May 4, 2008

The following players were acquired for via Free Agent Bidding today:

Mitch Stetter
.05 Stones (release Sam Fuld)

Jonathan Herrera
.05 Bulls (release Brad Thompson)

Wesley Wright
.05 Stones (release Jayson Nix)

Scott Schoenweiss
.05 Copperfields (release Rick Vandenhurk)

Joe Koshansky
.05 Stones (release Jamile Weeks)

Sportsline and Excel rosters in the Download Center have been updated with these changes.

Farewell Julio


On a sad note, Julio Franco bid farewell to baseball recently, announcing his retirement after 23 MLB seasons.
Franco was one of the few (maybe the only?) active player who had been in the majors when the CFCL was founded. I'm not sure there are any other left ... something for me to research a bit.
There's another tie between Franco and the CFCL, though, as it's clear that developments in our league were what led Franco's decision. The departure of Da Paul Meisters from the league cut off Franco's absolutely last opportunity to be rostered in a Rotisserie League. With that hope no longer there, Franco figured it was time to call it quits.