June 13
RUFFINS reserve Seth Smith, activate Jayson Werth.
RUFFINS reserve Rickie Weeks, activate Omar Infante.
DOORMATTS reserve Tim Redding, activate Tyler Yates.
DOORMATTS reserve Alfonzo Soriano, activate Chris Duncan.
DOORMATTS reserve Brandon Webb, activate Jeremy Affeldt.
DOORMATTS reserve John Lannan, activate Micah Hoffpauir.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Clayton Kershaw, activate Ryan Tucker.
GRAGING BULLS reserve John Maine, activate Kyle Lohse.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Tadahito Iguchi, activate Edgar Gonzalez.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Johnny Cueto, activate Ian Snell.
GRAGING BULLS reserve Tom Glavine, activate Blaine Boyer.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Jason Bergmann, activate Jorge Campillo.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Anthony Reyes, activate Shawn Hill.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Manny Acosta, activate Patrick Misch.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Chin-lung Hu, activate Robert Andino.
REVENGE reserve Adam Wainwright, activate Seth McLung.
REVENGE reserve Ryan Church, activate Adam LaRoche.
DEM REBELS reserve Greg Dobbs, activate Greg Norton.
DEM REBELS reserve Hiroki Kuroda, activate Greg Maddux.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Braden Looper, activate Kevin Correia.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Randy Wolf, activate Odalis Perez.
STONES reserve Bill Hall, activate Craig Counsell.
STONES reserve Todd Wellemeyer, activate Scott Proctor.
STONES reserve Javier Valentin, activate Mike Rivera.
PICTS reserve Alex Hinshaw, activate Jeff Francis.
PICTS reserve Geoff Geary, activate Josh Banks.
PICTS reserve Raj Davis, activate Moises Alou.
PICTS reserve Michael Wuertz, activate Phil Dumatrait.
RED HOTS reserve Joel Hanrahan, activate Paul Janish.
CLOWNS reserve Jerry Hairston, activate Scott Podsednik.
MOORE BETTER reserve Josh Anderson, activate Brandon Jones.
MOORE BETTER reserve Ryan Dempster, activate Brad Penny.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Stones - Moore Better Trade
First-year franchise Moore Better continued to dismantle their inaugural roster today by completing a deal with second place Steve's Stones. The move is their second trade this week, following their earlier deal with the front-running Morkertzuma's Revenge.
In their latest move, Moore Better shipped second baseman Jeff Kent (.22-09+), rehabbing catcher Paul LoDuca (.13-09+), reliever Jon Rauch (.10-09+), and infielder Ramon Martinez (.10-10+) to the Stones for pitchers Homer Bailey (.05-10+) and Mitch Stetter (.05-10+) and prospects Matt Antonelli (.10-Mx) and Brandon Jones (.10-Mx).
In their latest move, Moore Better shipped second baseman Jeff Kent (.22-09+), rehabbing catcher Paul LoDuca (.13-09+), reliever Jon Rauch (.10-09+), and infielder Ramon Martinez (.10-10+) to the Stones for pitchers Homer Bailey (.05-10+) and Mitch Stetter (.05-10+) and prospects Matt Antonelli (.10-Mx) and Brandon Jones (.10-Mx).
Monday, June 9, 2008
Roster Moves for June 9, 2008
June 9
STONES reserve Geoff Blum, activate Ian Stewart.
STONES reserve Homer Bailey, activate Scott Proctor.
DOORMATTS reserve Tyler Yates, activate Tim Redding.
DOORMATTS reserve Jeremy Affeldt, activate John Lannan.
REVENGE reserve Adam LaRoche, activate Jake Peavy.
RED HOTS reserve Vinnie Chulk, activate Joe Nelson.
RED HOTS reserve Bronson Arroyo, activate Paul Maholm.
RED HOTS reserve Austin Kearns, activate Ryan Langerhans.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Bill Bray, activate Brett Myers.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Ryan Freel, activate Ted Lilly.
MOORE BETTER reserve Brad Penny, activate Gabe Kapler.
MOORE BETTER reserve Oliver Perez, activate Cory Wade.
RUFFINS reserve Brendan Ryan, activate Travis Denker.
RUFFINS reserve Omar Infante, activate Kory Casto.
PICTS reserve Phil Dumatrait, activate Roy Oswalt.
PICTS reserve Jeff Francis, activate Matt Cain.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Jorge Campillo, activate Jason Bergmann.
CLOWNS reserve Scott Podsednik, activate John Bowker.
STONES reserve Geoff Blum, activate Ian Stewart.
STONES reserve Homer Bailey, activate Scott Proctor.
DOORMATTS reserve Tyler Yates, activate Tim Redding.
DOORMATTS reserve Jeremy Affeldt, activate John Lannan.
REVENGE reserve Adam LaRoche, activate Jake Peavy.
RED HOTS reserve Vinnie Chulk, activate Joe Nelson.
RED HOTS reserve Bronson Arroyo, activate Paul Maholm.
RED HOTS reserve Austin Kearns, activate Ryan Langerhans.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Bill Bray, activate Brett Myers.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Ryan Freel, activate Ted Lilly.
MOORE BETTER reserve Brad Penny, activate Gabe Kapler.
MOORE BETTER reserve Oliver Perez, activate Cory Wade.
RUFFINS reserve Brendan Ryan, activate Travis Denker.
RUFFINS reserve Omar Infante, activate Kory Casto.
PICTS reserve Phil Dumatrait, activate Roy Oswalt.
PICTS reserve Jeff Francis, activate Matt Cain.
KENNDOZA LINE reserve Jorge Campillo, activate Jason Bergmann.
CLOWNS reserve Scott Podsednik, activate John Bowker.
Trade Reporting Rules
When Tim and Mike e-mailed me about their trade this past weekend, they said they weren't sure about the proper procedure for reporting a trade. They actually did a fine job of it, but since we've had some changes to our transaction reporting procedures for this season, I thought it would be a good idea to go over the process for trades (it's that time of year...).
After you and another owner agree to a deal, here's what the two of you should do to make things official:
Once the necessary e-mails have been received, I'll enter all the transactions (the trade and the associated moves) at the Sportsline site. This will help ensure that the trade meets all the requirements - if I can't get legal and valid active rosters based on the e-mails I was sent, the trade will not go through.
Other things to keep in mind about trades and associated moves:
After you and another owner agree to a deal, here's what the two of you should do to make things official:
- You should both report it to the League Secretary (David M.) via e-mail.
- Your e-mail should contain the details of the trade, as well as specific moves you will make in order to ensure your roster is complete and legal following the deal. This might involve:
- Releasing players to get your down to 40 players if you acquired more guys than you gave up
- Activating and/or reserving players in order to meet the positional requirements
Once the necessary e-mails have been received, I'll enter all the transactions (the trade and the associated moves) at the Sportsline site. This will help ensure that the trade meets all the requirements - if I can't get legal and valid active rosters based on the e-mails I was sent, the trade will not go through.
Other things to keep in mind about trades and associated moves:
- Owners cannot propose/accept trades themselves at the Sportsline site. We have some special requirements and restrictions involving trades that Sportsline is not able to monitor, so we require all trades are reported via e-mail to ensure we can do a validity check before the stat site is updated.
- When you acquire players in a trade that will put you over the salary cap, you CANNOT make associated moves in order to get your active roster under the cap. You'll have to reserve the expensive player(s) for the time being, then activate them at the next regular Monday or Friday transaction date.
- You cannot make a trade that will leave you unable to fill an active roster position. If you have a guy on your Reserve List that you can activate as an associated move, that's fine. But you cannot leave an open spot after a deal figuring you'll pick up a free agent to fill the roster spot later - even if you make the trade on a Sunday. You have to have the replacement available on your roster prior to making the deal.
For more explaination or additional details on the rules on trades and reporting them, refer to Article XIII. of the Constitution.
Official Period 10 Standings
Here are the official standings for Period 10. These point totals will be used to determine the winner of the Dallas Green Award as described in an earlier post.
Period 10 Point Totals
80.5 - Morkertzuma's Revenge
78.5 - Steve's Stones
77.0 - Graging Bulls
76.0 - Dem Rebels
74.5 - David's Ruffins
69.0 - DoorMatts
66.5 - Nick's Picts
62.5 - Mo's Red Hots
60.0 - Kenndoza Line
56.0 - Candy Colored Clowns
51.0 - David's Copperfields
28.5 - Moore Better
Period 10 Point Totals
80.5 - Morkertzuma's Revenge
78.5 - Steve's Stones
77.0 - Graging Bulls
76.0 - Dem Rebels
74.5 - David's Ruffins
69.0 - DoorMatts
66.5 - Nick's Picts
62.5 - Mo's Red Hots
60.0 - Kenndoza Line
56.0 - Candy Colored Clowns
51.0 - David's Copperfields
28.5 - Moore Better
How Addicted Are (Were) You?
A multiple choice fantasy sports quiz to evaluate how obssessed you are with this pastime:
I found I needed to adapt some of the questions here and there, since I'm not one of those oddballs that partakes of non-baseball fantasy sports, but it wasn't too tough to adjust.
Also, a few questions in I realized I was thinking "I'm a 'B' now, but a few years ago I would have said 'D'." I guess I've got to face it - I'm no longer the RotoNut I was in my heyday (1990-2000, probably). I still love the game, but real life has invaded to the point that I can no longer devote the time and effort to it that I once did (and, boy, does it show). I imagine others among us are in the same boat.
Anyway, I ended up choosing two answers to each question - one reflecting my current state, and one based on how I remember myself behaving 10-15 years ago.
Out of a possible 40 points, my scores were:
2008 me: 24 points
1990s me: 34 points
Sounds about right...
I found I needed to adapt some of the questions here and there, since I'm not one of those oddballs that partakes of non-baseball fantasy sports, but it wasn't too tough to adjust.
Also, a few questions in I realized I was thinking "I'm a 'B' now, but a few years ago I would have said 'D'." I guess I've got to face it - I'm no longer the RotoNut I was in my heyday (1990-2000, probably). I still love the game, but real life has invaded to the point that I can no longer devote the time and effort to it that I once did (and, boy, does it show). I imagine others among us are in the same boat.
Anyway, I ended up choosing two answers to each question - one reflecting my current state, and one based on how I remember myself behaving 10-15 years ago.
Out of a possible 40 points, my scores were:
2008 me: 24 points
1990s me: 34 points
Sounds about right...
Sunday, June 8, 2008
FAAB Results for June 8, 2008
The following players were acquired via Free Agent Bid today:
Cory Wade
.05 Moore Better (release Ricardo Rincon)
.05 Kenndoza Line (Pat Misch)
Anibal Sanchez
.05 Clowns (release Nick Evans)
Edgar Gonzalez
.11 Graging Bulls (release Justin Smoak)
Travis Denker
.08 Ruffins (release Taylor Tankersley)
.07 Clowns (Gorkys Hernandez)
Ryan Langerhans
.05 Red Hots (release Matt Belisle)
Doug Waechter
.05 Red Hots (release Todd Coffey)
Charlie Morton
.05 Graging Bulls (release Jon Herrera)
Kory Casto
.16 Ruffins (release Ronnie Belliard)
.08 DoorMatts (Burke Badenhop)
.05 Kenndoza Line (Lee Gardner)
Some Nice Things You May Have Missed:
Cory Wade
.05 Moore Better (release Ricardo Rincon)
.05 Kenndoza Line (Pat Misch)
Anibal Sanchez
.05 Clowns (release Nick Evans)
Edgar Gonzalez
.11 Graging Bulls (release Justin Smoak)
Travis Denker
.08 Ruffins (release Taylor Tankersley)
.07 Clowns (Gorkys Hernandez)
Ryan Langerhans
.05 Red Hots (release Matt Belisle)
Doug Waechter
.05 Red Hots (release Todd Coffey)
Charlie Morton
.05 Graging Bulls (release Jon Herrera)
Kory Casto
.16 Ruffins (release Ronnie Belliard)
.08 DoorMatts (Burke Badenhop)
.05 Kenndoza Line (Lee Gardner)
Some Nice Things You May Have Missed:
Period 10
We're coming to the end of 2008's 10th reporting period, which is a significant milepost in the CFCL season.
The standings in Period 10 are what we use as the benchmark for the Dallas Green Award, which goes to the CFCL team that gains the most points from Period 10 until the end of the season.
The award is named for the architect of the Cubs' near-championship season in 1984, which was due in a large part to in-season acquisitions of players like Rick Suttcliffe and Dennis Eckersley.
The goal of the award is to recognize the CFCL GM who does the best job of improving their team during the season. We chose Period 10's standings as the starting point because it eliminated much of the flukiness of early-season standings, but also left enough of the season for GMs to have an impact on their team's fortunes.
A look at the Dallas Green Award winners from seasons past should be very encouraging to nearly all of the current CFCL GMs. Since the turn of the century, Dallas Green Award winners have averaged a gain of over 22 points from Period 10 until the end of the year.
And in the past two year, the Dallas Green winners have gained 25.5 and 30.5 points respectively. A look at the live standings while I'm writing this, shows the gap between the first place Revenge and the 11th place Copperfields to be 29.5 points, indicating that a Copperfield championship in 2008 is still within the realm of possibility - or certainly at least a money finish.
In other words at this point in the season, really only one team has fallen out of the race.
Gaining twenty-some points in the final 16 weeks is one thing, but can a team really come from 25-30 points behind to actually win?
Ask the Ruffins, who won the Dallas Green Award (+30.5 points) and the CFCL Championship in 2006. Or ask Kenndoza Line, who won the Dallas Green Award (+25.5 points) and the CFCL Championship in 2007. Can it happen again?
Food for thought...
The standings in Period 10 are what we use as the benchmark for the Dallas Green Award, which goes to the CFCL team that gains the most points from Period 10 until the end of the season.The award is named for the architect of the Cubs' near-championship season in 1984, which was due in a large part to in-season acquisitions of players like Rick Suttcliffe and Dennis Eckersley.
The goal of the award is to recognize the CFCL GM who does the best job of improving their team during the season. We chose Period 10's standings as the starting point because it eliminated much of the flukiness of early-season standings, but also left enough of the season for GMs to have an impact on their team's fortunes.
A look at the Dallas Green Award winners from seasons past should be very encouraging to nearly all of the current CFCL GMs. Since the turn of the century, Dallas Green Award winners have averaged a gain of over 22 points from Period 10 until the end of the year.
And in the past two year, the Dallas Green winners have gained 25.5 and 30.5 points respectively. A look at the live standings while I'm writing this, shows the gap between the first place Revenge and the 11th place Copperfields to be 29.5 points, indicating that a Copperfield championship in 2008 is still within the realm of possibility - or certainly at least a money finish.
In other words at this point in the season, really only one team has fallen out of the race.
Gaining twenty-some points in the final 16 weeks is one thing, but can a team really come from 25-30 points behind to actually win?
Ask the Ruffins, who won the Dallas Green Award (+30.5 points) and the CFCL Championship in 2006. Or ask Kenndoza Line, who won the Dallas Green Award (+25.5 points) and the CFCL Championship in 2007. Can it happen again?
Food for thought...
Revenge - Moore Better Trade
Morkertzuma's Revenge took steps today to solidfy their position atop the CFCL standings, making two strong additions to their offense in a deal with the 12th place Moore Better.
The Revenge acquired first baseman Todd Helton (.27-09+) and outfielder Andre Ethier (.17-10+) for infielder Jose Castillo (.01-10+), outfielder Gabe Kapler (.05-10+), pitcher Sean Gallagher (.02-10+), and third base prospect Andy LaRoche (.05-09+).
The acquisitions were a key strategic move for the Revenge -- although they rank 4th in the league in offense overall, they find themselves dead last in On-Base Percentage at .327. Helton's OBP of .417 and Ethier's .359 are sure to help that cause.
The Revenge acquired first baseman Todd Helton (.27-09+) and outfielder Andre Ethier (.17-10+) for infielder Jose Castillo (.01-10+), outfielder Gabe Kapler (.05-10+), pitcher Sean Gallagher (.02-10+), and third base prospect Andy LaRoche (.05-09+).
The acquisitions were a key strategic move for the Revenge -- although they rank 4th in the league in offense overall, they find themselves dead last in On-Base Percentage at .327. Helton's OBP of .417 and Ethier's .359 are sure to help that cause.
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