Transactions for July 21, 2008

July 21
STONES reserve Felipe Lopez, activate Craig Counsell.
STONES reserve Pedro Martinez, activate Johan Santana.
STONES reserve Paul LoDuca, activate Javier Valentin.
STONES reserve Cole Hamels, activate Luis Ayala.

RED HOTS reserve Joe Nelson, activate Jason Marquis.
RED HOTS reserve Doug Waechter, activate Paul Maholm.

RUFFINS reserve Dmitri Young, activate Ryan Zimmerman.
RUFFINS reserve Seth Smith, activate Kory Casto.

DOORMATTS reserve John Lannan, activate Ubaldo Jimenez.
DOORMATTS reserve Dan Haren, activate Sean Marshall.
DOORMATTS reserve Jair Jurrjens, activate Chris Duncan.

BULLS reserve Jamie Garcia, activate Randy Johnson.
BULLS reserve Takashi Saito, activate Randy Flores.
BULLS reserve Chad Billingsley, activate Troy Tulowitzki.
BULLS reserve Blaine Boyer, activate Joe Blanton.

COPPERFIELDS reserve Bill Bray, activate Joel Pineiro.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Jo-Jo Reyes, activate Brett Myers.
COPPERFIELDS reserve Odalis Perez, activate Kevin Correia.

CLOWNS reserve Cesar Izturis, activate Brent Lillibridge.
CLOWNS reserve Chris Perez, activate Ryan Madson.

REVENGE reserve Chad Gaudin, activate Barry Zito.

DEM REBELS reserve Wandy Rodriguez, activate Rich Harden.
DEM REBELS reserve Angel Pagan, activate Greg Norton.
DEM REBELS reserve Kerry Wood, activate Bob Howry.

Trade Deadline and IFAB Day

The CFCL mid-season trade deadline is about a week and a half away.

All trades and associated moves to make rosters legal must be reported by Noon Central time on Friday August 1.

August 1 is also Interleague Free Agent Bidding (IFAB) Day. The Major League trading deadline in July 31, and typically there is quite a bit of activity in the days prior to that, with a number of players being added to the CFCL Free Agent Pool after being traded from the AL to the NL. Rather than waiting until the following Sunday to bid on those players, we'll have a special free agent auction on Friday the 1st. Some notes on IFAB Day procedings:

• The process for bidding on players on IFAB Day will be the same as it is on Sundays.
• Bids must be submitted by 3:00 PM Central time (3 hours after the CFCL trade deadline)
• All players in the CFCL free agent pool are eligible for bidding on IFAB Day, not just those who recently came over from the AL.
• Things will be kind of tricky, since Friday is also a regular transaction day (for active/reserve moves). The lineups on August 1 lock at 12:50 PM Central, so any IFAB Day acquisitions will go into effect on Saturday the 2nd. As with usual free agent acquisitions, you will be able to adjust your roster for any acquisitions on Saturday.
• We will then have the usual Sunday free agent bidding on August 3.

So here are how things are shaping up for the weekend at the end of this month (all times Central):

July 31 - MLB Trading Deadline
August 1 (Noon) - CFCL Trading Deadline
August 1 (12:50 PM) - CFCL Lineups Lock for Friday Roster Changes
August 1 (3:00 PM) - IFAB Day Bids Due
August 2 (11:35 AM) - CFCL Lineups Lock for IFAB Day Roster Changes
August 3 (3:00 PM) - Sunday Free Agent Bids Due

FAAB Results for July 20

The following players were acquired via FAAB today:

Joe Blanton
.24 Bulls (release Josh Donaldson)
.16 Revenge
.09 Clowns (Jon Lieber)
.08 Copperfields (Tony Armas)

Brent Lillibridge
.05 Clowns
.05 Graging Bulls (release Cole Rohrbough)