Roster Freeze and Getting Ready for Draft Day

Gentlemen! It's almost time to start your engines!! All the Roster Cuts have been submitted and below is a recap of how things stand. I have also posted an updated Roster to your right, so feel free to download a fresh copy. When you look over the roster, make sure I have your information right. I don't want to have to make a ton of changes Sunday morning - rather do it now and print everything off with the right information.

Big Names and Salaries Cut

As is the case every year, teams cut big salaries in an effort to free up some cap space so that they can say ".56" on Manny Ramirez. Here are some of the salaries that were chopped.




Ben Sheets .19
Chase Utley .53
Derrek Lee .41
Matt Diaz .16
Kevin Kouzmanoff .28
Trevor Hoffman .21
Aaron Rowand .24
Willie Taveras .27
Ian Snell .12 (Penalty of .05 paid by Bulls)
Carlos Zambrano .22
Casey Kotchman (Penalty of .28 paid by Revenge)
Ryan Church .18
Jake Peavy .42
Juan Pierre .15
Aramis Ramirez .42
Miguel Tejada .21
Casey Blake .24
Kelly Johnson .20
Rick Ankiel .20
Mike Cameron .18
Troy Glaus .17

Long Term Contracts


There also was some evidence that men were not afraid to make that long term commitment. Here are the long term deals that were signed.



Chase Headley - DoorMatts - 2 years at .13
Ubaldo Jimenez - DoorMatts - 2 years at .10
Joey Votto - DoorMatts - 2 years at .15
Ryan Braun - Moore Better - 3 years at .12
Chad Billingsley - Bulls - 2 years at .15
Conor Jackson - Bulls - 2 years at .15
Lastings Milledge - Bulls - 2 years at .12
Nate McLouth - Revenge - 3 years at .13
Mark Reynolds - Clowns - 2 years at .14
Prince Fielder - Copperfields - 2 years at .15

Taking a Hit

Two owners decided to lose money off their salary cap rather than carry the players on their roster.

The Revenge cut Casey Kotchman and have been penalized .14 from their 2.60
The Graging Bulls cut Ian Snell in the last year of his contract and have been penalized .05 from their 2.60

Cash In Their Pocket


Here is what each team has left to spend on draft day along with how many players they have left to acquire. Please make sure I have your numbers correct.


DoorMatts $1.20 left to spend on 12 players (10 cents per player)

Copperfields $1.97 left to spend on 11 players (17.9 per player)

Dem Rebels $1.37 left to spend on 11 players (12.45 cents per player)

Ruffins $1.46 left to spend on 14 players (10.42)

Clowns $1.84 left to spend on 14 players (16.72)

Kenndoza Line $1.66 left to spend on 11 players (15.09)

Moore Better $1.64 left to spend on 11 players (14.90 cents per player)

Graging Bulls $1.19 left to spend on 8 players (14.87)

Morkertzuma's Revenge $1.26 left to spend on 11 players (11.45)

Mo's Red Hots $1.83 left to spend on 18 players (10.16)



That should be about it. See you all Sunday. Remember let's be in place, ready to go at 7:30am. Any questions on directions, call me or zip me an e-mail.