Friday, January 22, 2010

Winter Waiver 2010 Comes to a Close

With no team taking a flier on Kevin Kouzmanoff, the 2010 Winter Waivers has officially come to a close. Keep an eye on the CFCL Front Office, CFCL Internet Headquarters and your local e-mail for information about Trades, Roster Cuts and Draft Day.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Draft Day Resources For Download

The CFCL Front Office continues to shake off the icicles and gear up for the league's 27th season.  Toward that end, I've updated the Download Center with a couple resources to help prepare for the 2010 Draft:
  • A spreadsheet that lists the number of games played by positon in 2009 for anyone who played in the majors last year.  The listing highlights the position(s) that each player will qualify at in 2010 based on our eligibility rules (20 or more games, or the position played most often if the player didn't appear in at least 20 games at any one position).
  • A spreadsheet listing the breakdown of Rotation Draft picks by round.  This should include all the updates for draft picks that have been traded since last season.  At this point, this listing matches the online Rotation Draft Pick Tracker, though that's not to say either of those resources are 100% accurate.  If you've acquired any Rotation Draft picks via trade, be sure to check the listing to ensure it accurately reflects the picks you currently own.
Visit the Downloads Center at the CFCL Internet Headquarters to access both of these resources.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Online Constitution Updated

Taking a break from the CFCL trade fest (complete with running Critique Commentary from the Bull Braintrust), I'm happy to announce that the CFCL's online Constitution has received its first update in quite a while.

For the past couple years, we've been operating under a set of rules (including a whole new salary/contract notation) that wasn't fully reflected in the published Constitution. I've been spending my time lately updating the Constitution to reflect our current rule set, the results are now posted online: http://home.comcast.net/~dmahlan/constitution/const-fm.htm

In particular, be sure to check out Article VII., which provides a key to deciphering all those numbers, letters, and symbols that appear with the salaries on our rosters.  I've also added other notes and explanations as needed where the EC has clarified issues over the past couple years.

More revisions/clarifications may be coming, as Rich and Michael are currently reviewing the Constitution for other potential revisions, but the CFCL has waited long enough for a key to the contract indicators so I didn't want to wait to get it posted.

Finally, note that the PDF version of the Constitution that is available in the Download Center is still the old version.  This will be updated within a few days - I will post a notice when it is ready.

If you discover any problems with the Constitution, have trouble understanding any of the additions, or find anything missing, please let the Executive Committee know.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Rebels, Killers (Bentel y Bentel) complete deal

Not happy trading one stud reliever from the Dodgers tonight, Dem Rebels purged their roster of the second Boy of Summer. Dem Rebels traded George Sherrill (.16 11+) to the Killers for Derek Lowe (.17 11+) and the Killers 8th round pick.

The Killers have picked up their second reliever in this short trading season and Dem Rebels have revamped their pitching staff in the hopes of moving closer to the first division.

The Trades Just Keep on Flowing

Mo's Red Hots and Dem Rebels completed a deal today that frees up some salary for the Rebels and solidifies the bullpen for the Hots.

Dem Rebels trade Jonathon Broxton (.17 11+) to the Red Hots for J.A. Happ (.01 11+), Leo Nunez (.01 11+) and six poker lessons.

Winter Waiver 2010 - Round 4

For the second week in a row, the Candy Colored Clowns jump in to take a player out of the Copperfields grasp, this time snagging Arthur Rhodes for the recently departed Kevin Kouzmanoff. Even though Kouzmanoff was traded to the A's, he is available to be claimed and therefore we will have a Round 5, ending Thursday, January 21st at 3pm.

Clowns
*Arthur Rhodes .05 (Kevin Kouzmanoff .12)