Monday, December 23, 2013

Happy Holidays . . . But Winter Waivers Is Just Around The Corner

First of all, Happy Holidays to you Merry Gentlemen.  I hope each of you has a wonderful time with your family and the holidays are everything you wish them to be.

That being said, there's no time to snooze.  Only 13 shopping days left until Winter Waivers.

I have posted the most recent Roster Excel Spreadsheet.  There I have deleted any expiring contracts and any "S" contracts.  I have also highlighted in yellow any player that has been traded to or signed with an American League team.  While I have scoured MLB.com to look at the recent transactions, I cannot promise that the yellow highlights is comprehensive.  Please do the research you do to make sure you know what's happening with your team.

Just a reminder, for Winter Waivers you do not have to waive a player who is in the AL.  You are not allowed to waive a player who is on a LTC (even the last year of the contract).  You must cut down to 23 players (position restrictions do not exist).  Everyone you cut will go through waivers (AL players included).  You MAY NOT cut down to fewer than 23 players, no matter how bad you want to get rid of everyone (oh wait - just delved into the braintrust of Dem Rebels).

You must have your cuts to me no later than 3pm Central, Sunday, January 5th.  You may e-mail them sooner.  Whenever you send them, please put in the subject line "Winter Waivers Attached" so I know not to open the e-mail until I've submitted my list.

To keep things easy for my feeble brain, please submit a list of players you are keeping AND a list of players you are waiving.  Please, DO NOT, list any players that have expired or "S" contracts.  I've already purged those players from your roster.  So for cross-checking purposes, please just list player you are keeping and legally waiving.

As always please consult the Constitution.  Should questions still remain, please e-mail me rather than make assumptions.

One final reminder - Once the first round of Winter Waivers is complete, the Trade Season is open.  Hey Patta Matta Swing, you have been warned.  Watch out for the vultures.

Best of luck to all!

Monday, November 25, 2013

The Swing Make Their First Move

Making their first roster move in CFCL history, The Swing exercised their right to nullify the Long Term Contracts of Brian McCann and Darwin Barney.  Not surprisingly they chose to honor the contract of Clayton Kershaw.

For those of you wondering, yes, we're still planning on having the CFCL Banquet.  There has just been a HUGE delay in putting together the award ballot and for that I apologize.  I am hoping to start chipping away at it over the next week or two.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

New Addition to the CFCL

At the conclusion of the 2013, Stranger Danger resigned and that left the CFCL with the job of finding a new owner.  Well, mission accomplished.  After going through a rigorous interview process, Matt Barriball and Pat Chesnut were accepted as the owners of the 45 team in CFCL history.

Showing incredible dedication, the two (who will soon be profiled in an exclusive interview with the Monroe Doctrine) immediately came up with a name for their franchise and are currently hard at work on their owner profile.

The name you ask?  They've harkened back to a time we all cherish on the little league diamond and incorporated their names and then put a twist of coolness to it.  We proudly introduce:

Hey Patta Matta Swing

Conventionally they will be known as The Swing.

Welcome to the CFCL Pat and Matt!

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

2014 Draft Date Set

The cool thing about the CFCL is that after 30 years we get really efficient.  With the 2013 season completed only two days ago (due to the game 163 Rays vs. Rangers) and the AL still not knowing who their Wild Card representative will be in the real playoffs, the CFCL has already determined their draft day for 2014.

We will be drafting at Rich's conference room in Lisle on Saturday, March 29th at 1pm.  We'll have the usual pre-draft business to conduct (photo, EC election, etc) so we'll plan to arrive around noon.  But the Ruffin Privilege will commence at 1pm.

Between now and then we have an Awards Banquet to attend, ballots for awards to complete, discussion about expansion to have and Winter Waivers to particpate in.  All of that is in process right now.  But the draft is set for March 29th!

Saturday, August 31, 2013

September Reminders

Gentlemen -

Just a couple of quick September reminders.  With the 1st of September come the opportunity to expand your ACTIVE roster by one player.  We have had some confusion on this in years past.  So here is the blurb from the Constitution:

ARTICLE XVII. September Roster Expansion

If it chooses, a team may expand its Active Roster for the pennant drive by one player. The player may play any position, and may come from either the team’s Reserve List or the Free Agent Pool (see

Article XV. Signing Free Agents for salary considerations).

NOTE: If a team acquires a player from the Free Agent Pool for September Roster Expansion the team may be required to waive or release a player from the Active or Reserve roster as a team’s roster may never exceed 40 players (Active and Reserve combined), even during September.

It states this right above, but you are NEVER allowed to have more than 40 players on your roster.  During the majority of the season the split is 23/17.  For September you can, if you choose, to have the split be 24/16.  If you have any questions, please e-mail me.

Another September reminder.  For those of you that still have a FAAB and are trying to overthrow the Clowns or solidify you current place or build for the future, keep in mind the rule about signing free agents in September.  Again - from the Constitution:

September Free Agent Signings

Free agent bidding may continue in September, throughout the end of the season. This includes any National Leaguers who are not yet owned, any minor league callups, and any American League players traded over to the National League. The only provisions are the following:

1) All free agents signed during September with bids of .24 or lower are given a contract of

S instead of the usual renewable two-year contract. This means that any of these players are automatically released at the end of the year.

NOTE: Players acquired in this manner will NOT be eligible to have their Home Town Discount rights retained the following season.

2) Free agents signed for .25 or more after August 31, he will be given a renewable, two-year contract, in which the first year is guaranteed. This guarantee is indicated by an asterisk (*) following the player’s contract status. The asterisk means that the penalty for releasing the player before the following season is that half of his salary will be deducted from the team’s $2.60 Draft Day spending limit.

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Interleague Free Agent Bidding Day Reminder

Just a reminder, good gentlemen, that tomorrow (August 1st) is the Interleague Free Agent Bidding (IFAB) day.  You are allowed to bid on any ballplayers that came over the American League AS WELL AS anyone else that is in the Free Agent Pool.

Here's the blurb from the Constitution:

Interleague Free Agent Bid (IFAB) Day

On the day immediately following the MLB Interleague Trading Deadline, the CFCL will hold a special sealed bid auction. Players who were traded from the American League to the National League on the day of the trading deadline, as well as any other free agents, are eligible to be bid upon on IFAB Day.

Trading Slugmatch Continues

The Battle for Supremacy continued yesterday between the 1st place Clowns and 2nd place Bulls. 

The Clowns and Revenge agreed to a 10 player deal.  Going to the Revenge were:  Billy (the quick) Hamilton (.05Mx), Jonathan Broxton (.10 14+), Brad Ziegler (.05 15+), Jonathon Niese (.08 14+) and Alexi Amarista (.10 15+).  Returning to the Clowns were:  Cole Hamels (.39 15+), Jacob Turner (.02 15+), Luke Gregerson (.08 15+), Martin Prado (.18 14+) and Travis D'Arnaud (.10 Mx).

Not to blithely sit by and watch, the Bulls crafted their own deal sending Ryan Vogelsong (.10 15+), Hyun-Jin Ryu (.02 15+), Max Fried (.02 Mx) and their 4th round pick to the Twin Killers and receiving Jonathan Papelbon (.29 14+), Jimmy Rollins (.21 15+) and Homer Bailey (.01 13).

This may be the first time in CFCL history that three Jonathans (or Jonathon) were traded on the same day.

Monday, July 29, 2013

Clowns/DoorMatts Trade

With four days left until the trade deadline, the Candy Colored Clowns looked to counteract the latest moves by the Beatniks.

The Clowns picked up some help in the starting rotation by acquiring Madison Bumgarner (.15 13) from the DoorMatts in exchange for minor league prospect Noah Syndergaard (.05 Mx).

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Kenndoza Line/Beatniks Trade

In a blockbuster for the ages the Beatniks and Kenndoza Line swapped relief pitchers.

The snake-bit Beatniks are admirably fighting to stay in the money spot and hopefully capture the Copperfield Trophy.  Having watched a recent trade acquisition (Revere) and a starting rotation mainstay (Hudson) go down with lower extremity injuries, the Beatniks needed to provide a little punch to their bullpen.  They acquired Rafael Bentancourt (.09 13) in exchange for Drew Storen (.08 15+) and their sixth round pick.

The Kenndoza Line continue to retool by making their third trade and acquiring more underpriced talent.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Kenndoza Line and Clowns Trade

With a week left in the trading season, the Clowns hoped for some "second season turnaround".  They acquired the oft-injured Cameron Maybin (.19 15+), the under-performing Dan Haren (.17 15+) and Adrian Gonzalez (.26 14+) from the Kenndoza Line for Freddie Freeman (.10 14!) and Pedro Strop (.07 15+).

Currently the Clowns trail the Bulls by three points.  At one point last week, the first four spots in the standings were separated by 1 point.  The remaining seven days figure to be a hotbed of activity.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Beatnik/Rebel Trade

To send a message to the Clowns, Bulls and Ruffins, the Beatniks stated "I've been in first for most of this season and I'm not giving up without a fight!  Where's my homemade beer?"

The Beatniks picked up some needed help on the basepaths and in the bullpen today by acquiring Ben Revere (.27 15+) and JJ Putz (.12 13).  To get that help they traded Mike Minor (.07 15+), Zach Lee (.02 Mx) and Brian Goodwin (.05 Mx) to the Rebels.

The Rebels are hoping Minor can give a little "oomph" to their rotation and pick up some points in pitching.  Having plenty of relievers on staff already allowed them to part with Putz.  Additionally with Hill, Ruiz, Stanton and Tabata all returning from injuries and Marte having a stellar sophomore season, Revere became expendable on the offensive side of things.  According to anonymous insiders Rebel management, while not wanting to disrespect any co-owner, is hoping this deal and the renewed health of the club will allow the team to pass another team that didn't complete their roster until days after the draft with the scraps that were left after the rotation draft.

Friday, July 5, 2013

Ruffins/Kenndoza Line Trade

The Ruffins and Kenndoza Line lit the fuse on a trade for Independence Day.  In an effort for the most decorated CFCL team to charge after yet another title, the Ruffins said "Hey, don't forget about me.  This is how you do it."

The Ruffins trade
Julio Tehran (.02 15+)
Yasmani Grandal (.02 14+)
Xavier Paul (.07 15+)
Christian Yelich (.10 Mx)
David Dahl (.05 15+)
Their 4th round pick for 2014
Their 9th round pick for 2014

The Kenndoza Line, playing not so much for next year but more to appease their young son and pick up some cheap Father of the Year points trade
Mat Latos (.21 15+)
Jonathon Lucroy (.14 15+)
Yonder Alonso (.05 13)
Sergio Romo (.18 14+)
Blake Parker (.06 15+)

This whole deal started with the Kenndoza Line trying to acquire Line Jr's favorite player - Xavier Paul.

Friday, June 28, 2013

Clown/Revenge Trade

The Candy Colored Clowns officially announced their 2012 CFCL Title Defense.  Giving up a package of young, talented, inexpensive players to Morkertzuma's Revenge for some fire power, they are saying to the world (or more specifically the Eukennott Beatniks)  "Oh no you don't!"

The Clowns trade:
Kenley Jansen (.05 14+)
Nolan Arrenado (.02 15+)
Kolten Wong (.02 Mx)
5th Round Pick

Revenge trade:
Andrew McCutchen (.15 13!)
Matt Kemp (.41 13)
Rex Brothers (.10 15+)
Jonathan Niese (.08 14+)

Beatniks?  Your table is ready.

Monday, June 24, 2013

Natural Day - 2013

It was close but the DoorMatts completed their Special Day Sweep of 2013 by besting the Ruffins 54-48.  Doesn't sound close?  In the 8th inning of the Cardinal/Ranger game, Carlos Beltran came up with a man on first and the Ruffins trailing by six.  A homerun would win it for the Ruffins, right? (homerun equals four total bases, two RBI and one run equals a total of seven to add to their 48 meaning they would beat the DoorMatts 55-54).  NOT SO FAST!  The guy on first was Matt Carpenter of the DoorMatts.  So while Beltran, with a homerun, would have picked up seven points, Carpenter would have picked up one on his run scored.  So that would have created a 55-55 tie.

Fortunately, for the DoorMatts and the scoring system, Beltran hit a sharp grounder to first forcing Carpenter at second.  So no more points were accumulated.  The reason I say "fortunately for the scoring system" is that we don't have a tie-breaker in place for either Special Day.

Revisions will be forthcoming, but for now Congrats to the DoorMatts on their 2013 Special Day Sweep!

Final scoring for all teams:

DoorMatts - 54
Ruffins - 48
Clowns - 46
Revenge - 37
Danger - 35
Dem Rebels - 34
Bulls - 26
Twin Killers - 25
Revenge - 24
Ryne Sandberg - 20 (1984)
Beatniks - 14

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

First Trade of the 2013 Season

The Graging Bulls and Twin Killers pulled off the first trade of the 2013 season.

Trying to shore up one of there few weaks spots, the Bulls added bullpen depth with the expiring contracts of David Hernandez (.05 13) and Tyler Clippard (.07 13).  The Killers picked up thirdbaseman Chris Johnson (.10 15+) and pitcher Javier Lopez (.10 15+).

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

K-Wood Winner 2013

Congratulations to the DoorMatts for winning K-Wood Day.  Riding the arm of Madison Bumgarner (seven strikeouts) and his bullpen (three strikeouts), the DoorMatts were the only team to reach double digits.

The Danger (Arroyo - 7 strikeouts), Killers (Maholm - 6 strikeouts) and Beatniks (Lee - 6 strikeouts) tried to make a game of it, but it was the bullpens that proved to be the difference.  The DoorMatts had help from theirs and the Danger, Killers and Beatniks didn't.

A $25 gift card to mlb.com is on its way to the DoorMatts e-mail box.

Sunday, May 5, 2013

K-Wood Reminder 2013

Here is a quick reminder that tomorrow (32 minutes from now) is K-Wood Day.  To win a $25 mlb.com gift card you just have to amass the most strikeouts ON YOUR ACTIVE ROSTER.

Previous winners were the Red Hots and Revenge.  Good luck!

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Draft Day Information!

It's what you've been waiting for.  The Cuts are in!!  Thanks to everyone for beating the deadline and letting the real draft prep get started.  Updated rosters have been posted to the right.  Below is some fun information about the cuts.  I will not be posting a list of everyone cut, you can figure that out by looking at the updated roster and comparing it to the old roster.

Money is the name of the game.  Lots of it walking into the draft.

Big Salaries Cut
Andre Ethier .30
Shawn Marcum .17
Dexter Fowler .31
Tim Hudson .17
Corey Hart .22
Michael Cuddyer .29
Jimmie Rollins .29
Tim Lincecum .37
Josh Beckett .20
Cliff Lee .42
Hanley Ramirez .49
Carlos Gonzalez .52
Matt Holliday .48
Ryan Howard .19
Joey Votto .52
Zach Grienke .29

Winter Waiver Kept
Antonio Bastardo
AJ Burnett
Andrew Cashner
Cameron Maybin
Carlos Gomez
Garret Jones

Long Term Contracts Signed (there's a lot of them!)
Anthony Rizzo    3 years  .15  15!
Giancarlo Stanton    5 years  .35  17!
Paul Goldschmidt   2 years  .18  14!
Allen Craig   3 years   .20  15!
Clayton Kershaw  2 years  .42  14!
Darwin Barney  2 years  .15  14!
Brian McCann  2 years  .31  14!
Freddie Freeman  2 years  .10  14!
Buster Posey  2 years  .20  14!
Aroldis Chapman  2 years  .13  14!
Craig Kimbrell  2 years  .10  14!
Stephen Strasburg  3 years  .20  15!
Domonic Brown  2 years  .07  14!

X Contract Exercised
Wilin Rosario

Money Per Player (what you were waiting for)
Clowns  9 players needed  $1.23 to spend  13.6 per player
Ruffins  10 players needed  $1.33 to spend  13.3 per player
Revenge  12 players needed  $1.34 to spend  11.6 per player
Killers  9 players needed  $1.01 to spend  11.2 per player
Bulls  10 players needed  $1.25 to spend  12.5 per player
Kenndoza  13 players needed $1.43 to spend  15.8 per player
Beatniks  14 players needed  $1.77 to spend  12.6 per player
DoorMatts 10 players needed  $1.55 to spend  15.5 per player
Dem Rebels  8 players needed $.88 to spend  11 cents per player
Danger  9 players needed  $.89 to spend  9.8 cents per player


Please double check your numbers.  If we need to tweak things, I'll let everyone know.  Happy Prepping!!

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Bulls - Beatniks Trade

Just getting in under the Roster Cut Deadline, the Bulls and Beatniks make a trade.  The Bulls send the Beatniks John Mayberry (.01 13+) in exchange for the Beatniks 3rd round pick.

Upon reporting the trade the Beatniks claimed that was the necessary piece to acquire the Copperfield Trophy for 2013.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

First Trade of 2013

Another good reason to stop by the Front Office is to see the latest trades, like this one between the Clowns and Line.

The Clowns trade Yonder Alonso (.05 13+) to the Line for Carl Crawford (.13 14+).

What makes this trade special is that it was done with the blessing of new Kenndoza Line Co-GM Jacob Ruby.  According to Kenn about the trade "Jacob will be so excited, and now I think Yonder Alonso is his favorite player."

Draft Day 2013

The clock is ever ticking toward Draft Day 2013 (CFCL Turns 30!) and thus we have our Pre-Draft Preparation to take care of.

An e-mail has been sent out with your Roster Cut Sheet.  Please complete it and return it to me no later than Sunday, noon, March 24th.  My goal is to have updated rosters posted by that evening.  Whether or not that happens depends largely on you.  Did you turn the sheet in on time?  Did you fill it out correctly?  Are you within salary and positional limits?  If the answer to those questions is yes, then you all will see who was kept and whom was cut by Sunday night.  If I have to chase someone down to clarify a keeper or cut, or correct a long-term salary calculation or whatever, then that just leaves the league with less draft prep time.

** REMINDER**  Once you submit your Roster Cut Sheet back to me IT'S FROZEN!!!  No changes allowed!!  If you plan on making any trades, the trades must be complete and legal BEFORE the Cut Sheet is submitted.

I would encourage all of you to use the Constitution if you have any roster cut questions.  But as always I am happy to answer any and all questions you may have.  It would be better to have those questions answered prior to Sunday the 24th.

While the Constitution lays out pretty well how to make cuts, here are a couple of reminders.

1)  If at the time you are submitting your cuts, a player on your roster is on an AL roster, that player HAS TO BE CUT.

2)  When you are deciding who to put on your active roster and whom to put on your reserve list, keep this in mind.  Everyone is supposed to be on the active roster.  Many times we look for reasons to activate a player from the reserve list rather than vice-versa.  Everyone is on your active list.  If a player is sent to the minors then that player is eligible to be reserved.  But if you have a minor leaguer (Dem Rebels with Casey Kelly) who is still in major league camp at the time of the cuts, then Casey is only eligible to be on the active pitching roster of Dem Rebels.  If Kelly gets sent down between the 24th and Draft Day, then the Rebels have the option of reserving him (not releasing him).

This is how you are to approach your roster, not the other way around where you look for reasons to make the player active.  Any questions - e-mail me.

Matt Grage has once again volunteered to provide the Master Draft List.  Thank you, Matt.

Now on to fees.  Every team owes $120 in fees no later than Draft Day.  Cash or check is fine.  If you want to pay in advance, you are more than welcome to mail a check to my home.  If the Ruffins want to coerce their proxy to pay their dues, whatever.  As long as we collect $120 from each team, we're good.  According to the Constitution, fees are due with Roster Cuts.  That made sense back when everything was snail mailed.  In the age of e-mailing roster cuts we have allowed payment to take place on Draft Day.  The Constitution also states that a team not submitting fees will not be allowed to participate in the draft.  Please don't make the EC judge on that.  Matt Bentel has agreed to be Sargent of Arms and collect the fees from each team.

The fees will cover OnRoto's cost, the trophy, trophy ball, 2 $25 gift cards for in-season contests and prize pool.

Now, on the actual day of the draft.  We will draft at my office, just like last year.  Address - 4300 Commerce Court, Suite 300, Lisle IL in the Daily Herald building.  You will have use of a fridge and microwave.  There are vending machines for drinks and snacks and I will be providing the traditional fare of licorice and pretzels.  No alcohol or smoking allowed and our goal is to leave the room cleaner than we found it so be careful with crumbs.

The actual draft will start at 1pm wherein the Ruffin Privilege will be invoked.  Prior to that I will be passing out draft sheets, covering any necessary rules, taking the league photo, handing out awards from last year, having everyone sign the trophy ball (please everyone, let Coulter sign in the Position of Honor under the Cub Logo.  We seem to screw that up every year.) and electing our Executive Committee.  I would suggest owners start arriving between 12 noon and 12:30.  I will be there before noon in case anyone arrives early.  If we can begin the business side of things by 12:30, we should be able to get the draft started by 1pm.

That should be it.  If I've forgotten anything I will post an addendum here, so it might make sense to stop by the Front Office once a week or so to check on any updates.

Happy Draft Prep!

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Winter Waivers 2013

And with that the Winter Waivers for 2013 has come to an end.  No claims were made for Round 3, those players on waivers have cleared them and are now in the Free Agent Pool.

All that's left is preparing for the draft.  Which brings us to . . . .

DRAFT DAY 2013!!!

On March 30th (a Saturday) we will embark on the 30th year of the CFCL!!  Once again we will be drafting at my office.  My hope is that we will use the conference room like last year, but it's possible we will have to move into my actual office space.

We will begin with the Ruffin Privilege at 1pm sharp (Central time).  I will send out an e-mail as we get closer with a reminder, address, etc, but for now plan on arriving Saturday, March 30th BEFORE 1pm since we'll need to take the league photo, turn in league fees, pass out papers, elect the EC, etc.  We will get more time specific as some of the details become more clear.

Happy planning!

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Winter Waivers 2013 - Round 2

Decidely less action, but more success for those involved.  We had an e-mail delivery problem that has caused us to amend the previous post.  Here are the accurate results of Round 2 Winter Waivers.  Round 3 deadline is Thursday, January 17th at 3pm.

GRAGING BULLS  (Only 2)

Carlos Gomez .10*       (Nate Eovaldi .05)
Randall Delgado .05      (Chad Billingsley .05)
Placido Polanco

KENNDOZA LINE

Carlos Gomez*  .10   
Luke Gregerson .10  (Frank Francisco .12)

CLOWNS

Jacob Turner .07  (Emelio Bonafacio .10)

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Winter Waiver Cuts 2013 - Round 1

Round One is official.  Below you will see the winning claims as well as all claims made.  A player listed in italics was unsuccessfully claimed.  A player with an * next to his name was claimed by multiple teams.  A player listed in bold was successfully claimed and the player listed next to him in () was been waived and is part of the second round of Winter Waivers.

Here are the Successful Claims:

Beatniks

Josh Beckett .20                            (Jesus Guzman .15)
Russ Wheeler .08                          (Ramon Ramirez .04)
Matt Guerrier .05                         (Alexi Amarista .10)
Jon Rausch .05                              (Jerry Sands .10)
Scott Hairston .05                         (Placido Polanco .04)

Ruffins

N/A

DoorMatts

N/A

Danger

N/A

Twin Killers

N/A

Graging Bulls

Garrett Jones .05                        (Luke Gregerson .10)
Nate Eovaldi  .05                         (Jacob Turner .07)
John Buck  .04                             (Joe Kelly .05)
Chad Billingsley .05                    (Jim Henderson .05)

Kenndoza Line

Cameron Maybin .19                  (Jayson Werth .31)
Jeff Karstens  .05                         (Randall Delgado .05)

Revenge

Andrew Cashner .04                     (Chris Capuano .10)

Dem Rebels

Mitchell Boggs .10                          (Joel Hanrahan .08)
AJ Burnett .10                                (Randy Choate .10)
Antonio Bastardo .06                     (George Kotteras .01)
Matt Szczur .05Mx                         (Carlos Gomez .10)

Clowns

None

As you will see below, there is a difference between N/A and None.  Four teams did not submit any claims (interestingly four of the five lowest placed teams) and one team (Clowns) were shut out.  Here is a complete list of the claims.

BEATNIKS (Only 5)

Josh Beckett
Russ Wheeler
Mitchell Boggs *
AJ Burnett *
Matt Guerrier
Jon Rausch
Scott Hairston
Wily Peralta
Garrett Jones *
Cameron Maybin *
Mike Baxter
Willie Bloomquist
Jeremy Affeldt
Jordany Valdespin

RUFFINS

None

DOORMATTS

None

DANGER

None

TWIN KILLERS

None

GRAGING BULLS  (Only 4)

Garrett Jones *
Nate Eovaldi
John Buck
Antonio Bastardo *
AJ Burnett *
Mitchell Boggs *
Chad Billingsley
Rafael Furcal

KENNDOZA LINE

Cameron Maybin *
Garrett Jones *
Jeff Karstens
Mitchell Boggs *

REVENGE

Andrew Cashner *
Garrett Jones *
Cameron Maybin *

DEM REBELS

Mitchell Boggs *
AJ Burnett *
Antonio Bastardo *
Matt Szczur

CLOWNS

Cameron Maybin *
Andrew Cashner *

So the players listed at the top of this post in () are eligible for the Second Round of Winter Waivers.  All players not claimed during the First Round are now either in the Free Agent Pool for Draft Day or Released (if they are on an American League Roster).

The Trade Season is officially open.  Remember, if you make a trade, both teams have to report the deal to make it official.  Also, if you make a lopsided deal - Let's say you trade one guy and get two in return.  That means you have 24 players and the team you traded with has 22 players.  If either team claims a player during Winter Waivers they HAVE TO WAIVE a player.  The 23 man roster was simply to start Winter Waivers.  From this point forward there is no limit to player requirement.  Simply that during the Winter Waiver process for every player you acquire, you must waive a player.

Questions?  E-mail me or consult the Constitution.

Monday, January 7, 2013

Winter Waivers 2012-13 Officially Submitted

It's official.  Below is the list of Winter Waivers.  Before you dive into the list, here are the rules going forward (also available in the Constitution).

1)  Your Winter Waiver Claims for Round 1 must be submitted no later than 3pm on Thursday, January 10th, 2013.
2)  There is no limit to the amount of player you claim, BUT for every player being added to your team, one must be waived.  So if you submit four claims and want all four (should they pass to you) you MUST submit the names of four player you want to waive from your current roster.  If you submit four claims but only one name for waiving, you will receive a maximum of one player.  I WILL NOT chase you down to see if you meant to waive more players.  Any question - please e-mail me.
3)  The salary listed next to the player is the salary that you will get that player at with a contract of 15+.  If there is a minor leaguer on the waiver list, his contract will remain Mx.
4)  A by-product of the Winter Waivers is that at the conclusion of the first round (3:01pm Thursday, January 10th, 2013 - TRADING SEASON IS OPEN!!)

Here are the players:

Clint Barmes    .01            Ryan Roberts   .05
Ramon Hernandez  .07      Casey McGehee  .07
Jeremy Affeldt   .06          Trevor Bauer   .15
Ben Sheets  .17                  Ryan Wheeler  .08
Matt Guerrier   .05             Kameron Loe  .10
Eric Hinske     .01              Laynce Nix   .01
Juan Uribe     .10                Juan Cruz   .05
Jon Rausch    .05                Mike Baxter  .05
Matt Downs   .05               Scott Hairston   .05
Clay Hensley   .05              Jonathan Herrera  .10
Cody Ransom   .05             Shane Robinson   .05
Takashi Saito    .10             Ryan Webb  .10
Wesley Wright   .05           Reed Johnson   .01
JD Martinez       .05            Chipper Jones   .09
Garrett Jones    .05              Willie Bloomquist  .08
Martin Maldonado  .06        Ronny Cedeno  .05
Greg Dobbs      .10              Ryan Mattheus   .06
Trevor May   .05 Mx          John McDonald  .05
Logan Ondrusek   .05        Rudy Owens   .05Mx
Scott Podsednik   .10         Randy Wolf   .10
Cameron Maybin    .19      Shane Victorino   .27
Juan Rivera         .01           Joaquin Arias    .05
Tyler Pastonicky    .05        John Buck   .04
Antonio Bastardo   .06        Sean Burnett    .05
Francisco Cordero   .08       Nathan Eovaldi   .05
Victor Marte   .05               Drew Pomeranz   .15
Kurt Suzuki   .05                Justin Turner  .05
Brad Ziegler   .10               David DeJesus  .13
Skip Schumaker  .10          Chris Snyder  .01
Dan Uggla  .25                   Josh Beckett  .20
Ted Lilly  .15                     Mark Buehrle  .09
Scott Camp  .05                 Wellington Castillo  .05
Kevin Correia  .05              Luis Valbuena  .09
Jordany Valdespin  .05      Barry Zito  .11
Tony Campana  .05            Scott Rolen  .05
Stephen Drew  .06             Ryan Theriot  .05
Ricky Nolasco  .12             Anibal Sanchez  .02
Rod Barajas  .10                Mark Ellis  .10
Wade LeBlanc  .05            Chris Volstad  .05
Lance Berkman  .14           Eric Bedard  .01
Chad Billingsley  .05          Andrew Cashner  .04
Edison Volquez  .07          Vance Worley  .05
Bobby Abreu  .16               Joe Blanton  .05
Jhoulys Chacin  .05             Rubby DeLaRosa  .05
Jesus Flores  .02                 Logan Forsythe  .10
Henry Rodriguez  .10         Marc Rzepczynski  .05
Matt Sczur  .05Mx             Drew Stubbs  .42
Rafael Furcal  .08               Jed Lowrie  .07
Ty Wiggington  .03            Heath Bell .18
Mitchell Boggs  .10            AJ Burnett    .10
Jose Altuve  .05                 Ronald Belisario  .09
Jeff Karstens  .05               Ryan Madson  .05
Hector Sanchez  .02           Brett Wallace  .08
Carlos Lee  .18                   Jim Thome  .10
James Loney  .15               Geovany Soto .14
Ernesto Frieri  .05              Josh Johnson  .29
Jair Jurrjens  .08                 Chris Denorfia  .06
Jason Giambi  .05              Austin Kearns  .05
Brandon Lyon  .06             Donnie Murphy  .05
Leo Nunez  .05                  David Ross .05
Bryan LaHair .09               Jason Castro .03
Tyler Greene  .07               Bud Norris .01
Steve Clevenger  .05         Josh Lindblom  .05
Steve Lombardozzi .10     Wily Peralta  .10
AJ Pollock  .05                  Eric Young, Jr. 15

Winter Waivers

I would love to say the Winter Waiver list is below.  However we had a couple of owners challenged with counting to 23, so we're on hold for a little bit.  Since I wasn't able to access the internet much while I was gone, and I just got back into town two hours ago, I'm going to allow a little leeway on this.  Hopefully I will hear from the owners in question by early Monday and then I will have the Winter Waiver list posted during the day Monday.

For now let's assume first round of claims is due Thursday.  If this drags out we'll modify.

Thanks for your patience.