Off Season Business

We have officially entered the Off Season and there is stuff to do and remember.

Here is a breakdown of the Home Town Discount.  One twist to things this year.  The Bulls finished in the Sweet Spot (trademark of the Candy Colored Clowns).  The new owner taking over that franchise DOES NOT receive HTD benefits.  So Strasburg, Garza and Rondon are eligible to be acquired at next year's draft with no discount.  Here's the rest of it.

Bulls  64 points

Swing 58 points (.05 HTD budget):  None

Revenge  49 points (.04):  None

DoorMatts  48 points (.04):  Anthony Rizzo; Corey Dickerson

Kenndoza Line  38 points (.03):  Michael Wacha

Twin Killers  35 points (.03):  Marlon Byrd; Wilin Rosario; Charlie Morton

Candy Colored Clowns  19 points (.01):  Julio Teheran

Rosters
Quick reminder all "S" contracted players are officially released from your teams as well as all "15" contracts.  The Excel Roster Spreadsheet will be updated in the next week or two to reflect the purging of those contracts.

Winter Waivers
While Winter Waiver cuts aren't due until the first weekend of January 2016, keep in mind, as you evaluate your team, that you must cut down to 23 players.  There is no salary cap restriction or positional restriction during this process.  The only restrictions are no LTC players may be waived, and no "*" players may be waived at this time.  You MAY keep players currently in the AL (i.e. Mark Trumbo of Dem Rebels) or you may waive that type of player.

The key component is to think of this as a "retention" effort rather than a "cutting" effort.  Going into yesterday's games we all had 40 men on our roster.  So if you view this as a "cutting" effort you may think you have to actively cut 17 players.  But an "S" or "15" contract is automatically purged from your team so you only have to actively cut (17-"S" and/or "15") players.  A few years teams have submitted 17 cuts even though when they only had to actively cut 13 or 14.

CFCL Banquet
Two of the three money teams most likely will not be able to attend the banquet, so handing out money won't be the main event of the banquet.  It will be to recap the season, hand out awards, maybe talk trade and just have overall engagement and enjoyment.  If you plan on attending (or would like to depending on when it is), please e-mail me with you intent to attend as well as dates that do or don't work for you.  If you have no intention of attending, that's fine.  Just let me know so I'm not chasing you down to see if you can attend.

New Owner
We need to find someone to take over the Bulls franchise.  David Mahlan has been kind enough to help post a notice on a fantasy baseball website about our opening.  But as he pointed out, a lot of times those postings aren't read or responded to until late winter or early spring as guys start thinking about the upcoming season.  Ideally I would like to have a new owner in place by early December so they can acclimate themselves with their team and be involved in the Winter Waiver process.  If you know of anyone you feel would be a competitive, involved owner, please have them contact me.

Draft Day
Major League Baseball has slated Monday, April 4th as Opening Day.  So we typically would try to draft the previous Saturday (4/2) or Sunday (4/3).  Because of our out of town owners and their travelling needs, we usually focus on Saturday.  If anyone knows at this point that Saturday, April 2nd will absolutely not work, please let me know so we can figure a work around.  Right now I have a potential conflict with that weekend, but I'll look into changing things so that we can draft that day if that day works for everyone else.

Awards Ballot
An awards ballot will be arriving in your InBox soon (in a few weeks, perhaps).  Anyone that would like to help cull together the information for the ballot, please contact me.

Congratulations once again to David's Ruffins!

CFCL 2015 Is A Wrap

Congratulations to David's Ruffins on nailing down their 5th CFCL title in dominating style.  Following their trades before the trade deadline they moved out to a commanding double digit lead for most of the rest of the year.

Special recognition goes to the Eukennott Beatniks for their first 2nd place finish in another dominating performance.

Coming soon to the Front Office will be a break down of the Home Team Discount and other off-season information.

For now, two assignments.

Email me with 1) your interest in attending the CFCL Banquet and 2) if you plan on attending, dates that you are available and 3) names of anyone you think would be a viable owner to fill our vacancy.

Congratulations to all on another successful season!