Swing - Clown Trade

The Swing trade Kirby Yates (.07 19), Jarod Dyson (.05 21+) and Yairo Munoz (.01 21+) to the Clowns in exchange for Dansby Swanson (.07 21+), Alec Bohm (.05 Mx) and Keone Kela (.11 21+)

Swing - Line Trade

Kenndoza Line trades Cole Tucker (.02 21+) to the Swing for Mike Soroka (.10 20x)

Killer-Swing Trade

The Twin Killers trade Jean Segura (.26 21+) and Jose Urena (.10 20+) to the Swing in exchange for Kenley Jansen (.28 21+) and Jed Lowrie (.03 21+).

Swing - Sombreros Trade

The Swing trade Jonathan Villar (.08 18) to the Sombreros in exchange for Alen Hanson (.06 20+)

Swing Sombrero Trade

The Sombreros send Kirby Yates (.07 19+) to the Swing for the Sombrero's 3rd round pick, previously acquired by the Swing.

Busy Trade Day Continues

The Kenndoza Line see the top of the mountain and are making their charge, completing two trades less than two hours before the deadline.

The Line traded Tyler Flowers (.02 19+) to the Ruffins for Ender Inciarte (.15 17) and then.....


.....traded Andrew Chafin (.01 19+), Aaron Altherr (.01 19+) and the 6th round pick they acquired from the Clowns to the Swing for Jake Arrieta (.10 17!) and Hernan Perez (.06 18+)

Sombrero Swing Trade

The Golden Sombreros continued their efforts to walk away with a title, trading Jared Eickhoff (.03 18+), Erick Fredde (.10 Mx) and their 3rd round pick to the Swing for Jon Lester (.37 18+).

Sombrero swing a trade

Continuing with their Pre-Season Prospect Purge, the Sombreros traded up in the Rotation Draft.

They sent Nick Williams (.10 Mx) and their 5th round pick to the Swing for the Swing's 3rd round pick.

Quick reminder that Roster Cuts are due one week from today (March 26th) at 3pm Central - Not East Coast time, Not West Coast time.

Clowns - Swing Trade

The Swing made the first move to solidify their hold on first place by agreeing to a deal with the Clowns.

The Swing send Manuel Margot (.10 Mx), Archie Bradley (.05 Mx), Matt Cain (.10 18+), Brandon Finnegan (.05 18+) and their 1st round pick for 2017 to the Clowns in exchange for Marcel Ozuna (.07 16!), Santiago Casilla (.01 16), Junior Guerra (.05 18+) and the Clowns 7th Round Pick for 2017.

Swing and Revenge Trade

Trade to report, but it can't be said any better than the two teams involved.

Revenge:  The Revenge and the Swing have agreed to swap:

Danny Espinosa for Alex Guerrero.  

It's the little things...

Swing:  The Swing agree to the trade (and with the sentiment). We are pleased to welcome Alex Guerrero to our reserve roster and our DL, where he will find plenty of company.

Swing-Killer Deal

In the wee hours of the morning the youngest two owners (actually three owners) made a trade while all normal owners were sound asleep.

The Twin Killers traded Craig Kimbrel (.30 17+) to Hey Patta Matta Swing in exchange for Curtis Granderson (.15 17+) and DJ LeMahieu (.03 16+).

White Flag Before Mother's Day

The Clowns traded Andrew McCutchen (.50 17+) and Yonder Alonso (.05 17+) to the Swing in exchange for Forrest Wall (.05 Mx), Braden Shipley (.02 Mx), Ben Revere (.25 16+), Darin Ruf (.01 17+) and the Swing's First Round Rotation Pick of 2016.

Trade Flurry

Actually it's not so much a flurry of activity as opposed to a friggin' avalanche.

Five teams have coordinated to make four trades.  Without further ado:

Ruffins trade Jayson Werth (.16 15+), Hanley Ramirez (.21 15+), Jonathon Lucroy (.14 15+), David Wright (.27 14) and Wil Venable (.04 14) to the Revenge for Nolan Arenado (.02 15+), Marcel Ozuna (.02 15+), Charlie Blackmon (.10 16+), Corey Seager (.05 Mx) and their 9th pick.

I believe this is the first time ever that David Wright has played a NL game for anyone other than the Ruffins.

Candy Colored Clowns trade Travis D'Arnaud (.10 16+) to the Swing for Anthony Recker (.01 16+) and Eddie Butler (.05 Mx).

Candy Colored Clowns trade Jake DeGrom (.05 16+) and Yovanni Gallardo (.07 16+) to the Bulls for Todd Frazier (.10 14)

Revenge trade Hector Rondon (.07 15+) and Nick Wittgren (.02 Mx) to the Bulls for Justin Morneau (.15 16+)

That's it!  Deadline has passed.  Good luck to everyone trying to move up!

Revenge and Swing Make Deal

Morkertzuma's Revenge, doing what it can to make up the 5.5 points they lag behind the Kenndoza Line, swapped pitching with the Swing today.

The Revenge sent minor league stud Archie Bradley (.05 Mx) and Nathan Eovaldi (.15 16+) along with their 7th and 8th round picks to the Swing in exchange for the newly minted A's, Jeff Samardzija (.06 15!) and Jason Hammel (.05 16+).

With eight legitimate pitching points in play and within reach of the Revenge now, the sweating has begun in Cincinnati.

The Swing wins K-Wood Day!

We have reached the first Special Day of the year.  K-Wood Day, honoring Kerry Wood's 20 strikeout performance against the Houston Astros, celebrates the CFCL team that had the most strikeouts from their active roster.  And what a pathetic collective performance it was.  Not one TEAM could outperform Kerry's INDIVIDUAL performance 16 years ago.  But The Swing came close, notching 17 strikeouts to take home the prize.  They will be receiving a e-gift card from mlb.com in their InBox soon.

Interestingly, the Bulls had a chance to win.  Strategically they benched Edwin Jackson while he pitched against the White Sox.  Normally a good move, except that Jackson came through with a Quality Start . . . and nine strikeouts, all on reserve.  The nine strikeouts would have given the Bulls enough to overtake The Swing.

Here are the results of all the teams compared to Kerry Wood.

KERRY WOOD - 20
The Swing - 17
Twin Killers - 15
Kenndoza Line - 10
Graging Bulls - 10
Dem Rebels - 9
Beatnicks - 7
Revenge - 3
Clowns - 2
DoorMatts - 0
Ruffins - 0

Wood had more strikeouts on May 6th, 1998 than the Beatnicks, Revenge, Clowns, DoorMatts and Ruffins did last night combined. 

First trade of 2014 (Gonzalez for Gonzalez, et. al)

We have a few firsts to report.

The First Trade of 2014!

The First Trade for our newest team Hey Patta Matta Swing!

The First trade (possibly) of Gonzalezes's'ss

The Candy Colored Clowns trade Adrian Gonzalez (.26 14+), Cole Hamels (.39 15+) and Didi Gregorius (.01 15+) to The Swing for Carlos Gonzalez (.48 15+).

The Clowns reacquire Cargo while The  Swing continue in the tradition of their previous owner by locking up more solid pitching to go along with Kershaw, Wood and Cain.

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.

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!