Thursday, July 22, 2010

Clowns/Revenge Back At It

The Candy Colored Clowns and Revenge each completed their second trades within the past week. The Revenge continue to pick up solid, low priced pieces for their title run next year, while the Clowns continued their assualt on Everest this year by solidifying their bullpen.

The Clowns traded Mat Latos (.02 11+), Todd Helton (.15 11+) and Fernando Martinez (.05 Mx) to the Revenge in exchange for Carlos Beltran (.19 12+), Francisco Cordero (.17 11+) and Yonder Alonso (.05 Mx).

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

More Trading

The Bulls completed two trades to contenders today. The first with the Ruffins went this way:

The Ruffins trade Anibel Sanchez (.10 11+), Julio Teheran (.02 Mx), Edgar Renteria (.03 12+) and their 8th round pick to the Bulls in exchange for Ryan Franklin (.03 10!) and Hideki Kuroda (.06 10!).

The second trade involved the Clowns with the Bulls. In a Get For Today, Give Up The Future Deal the Clowns trade Bryce Harper (.10 Mx), Ronald Belisario (.05 12+) and their 3rd and 13th picks in exchange for Hanley Ramirez (.29 10!), Mike Pelfrey (.01 12+) and their 5th and 15th picks.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

OK, But He Committed a BIG Error in 2003!

Alex Gonzalez
Red Hots .18 (Carroll)
Revenge .09 (Carter)
Copperfields .07 (Dukes)
Clowns .05 (Rodriguez)

Mike Morse
Killers .05 (Murphy)

Nick Stavinoha
Killers .05 (Tatis)

Lorenzo Cain
Revenge .07 (Delgado)

Josh Thole
Red Hots .05 (Vandenhurk)

Travis Ishikawa
Copperfields .07 (Dukes)

Gentlemen, next weekend the Rebels will be heading south for a week (gone from 7/24 and back on 7/31). This has various implications.

If you complete a trade you need to report the deal to both Mike C (Sportsline Czar) and David M (Draft Pick Tracker and Front Office Poster).

If you are trying to pick the Rebels roster clean, you need to do it before next Saturday or hope to make a last minute deal the following week.

Don't forget the deadlines coming up.

Sunday, August 1st is the IFAB Day, which so happens to be our normal Free Agent bidding day. The CFCL Trade Deadline is also Sunday, August 1st (noon). All deals have to be reported by both teams by noon, Sunday the 1st. Since I will be arriving back in town late morning on the 31st, I would appreciate it if any last minute deals are e-mailed to me. But if this will cause confusion, reporting them to Mike and David will also be accepted.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

'Matts - Revenge Deal

In response to the latest attacks on his first place position, the DoorMatts said "Not so fast!"

The DoorMatts boosted their offense by parting with some of their surplus pitching. Here are the specifics.

The DoorMatts trade Tommy Hanson (.02 11+) in exchange for Michael Bourn (.07 X).

Monday, July 12, 2010

Red Hots Getting Serious

Continuing the momentum of their trade earlier today, the Red Hots made another deal this time taking on not All-Stars but significant payroll.


The Red Hots traded Dexter Fowler (.02 11+), Pedro Alvarez (.05 Mx), Alcides Escobar (.02 12x), Carlos Villanueva (.02 12+) to the Revenge in exchange for Aramis Ramirez (.26 11+), Lance Berkman (.30 12+), Orlando Cabrera (.10 12+), and Matt Lindstrom (.07 10).

All-Star Trading

Celebrating the All-Star Break, the Red Hots and Killers started bright and early consummating a deal involving six players and two All-Stars.



The Red Hots traded All-Star Yadier Molina (.06 12+), James Loney (.21 12+) and Scott Elbert (.05 12+) to the Killers in exchange for All-Star Ryan Braun (.12 11!), Henry Blanco (.05 12+) and Andres Torres (.05 12+).

All-Star Break Reminders

With the All-Star Break upon us there are a couple of things to keep in mind.

REPORTING DAYS: The ONLY days that you can make moves are Monday, July 12th (essentially making moves for Thursday's [July 15th] game) and Friday, July 16th. If you don't make your moves on Monday, you CANNOT make any moves until Friday.

SALARY CAP: The salary cap increases on Tuesday at noon. The new cap is $3.50. For those teams that have increased their pocketbook, they can take advantage of the new cap with the Friday (July 16th) reporting day.

Sidenote - There is some talk about allowing teams to make moves on the Wednesday (or Tuesday) of the All-Star Break since the cap increases but nothing can be done for three and a half days. As of right now there has been no change. If you would like to voice your opinion, please log in to the CFCL Forum and begin a discussion.

As we enter the second half of the season I will include in the weekly transactions an update of the status of the HTD. Keep in mind that the team occupying the Sweet Spot (trademarked by the Candy Colored Clowns) receives the full HTD budget and all teams lower in the standings receive a proportional share.