K Wood Day

May 6th is K Wood 2012. Since it's on a Sunday there should be strong competition for the coveted $25 gift card. As a reminder, the team with the highest total of strikeouts recorded by their ACTIVE pitching staff will garner the prize. Last year the Red Hots won with 25 Ks (16 by Cliff Lee alone). Neither the Hots nor Lee are around for this year's go at it so the door is wide open. Good luck!

Draft Day 2012 Photo Album



CFCL 2012




Pre-Draft Business




The Morkert Innovation




Executive Committee Election Results



We Are Locked And Loaded

Alrighty boys! Thanks to everyone for getting their cuts in on time (and many who got them in early!) That allowed me to get a head start on putting the roster sheet together and reconciling some issues. I have posted an updated Roster that can be downloaded on the right.

Here is a synopsis of the cuts.

Long Term Contracts Signed
John Axford 2 years
Madison Bumgarner 2 years
Jordan Zimmerman 2 years
Brandon Belt 2 years
Neil Walker 2 years
Jason Heyward 2 years
Starlin Castro 4 years
Sean Marshall 2 years
Mike Morse 3 years
Tyler Clippard 2 years
Yovanni Gallardo 2 years
Gaby Sanchez 2 years

Big Names (and salaries) Cut
Chris Carpenter
Ryan Howard
Chase Utley
Jayson Werth
Rafael Furcal
Shawn Marcum
Francisco Cordero
David Wright
Heath Bell
Tim Lincecum
Chad Billingsley

X Contracts Exercised
Mike Stanton
Buster Posey
Stephen Strasburg

Winter Waivers Kept
Kenley Jansen
Nyjer Morgan
Zach Cozart
Edison Volquez

LTC Broken
Skip Schumaker (The Danger will lose .05 from their budget for voiding the last year of Schumaker's contract).

Money to Spend

Here's what you wanted to know.

Danger needs 10 players and has .62 to spend (6.2 cents per player)
DoorMatts 9 players and 1.02 to spend (11.3)
Revenge 11 players and 1.20 to spend (10.9)
Killers 9 players and 1.72 to spend (19.1) !!!
Rebels 12 players and 1.44 to spend (12.0)
Bulls 10 players and 1.49 to spend (14.9)
Clowns 8 players and 1.48 to spend (18.5)
Beatniks 13 players and 1.38 to spend (10.6)
Kenndoza Line 8 players and .91 to spend (11.3)
Ruffins 10 players and 1.06 to spend (10.6)

That's it! Thanks again for your cooperation and we'll see you at 7-7:30am on Sunday!

Matt to Matt Trade

The DoorMatts and Graging Bulls continued blowing the trade winds. The DoorMatts acquired the Chicago Cubs Next Big Thing in Anthony Rizzo (.05 13+). In return they sent the April, May, June version of Ryan Howard - AKA John Mayberry (.01 13+) back to the Bulls.

With the recent trades and Major League activity, a new roster excel spreadsheet has been posted to the Front Office on the right.

Beatnik - Revenge Trade

The Eukennott Beatniks have not lost the feel of running a baseball team despite taking a two year hiatus. In their second deal this spring, they trade set-up specialist Eric O'Flaherty (.01 12+) to the Revenge in exchange for Brandon Phillips (.29 12+).

Beatnik - Line Trade

The Eukenott Beatniks began putting their stamp on the old Red Hot team by agreeing to the following trade with the Kenndoza Line.

The Beatniks send Rafael Bentancourt (.09 13+) and their 9th Round Rotation Pick to the Line in exchange for Allen Craig (.10 13+) and Alex Presley (.11 13+).

2012 Draft Day Timeline

Okay, boys. Spring Training is in full swing, games will be starting this weekend and we're getting ever closer to Draft Day 2012!

Here is a timeline for the days leading up to Draft Day. As always I suggest reading the Constitution regarding Roster Freeze Day, but if you have any questions, feel free to send me an e-mail.

For this year's timeline, I've tried to wait as long as possible for us to have to make decisions while still giving us enough time to formulate a game plan based on each others keepers and cuts.

Tuesday, March 27th - ROSTER CUTS DUE! 12pm noon is the cutoff. Remember, once you submit the cuts (even if you send me your cuts two days before the deadline) NO TRADES ARE ALLOWED. Once you click "send", that's it. Period. Cuts are due by 12 noon. I will remind you that the sooner I receive everyone's cuts, the sooner I can give you final rosters.

Wednesday, March 28th - ROSTER CUTS ANNOUNCED. In all honesty, I plan on sending out the list and updated Roster Sheet Tuesday night, but in case life gets in the way or there are issues to sort through, I'm giving myself until the 28th to get the list out.

Saturday, March 31st - HARD FREEZE. No more movement between active and reserve list is allowed.

Sunday, April 1st - DRAFT DAY!!! We will start with the Ruffin Privilege at 8am SHARP! We have owners leaving town that afternoon so we have to start on time. That means everyone should arrive between 7am and 7:30 so that we can take care of league business (go over Draft List, take picture, sign the Copperfield Trophy, vote for the EC, clarify any rules, etc.) before 8am. Plan accordingly. Look at Mapquest. E-mail me with direction issues. Buy yourself an alarm clock. Learn how to set the alarm clock. No one should walk in the door after 7:30am.

Keep in mind that the Trade Season is still in session. You can make trades up until the point that you submit your cuts to me. I will be submitting my cuts to the Executive Committee before noon on the 27th.