K Wood Day Reminder

As you rush to make your last minute roster changes for the weekend, remember that today (May 6th) is K Wood Day.  The anniversary of Kerry Wood striking out 20 Houston Astros back in 1998 (the game Owner Emeritus David Mahlan ALMOST saw).

Quick reminder on the rules.  The team that records the most strikeouts (not by their hitters - effectively leaving Dem Rebels out of the running) by the pitchers on their ACTIVE roster will receive a $25 Gift Certificate to MLB.com.

Results will be posted later tonight or tomorrow morning.  Good luck!

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.

First Trade of the 2016 Season

The first trade of the 2016 season has been completed and . . . hey!  here's a surprise - it involves the Clowns.

For some reason the Clowns wanted to pick up a Chicago Cub so they approached the Beatniks and the result was:

Clowns trade Brandon Drury (.01 18+) to the Beatniks in exchange for Javier Baez (.05 18+).

Roster Cut and Draft Day Information

The cuts are in!  The numbers have been crunched.  Full Draft Prep is on.

Interesting information below.  One team has more money to spend than the GNP of most small nations.  Two .50 players were kept. Lots of big names tossed back in the pool and a fair amount of Winter Waiver players kept.

Below are some of the particulars of the cuts.  For rosters, click on the link on the right hand side or give our OnRoto Master a little time and he'll have the rosters updated there.

**  OH!  ONE LAST THING!!  **  I have heard from a couple of you on putting your name on the EC ballot and submitting your Ruffin Privilege guess.  Anyone that hasn’t responded yet, please let me know if you’re on the ballot and what your RP guess is.  Thanks!

Here is some of the fun information:

BIG NAMES CUT

Matt Kemp

Jhonny Peralta

Carlos Gonzalez

Jason Heyward

Jose Reyes (* The Beatniks will absorb a .13 penalty for cutting Reyes)

Gio Gonzalez

Ryan Braun

Javy Baez

Ryan Zimmerman

Neil Walker

Adam Wainwright

Adrian Gonzalez

Yoenis Cespedes

Wil Myers

Matt Holliday

James Shields

Angel Pagan

Dexter Fowler

Jon Lester

Cliff Lee (That one was for the Beatniks)

Jon Gray

Long Term Contracts

David Peralta  2 years  .13 (DoorMatts)

Kolten Wong  2 years .07 (DoorMatts)

Gregory Polanco 2 years .10 (Revenge)

Lucas Duda 2 years .06 (Revenge)

Anthony Rendon  2 years .12 (Sombreros)

Gerrit Cole  3 years .20 (Sombreros)

Jacob DeGrom 3 years .15 (Sombreros)

Jake Arrieta  2 years .10 (Swing)

Yasiel Puig 2 years  .20 (Kenndoza Line)

Matt Harvey 2 years  .13  (Twin Killers)

X Contracts

Kyle Hendricks (DoorMatts)

Winter Waivers Kept

Nick Ahmed

Michael Taylor

Brandon Belt

JJ Hoover

Wilmer Flores

Domingo Santana

Mark Reynolds

Money

Dem Rebels need 8 players and have $1.23 to spend (15.4 average per player)

Beatniks  14 players  $1.36 (9.7)

DoorMatts  10 players  1.35 (13.5)

Clowns  11 players  1.08 (9.8)

Revenge  9 players  1.62  (18.0)

Sombreros  11 players  1.36  (12.4)

Kenndoza Line  9 players  .95  (10.6)

Swing  13 players  1.25  (9.6)

Ruffins  8 players  .46  (5.9)

Killers 11 players  1.27 (11.5)

Clowns - Golden Sombrero Trade

The Clowns trade Jorge Soler (.02 17+) to the Sombreros in exchange for Devin Mesorasco (.12 16+) and the Sombrero 8th round pick.

Deadline Deal

With four days remaining until the Roster Freeze Deadline, the Beatniks and Line pulled off a deal.

The Beatniks traded the alliterative (Beatniks words) Freddie Freeman (.34 17+) and Shawn Kelley (.05 17+) to the Line in exchange for a trove of minor leaguers:  Billy McKinney (.02 Mx), Aaron Blair (.10 Mx) and Albert Almora (.05 Mx).

Rumor has it the Beatniks wouldn't complete the deal unless Cliff Lee was thrown in.  Once they were convinced the Killers have Lee, the Beatniks completed the deal quickly and then consulted their CFCL rolodex for the number to the Killers front office.

One Week Until Roster Freeze

Gentlemen -

Here's a quick reminder of what is facing us for the next two weeks.

1)  Roster Freeze Day is one week from today.  Roster Cut Sheets are due by 3pm next Sunday (March 27th).  March 27th is also Easter Sunday.  So if chocolate bunnies and colored Easter eggs are part of your family activities that day, you may want to submit your cuts earlier in the weekend.  I will have the cuts, LTCs and money per team listed late Sunday night or Monday morning.  Due to prior commitments I won't be able to get things posted at 3:05pm like past years.  And if there are any mistakes on Roster Cut sheets, it will take me longer to post the results as I will need to clarify things.  So if you have any questions, please e-mail or call me this week.

1b)  No trades are allowed once you submit your Roster Cut Sheet.  If there are any trade discussions going on, start getting it wrapped up.

2)  Executive Committee.  To date I have received notification from two owners that they do not want to be listed on the ballot.  If I do not hear from you by next Sunday, your name will be on the ballot and you will be eligible to be elected to the EC.

3)  Draft Day is 13 days from now.  Saturday, April 2nd at noon, my office building.  I will be there between 10:30 and 11am, so feel free to arrive any time after that.  We have papers to hand out, pictures to take, trophy ball to sign, EC to elect and all of that, hopefully, will be completed by noon so we can kick off CFCL 2016 (33 years and counting.  "We're not even halfway there!") with the Ruffin Privilege at noon sharp.

4)  Speaking of the Ruffin Privilege.  We will be playing the Ruffin Privilege Game again.  With your roster cuts, submit who you think will be the first player nominated along with the winning bid.  Winner gets some amazing baseball prizes.

5)  CFCL fees are due on Draft Day.  $120 per team.  No exceptions.  I don't want to have to chase people down for money throughout the season so please bring your money to the draft.

6)  Kyle Schwarber Bobblehead Night with the Cougars.  Tickets are $13 each.  I would like to collect a final head count and money for the tickets on Draft Day.  The game is Thursday, June 16th at 6:30pm.

7)  Post Game Wrap Up.  Last year we headed to Mullen's on the corner of Naperville and Warrenville Roads after the draft.  If you're so inclined, interested owners are invited to meet up there.

8)  Refreshments.  You can bring anything you would like to get you through the day (no alcohol).  There is a refridgerator that may have some space to store some things, but I can't count on enough space for ten teams to stash their goodies.  There are vending machines with pop and candy as well as a microwave oven.  All I ask if you make sure you clean up your garbage and crumbs so we don't have an issue reserving the room for next  year.

9)  I  have saved the best for last.  Owner Emeritus David Mahlan will be there.  Now that may not seem like a big deal since David annually is generous with his time to stop by and take the official league photo.  Well THIS year he has agreed to be our Official Recorder of the Auction.  He will keep track of the bids and announce the team that acquired the player and the winning auction price.  This should prove to be invaluable to us to have the CFCL Founder on  hand keeping us accurate on our bids.

Any questions about anything, please e-mail, text or call.  See you in 13 days!