Winter Waivers Come To An End

Alfonso Soriano and Mike Dunn cleared waivers Sunday and with that brings an end to the Winter Waiver season.

Next step, Roster Freeze Day.  This year Roster Freeze Day is Sunday, March 23rd at 3pm (CST).  I will do my level best to post rosters of all the keepers as soon as possible. after 3pm - most likely sometime Sunday evening.

You may submit your keepers anytime between now and the 23rd HOWEVER once your keepers have been submitted, no changes are allowed.  No cuts, no trades, nothing.  So clearly it is not in your best interest to submit your keepers until close to Roster Freeze Day.

I will be posting a more detailed reminder of Roster Freeze Day and the rules involved as we get closer to the 23rd.  About a week before the deadline I will be e-mailing everyone the Roster Cut Sheet to make the cut process easier (at least the logging of it, not necessarily the decision of it).

Winter Waivers Round 3 Results

Here are the results from Round 3.  Round 4 deadline is Sunday, January 19th at 3pm (CST) [One hour before the CFCL Banquet kicks off at HomeRun Inn at 75th & Lemont]

Hey Patta Matta Swing
Edwin Jackson  .03  (Alfonso Soriano .07)

Graging Bulls
Henderson Alvarez  .05  (Mike Dunn .05)

All submitted claims

Hey Patta Matta Swing
Edwin Jackson  .03 
Henderson Alvarez  .05

(waive as necessary)
Alfonso Soriano
John Jay

Graging Bulls
Henderson Alvarez  .05

(waive as necessary)
Mike Dunn

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.

Winter Waivers Round 2 Results

The activity sure slowed down for Round 2, but there was action - ensuring a Round 3.  Here are the results.

Twin Killers
None

Dem Rebels
Brad Ziegler  .05  (Hunter Morris  .05m)

Hey Patta Matta Swing
James Russell .02  (Yuniesky Bentancourt .15)
Brandon McCarthy  .08  (Shane Robinson  .01)
Dale Thayer  .05  (Alfredo Figaro .02)

Morkertzuma's Revenge
None

Eukennott Beatniks
Drew Storen .08  (Edwin Jackson .03)
AJ Burnett .10  (Henderson Alvarez .05)

David's Ruffins
None

Kenndoza Line
None

DoorMatts
None

Candy Colored Clowns
None

Graging Bulls
Rafael Soriano  .20  (Blake Parker  .06)
Mike Dunn  .05 (Sam LeCure .05)

Here are all the bids submitted:

Dem Rebels
Brad Ziegler
Rafael Soriano

(waive as necessary)
Hunter Morris
Dee Gordon

Hey Patta Matta Swing
James Russell
Brad Ziegler
Rafael Soriano
Brandon McCarthy
Dale Thayer

(waive as necessary)
Yuniesky Bentancourt
Shane Robinson
Alfredo Figaro
Alfonso Soriano
Jon Jay

Eukennott Beatniks
Drew Storen
AJ Burnett

(waive as necessary)
Edwin Jackson
Henderson Alvarez

Graging Bulls
Rafael Soriano
Mike Dunn
Drew Storen
James Russell

(waive as necessary)
Blake Parker
Sam LeCure

Banquet Reminder!!
Don't forget!  Next Sunday, January 19th at 4pm is the CFCL Banquet.  HomeRun Inn on 75th and Lemont Road.  All six local teams (seven owners) have said they are coming and we may even have one or two former owners in attendance if schedules align.

Round 3 Deadline
The Deadline for making claims for Round 3 is Thursday, January 16th at 3pm.

Winter Waiver - Round 1 Results

The results are in.  Some interesting claims.  The Swing jumped right into things by trying to claim almost everyone waived.  Also interesting is four players from the vaunted 9th place team were claimed.  Either the Rebels don't know what they're doing (most likely) or EVERY OTHER TEAM made a mistake (highly unlikely).

The first list is the list of successful claims.  The players listed in (parenthesis) are available for Round 2.  Deadline for making claims is Sunday, January 12th at 3pm CST.  Players italicized were claimed by more than one team.

Below that is the comprehensive list of all players claimed and offered up for waivers.

Twin Killers
None

Dem Rebels
Robbie Erlin  .02  (Tyler Lyons .05)
LaTroy Hawkins .09  (AJ Burnett .10)
Kyle Kendrick  .05 (James Russell .02)

Hey Patta Matta Swing
Matt Cain  .33  (Derrick Robinson .05)
Andre Ethier  .21  (Tom Gorzelanny .05)
Angel Pagan  .21  (Mike McKenna  .10)
Kevin Gregg  .05 (Javy Guerra  .14)
Francisco Rodriguez  .08  (Mike Dunn .05)

Morkertzuma's Revenge
Matt Holliday  .35 (Mark Ellis .04)
Scott Baker .02 (Brad Ziegler  .05)

Eukennott Beatniks
Jordy Mercer .05 (Eric Chavez .08)
Garrett Jones  .05  (Michael Young  .11)

David's Ruffins
Denard Span  .19  (Charlie Blackmon .10)
Jose Tabata .09 (Rafael Soriano .20)

Kenndoza Line
Chase Headley  .23 (Drew Storen  .08)

DoorMatts
None

Candy Colored Clowns
Junior Lake  .08  (Dan Haren .17)

Graging Bulls
Jaime Garcia  .05  (Justin Wilson .05)
AJ Pollock .10  (Chris Rusin .05)
Blake Parker .06  (Brandon McCarthy .08)
Sam LeCure  .05  (Dale Thayer .05)

COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF CLAIMS MADE AND PLAYERS MADE AVAILABLE

Twin Killers
None

Dem Rebels
Robbie Erlin
LaTroy Hawkins
Jaime Garcia
Kyle Kendrick

(waive as necessary)
Tyler Lyons
AJ Burnett
James Russell
Hunter Morris

Hey Patta Matta Swing
Matt Cain
Jody Mercer
Matt Holliday
Chase Headley
Andre Ethier
Scott Baker
Angel Pagan
AJ Pollock
Denard Span
Kevin Gregg
Garrett Jones
Francisco Rodriguez

(waive as necessary)
Derrick Robinson
Tom Gorzelanny
Mike McKenna
Javy Guerra
Mike Dunn
Yuniesky Bentancourt
Shane Robinson
Jon Jay
Alfonso Soriano
Jason Motte
Ike Davis
Alfredo Figaro

Morkertzuma's Revenge
Matt Holliday
LaTroy Hawkins
Scott Baker

(waive as necessary)
Mark Ellis
Brad Ziegler
Corey Luebke

Eukennott Beatniks  (well actually you can if your team name isn't Dem Rebels)
Jordy Mercer
Garrett Jones
Junior Lake

(waive as necessary)
Eric Chavez
Michael Young
Pablo Sandoval

David's Ruffins
Robbie Erlin
Denard Span
Jaime Garcia
Jordy Mercer
Jose Tabata
Junior Lake 

(waive as necessary)
Charlie Blackmon
Rafael Soriano

Kenndoza Line
Chase Headley

(waive as necessary)
Drew Storen

DoorMatts
None

Candy Colored Clowns
Junior Lake
Jaime Garcia
Matt Holliday
Andre Ethier
Denard Span
Jose Tabata

(waive as necessary)
Dan Haren
Tim Lincecum

Graging Bulls
Jaime Garcia
Robbie Erlin
Junior Lake
Jose Tabata
AJ Pollock
Blake Parker
Sam LeCure

(waive as necessary)
Justin Wilson
Chris Rusin
Brandon McCarthy
Dale Thayer

Home Town Discounts 2014 Draft

Since we are in the first stages of our 2014 Draft Prep with Winter Waivers, I thought I would list the players that have Home Town Discounts and the budgets for each team.  I provided a comprehensive list of all expiring contracts from last year - take special note of the circumstances listed under The  Swing.

The Line snagged the Sweet Spot and the maximum budget of .06.

Kenndoza Line - Budget of .06
Aramis Ramirez

David's Ruffins - Budget of .05
Carlos Beltran
Mike Leake
Yonder Alonso

Eukennott Beatniks - Budget of .04
John Mayberry
Sean Marshall
JJ Putz

Morkertzuma's Revenge - Budget of .04
No eligible players

Hey Patta Matta Swing - Budget of .04
No eligible players since they took over ownership of Stranger Danger, those rites do not transfer to new ownership.
(Jason Heyward)
(Gaby Sanchez)
(Kyle Lohse)

Dem Rebels - Budget of .03
No eligible players

Twin Killers - Budget of .03
Rueben Tejada
Yovanni Gallardo
Aaron Harang
Paul Maholm

DoorMatts - No Budget (money place finisher)
Gerardo Parra
Nate Schierholtz
John Axford

Candy Colored Clowns - No Budget (money place finisher)
Jay Bruce
Andrew McCutchen
Matt Kemp
Brandon Belt
Neil Walker
Devin Mesorasco
Adam Wainwright
Brandon Beachy
Madison Bumgarner

Graging Bulls - No Budget (money place finisher)
Miguel Montero
Wilson Ramos
Homer Bailey
Justin Upton
Tyler Clippard

Winter Waiver Correction

There is an adjustment to the players available in the first round.  Here's the end of the story.

Scott Elbert and Jonathan Pettibone werer listed as available.  They are not currently on any CFCL team and therefore are ineligible for Winter Waivers.

Jaime Garcia .05 and Sam LeCure .05 were omitted from the original list and have been added to the post from Sunday, January 5th.

Anyone that has submitted their Winter Waivers to the Commissioner already  is able to resubmit a new list.  Whatever is in my mailbox on Thursday at 3pm will be considered final.