More Draft Prep

Here is a list/reminder of the players tied to HTD and the teams with their HTD budgets.

Quick reminder that to use the HTD you can use no more than one half of your budget (rounded down) on any given player.  So for example, if Dem Rebels wanted to use the HTD on Aaron Hill, they could use either .01 or .02 of their budget.

Bulls  .06
No Eligible Players

Beatniks  .05
Carlos Quentin
Chase Utley
Jason Grilli
Carl Crawford

Dem Rebels  .04
Aaron Hill

DoorMatts  .04
Gio Gonzalez

Ruffins  .03
Domonic Brown
Lance Lynn
Sergio Romo

Twin Killerls  .03
AJ Ellis

Clowns  .02
Todd Frazier

First trade of 2015

The 2015 Trade Season kicked off with the Clowns trading CJ Edwards (.05 Mx) and their 2nd round rotation pick to the Bulls for Robert Stephenson (.05 Mx) and the Bulls 9th and 10th Round picks.

Draft Day Preparation

A moment of clarity kicked in today.  I looked around, realized Spring Training was in full swing and thought "Hey, Draft Day is in a month or so."  A quick count of days on a calendar and suddenly there are 23 days until Draft Day.

Wow.

So here are some reminders for the Draft. 

It's Saturday, April 4th at my office in Lisle.  We're going to start official stuff like the League Photo, EC election, handing out sheets, etc at 1pm.  The plan is to invoke the Ruffin Privilege well before 2pm.

I will be sending out the Cut Sheets soon.  Most  likely by this weekend.  Cuts are due back in my InBox by Sunday, March 29th at 3pm.  Please don't be late.  I plan to have the cuts turned around by that evening or Monday the 30th.

** A reminder about cuts.  Almost every year I hear from an owner(s) saying "I want to reserve X player because he may not make the Opening Day Roster".  Remember - currently ALL of your players are on your ACTIVE ROSTER.  You need to find reasons to put them on reserve, not the other way around.   When you submit your cuts, if a player has been sent to the minors, obviously they don't belong on your active roster (especially if they are an Mx contract).  But if they are still in camp, then they belong on your active roster.  Refer to the Constitution for instances of players being sent down after cuts are submitted.  **

There hasn't been a flurry of trades, but I will remind you that the Trade Season is open until you submit your cuts.  Once you click "Send" you are not allowed to make a trade, even draft picks.  So get your trades wrapped up before you click send.

I will be arriving at the office well before 1pm on Draft Day, so please feel free to arrive early.  Make sure you allow for traffic/construction/etc and arrive before 1pm.

Oh, this is obvious, but I'll say it.  1) Some of us have players on our roster that are on AL teams.  These players MUST be cut.  I can't imagine any of you wanting to keep them if you can't get their stats, but you have to cut them.  2) The main objective for all of us is to win/compete in 2015.  We all keep an eye on the future and opportunities that will allow us to build for our future.  But the MAIN (actually ONLY) reason we are getting together in 23 days is to win the 2015 CFCL Championship.

If anyone has any questions about the Cut Sheets, please feel free to contact me.

Winter Waivers 2015 End

And with that the 2015 Winter Waivers have come to a close.  No claims were made on the Line's cast offs.  Next things on the agenda are Roster Freeze Day (date to be determined - usually about a week or so before Draft Day) and fees submitted.

Anyone wanting to pay their fees before Draft Day is welcome to send me a check for $120.  My address is: 2212 James Leigh Drive, Aurora, IL, 60503.  You can always bring your fee on Draft Day.

I will be renewing our membership with OnRoto shortly.

Briefly recapping the Banquet from Saturday.  The Revenge, half The Swing and Dem Rebels were in attendance.  Even with just three owners coming, almost all of the award certificates were handed out as the Revenge had a Titanic type of season.  The Swing picked up MVP (Kershaw) and Cy Young (Kershaw).

Excellent baseball conversation ensued although there was a moment when the Revenge subconsciously let out their pent up frustration with the Commissioner by dumping a glass of ice water all over him.

That ugly incident aside, many baseball topics were discussed including roster management.  A more detailed explanation will follow.  And after four hours (YES! Four hours!) of banquet fun and frivolity the three owners headed off in to the night.

Keep in mind that trade season is open.

Winter Waivers 2015 - Round 3

Not wanting this to end, The Line was the only team to submit waiver claims and thus have acquired:

Matt Thornton .05
Adieny Hechavarria  .01

They have waived:

Jesse Biddle  .05M
Alexi Amarista .07

Claims are due Sunday, January 18th at 3pm

Winter Waivers 2015 - Round 2

Results of claims and corresponding waivers are below.  Deadline to claim is Thursday, January 15th, 3pm.

Swing
Joaquin Benoit .20  (Adieny Hechavarria .01)

Line
Cody Ashe .05 (Tsuyoshi Wada .05)
Yorman Rodriguez .02M (Matt Thornton .05)
Zach Lee .02M (Nick Vincent .10)

Revenge
Cody Ashe  .05  (Michael Cuddyer .20)
Joaquin Benoit .20 (Jay Bruce .31)
Seth Manness .05 (Bartolo Colon .13)

Draft Day 2015 On The Books

Thanks to most everyone's feedback (most importantly our out of towners) the 2015 Draft Day has been agreed upon.

We will draft at my office (like the last few years) in Lisle on Saturday, April 5th.  Our start time will be 1pm with league business and hopefully kicking off the Ruffin Privilege well before 2pm.

There were a few requests for the draft to begin in the late morning, but with owners coming in from out of town, we need to start early afternoon.  If everyone pays attention during the draft, has players to nominate when it's there turn and doesn't take 60-70 seconds to decide if they are going to increase their bid, we should still be able to get out at a decent hour.

Last year we started at 1:30 and finished the draft portion at 6:30.  If I remember correctly we were out of the building by 8pm.