Winter Waivers Round 1

Round 1 is complete.  Below are the results.  Submit your claims for Round 2 by Sunday, January 14th, 3pm (Central Time).  The key to things:  * = claimed by multiple teams; Player's Name = Successful Claim; Red name = Waiver Player for Round 2

Clowns

(only two)

Tyler Glasnow  .10*
Matt Bowman  .02*
Koda Glover  .05
Phil Maton  .10

waive:
Carson Kelly  .05
Amir Garrett  .05

The Swing

None

Killers

None

DoorMatts

None

Beatniks

(only one)
Derek Dietrich  .04*
Alex Avila  .05*
Koji Uehara  .03
Sueng-Hwan Oh  .04*
Matt Bowman  .02*

waive:

Tony Wolters  .07

Dem Rebels

Hyun-Jin Ryu  .10*
Derek Dietrich  .04*
Brian Goodwin  .10

waive:

Buster Posey  .27
David Hernandez  .02
Michael Wacha  .04

Revenge

(only one)
Howie Kendrick  .05*
Tommy Joseph  .05

waive:

Hunter Strickland  .05

Kenndoza Line

(only seven)
Hyun-Jin Ryu  .10*
Pat Neshek  .10
Kenta Maeda  .20
Anthony Swarzak  .13
Seung-Hwan Oh  .04*
Austin Hedges  .07
Nick Hundley  .01
Howie Kendrick  .05*
Starlin Marte  .42
Alex Avila  .05*

waive:

Vincent Velazquez  .10
Dan Straily  .10
Jake McGee  .10
Brandon Belt  .35
Ryan Madson  .24
Eduardo Nunez  .16
Ryan Braun  .31

Sombreros

(only three)

Tyler Glasnow  .10*
Derek Dietrich  .04*
Matt Adams  .10
Patrick Corbin  .10

waive:
Carter Capps  .05
Matt Kemp  .17
Seth Lugo  .07

Players eligible to claim by Thursday

Carson Kelly  .05
Amir Garrett  .05
Tony Wolters  .07
Buster Posey  .27
David Hernandez  .02
Hunter Strickland  .05
Vincent Velazquez  .10
Dan Straily  .10
Jake McGee .10
Brandon Belt  .35
Ryan Madson  .24
Eduardo Nunez  .16
Ryan Braun  .31
Carter Capps  .05
Matt Kemp  .17

Draft Day 2018

I thought I had posted something along these lines earlier, but apparently not.  So here is the official word on Draft Day 2018.

After polling the league regarding drafting on Easter weekend or the weekend before, everyone said they could be available the weekend prior to Easter but a few had potential conflicts the weekend of Easter.

So, Draft Day 2018 will be Saturday, March 24th, 2018.  Let's plan on starting at 10am so anyone needing to leave town that evening can get a normal start.  That means league business, passing out papers, dealing with last minute NL roster adjustments and league photo will take place at 10am with the Ruffin Privilege taking place shortly thereafter.

You are welcome to arrive earlier - I'll probably be there around 9am.

Now, the location.  That has changed.  The new office (and drafting location) address is:

387 Shuman Blvd
Suite 325 W
Naperville  IL  60563

It's just a mile or two west of where the old office was located, essentially at the corner of Mill Street and I-88, just north of Diehl Road.  I'm sure Google Maps can get you there, but if you have any questions, let me know.

We have three larger conference/meeting rooms to utilize, so over the next few months I'll figure out which one is best suited for our needs and I can let you know about amenities (snack machine, fridge, microwave, etc.)

This is the first of probably a couple reminders/requests regarding rosters.  Keep in mind that when you are formulating your Roster Cuts for Roster Freeze Day, ALL players are on your active roster unless documented evidence shows they are not required to be there (assigned to the DL, demoted to the minors).  Drafting a week before the season starts will create some challenges, but keep in mind all ten teams face these challenges and no team is above any other in not having to make the tough decisions.  It may not be perfect, but until some major league team hires you/us to perform Epstein and Hoyer's jobs, it's what we have.

Winter Waivers - 2018

Below are the players who were cut and are thus available for claim during Winter Waivers.  Keep in mind a couple of things.

1)  Claim Deadline for Round 1 is 3pm, Thursday January 11th.
2)  When you submit a claim:
  2a) The order in which you submit your claim will be the order in which you are eligible for the claim (claims occur in reverse order of the 2017 standings)
  2b)  For every player you claim you MUST submit a player from your current roster to waive.  This includes claims submitted after the Trade Freeze is lifted.  Which leads to:
3)  The Trade Freeze is over and trading may occur at 3:01pm, Thursday, January 11th.  If you complete a trade that leaves your roster with 21 players, you still must submit a player to waive for every player you claim (See 2b above).
4)  Any player not claimed in Round 1 is ineligible to be acquired later in Winter Waivers and enters the Free Agent Pool for Draft Day 2018 (Details on Draft Day 2018 to be coming in a separate post).
5)  Any player claimed during Winter Waivers will retain the salary listed next to his name and have a contract of W which will convert to 20+ should that player be kept through Roster Freeze Day.
6)  Any questions regarding the process of Winter Waivers, please direct them to me or read the Constitution.

Without further ado, here are your Winter Prospects:

Tyler Moore .05
Matt Szczur  .05
Jeff Mathis .05
Brett Eibner  .05
Daniel Nava .05
Jerry Blevins .10
Jorge DeLaRosa .05
Mike Leake .09
Wily Peralta  .15
Pat Valaika  .02
Starlin Marte .42
Jett Bandy .01
Brandon Crawford .21
Andres Blanco .10
Daniel Descalso .05
Adonis Garcia .04
Jaime Garcia .10
Jarlin Garcia .05
Yeudy Garcia .05Mx
Dustin Garneau .05
Carlos Gonzalez .33
Travis Jankowski .15
John Jay .10
Patrick Kivlehan .05
Nick Pivetta .05
Cameron Rupp .06
Dee Gordon .28
Gorkys Hernandez  .05
Reymond Fuentes  .05
Miguel Rojas  .05
Jabari Blash  .05
Tanner Roark  .17
Chad Kuhl  .10
Phil Maton  .10
Austin Slater  .11
Luke Voit  .06
Adrian Gonzalez  .17
Koda Glover  .05
Antonio Senzatela  .05
Tyler Glasnow  .10
Alex Avila  .05
Johnny Cueto  .38
Fernando Rodney  .01
Tony Watson  .11
Matt Albers  .05
Chase Utley  .06
Nick Hundley  .01
Jose Osuna  .05
Sean Rodriguez  .09
Adam Wainwright  .09
Dylan Cease .02Mx
Homer Bailey  .07
Shohei Ohtani  .15
Patrick Corbin  .10
Gregor Blanco  .05
Adam Frazier  .10
Miguel Montero  .15
Juan Nicasio  .06
Koji Uehara  .03
Jayson Werth  .07
Justin Wilson  .24
Ben Zobrist  .21
Austin Hedges  .07
Chris Herrmann  .10
Tommy Joseph  .05
Zack Cozart  .04
Wilmer Difo  .10
Adam Rosales .05
Alen Hansen  .10
Stephen Piscotty  .07
Sam Dyson  .05
Luis Avilan  .10
Jacob Barnes  .10
Jose Urena  .05
Ty Blach  .10
Jeff Hoffman  .16
Sal Romano  .05
Drew Storen  .10
Matt Wieters  .12
Cory Spangenberg  .15
Pat Neshek  .10
Anthony Swarzak  .13
Luis Perdomo  .10
Logan Forsythe  .17
Kevin Maitan  .10Mx
Lucas Sims  .05
John Jaso  .02
Howie Kendrick  .05
Ichiro Suzuki  .10
Denard Span  .09
Erick Aybar  .02
Michael Saunders  .04
Tony Cinrani  .05
Carlos Torres  .05
Matt Bowman  .02
R.A. Dickey  .05
Edward Paredes  .05
Nick Ahmed  .05
Matt Moore  .16
Jeremy Helickson  .10
Eric Sogard  .05
Derek Dietrich  .04
Hunter Pence  .15
Aledmys Diaz  .08
Jae-gyun Hwang  .05
Brian Goodwin  .10
Alexi Amarista  .06
Devin Mesoraco  .07
Matt Garza  .05
Kenta Maeda  .20
Hyun-Jin Ryu  .10
Hector Rondon  .02
Andrew Chafin  .06
Brandon Maurer  .05
Junior Guerra .05
Joaquin Benoit  .05
Scott Kazmir  .05
Matt Adams  .10
Seung-Hwan Oh  .04
Edubray Ramos  .10
Adam Conley  .05
Andrew Susac  .01
David Wright  .10
Greg Garcia  .01
Ryan Buchter  .10
Enrique Hernandez  .10
Daniel Hudson  .10
Jim Johnson  .07
Hyun-soo Kim  .05
Brad Zieglar  .08

Winter Waivers

Happy Holidays to all!

With Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year's dominating our attention, I just wanted to throw out a quick reminder that Winter Waivers will take place at 3pm on Sunday, January 7th.

So that means you need to submit to the Commissioner your list of keepers (and preferably your cuts so I can do a proper accounting).  You are required to keep 23 players.  There are no position restrictions, no salary cap, no minor leaguer cap.  You are allowed to keep players on your roster that are currently with American League teams.  You keep 23 players and jettison everyone else.

When you submit your list DO NOT list expired contracts among your cuts.  They are not yours to cut as they technically left your roster when the last out was recorded for the 2017 season.

I will do my best to post a list of available players that evening and you will have until Thursday, January 11th at 3pm to submit your claims.

Sombreros are the champions

The weekend stage was set for excitement.  Four teams, two points and plenty of movement potential.  But the Sombreros saved just enough games and stole enough bases to thwart any potential surge from the Ruffins or Line.

Still having four teams finish with over 70 points and within three points of each other is amazing.

For those of you taking advantage of the next four days before Nationals/Cubs ramps up, here are the HTD discounts for Draft Day 2018.

Revenge - .06
Lucas Duda
Gregory Polanco

Rebels - .05
Cesar Hernandez
Giancarlo Stanton
Joe Panik
Randal Grichuk

Beatniks - .04
Yasmani Grandal
Brandon Phillips
Pedro Strop
Max Scherzer

DoorMatts - .03
Yangervis Solarte
John Lackey

Killers - .02
Adeiny Hechavarria
Yadier Molina
Matt Harvey

Swing - .02
None

Clowns - .02
Yasmany Tomas

Final Day

One day, a point and a half, three teams.

Heading into the final day the Sombreros hold a half point lead over the Ruffins.  To trigger the tie breaking rules, the DoorMatts would need to steal two bases OR the Ruffins would need a QS (without the DoorMatts getting one) OR the Rebels would need 3 Holds/Saves (without the Sombreros getting one).  This may not seem as impossible as it sounds since the Rebels have Corey Knebel and THREE Arizona Diamondbacks active.  So if Arizona had a lead in the 6th, and we know managers are not letting starters go much beyond the 5th inning, all it would take is for the D-Backs to run out DeLarosa, Hernandez and Bradley to secure the win and give the Ruffins half a point.

If only one of these scenarios plays out, we have a tie, so we go to the tie breaker - head to head categories.  The Ruffins lead the Sombreros in 5 categories and the Sombreros lead the Ruffins in 5 categories.  So we go to tie-breaker #2.

AB+BB+(3xIP)  Team with the highest number wins.

Heading into Sunday:

Sombreros = 11,327.1

Ruffins = 11,202

Sombreros lead by 110.1 which has actually increased since the games started on Friday.

Three Days, Four Teams, Three Points

With 33 previous seasons in the CFCL books, it's hard to identify if this weekend is completely unprecedented.  It may be.  If not, it doesn't have many roommates.

Heading into the final weekend, four teams are separated by three points for the championship (and one point separates the top three teams).

Doing a quick eyeball of the standings, there is plenty of opportunity for movement, so almost anything can happen, but adding to the equation is that many NL teams out of the hunt and those already locked into playoff slots, may not be playing their regulars.  So there's just as good a chance that nothing will change in three days.

Here's what could happen.

Sombreros (76 points) have the opportunity to get a point in the standings, but could also lose a point.
Ruffins (75 points) have the opportunity to gain a point, but could lose as many as three.
Kenndoza Line (75 points) have the opportunity to gain two points, but could lose one.
Revenge (73 points) could lose a point.

None of the above numbers are official - more just an educated guess.  What is almost certain is that the Live Scoring link could crash from massive refreshing.

Good luck to all involved!