------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 569 ***************** 2-17-99 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** J.D. DREW: #1 Pick in 25th Annual IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft *** # NT OT T PLAYER --- -- -- - ------------------- Preliminary Round 1 30 7 1 DREW, J.D. 2 29 8 2 WOOD, KERRY 3 30 14 1 CHAVEZ, ERIC 4 29 9 2 PAVANO, CARL 5 1 3 1 BELTRE, ADRIAN 6 6 13 1 GLAUS, TROY 1st Round 7 30 18 1 CARUSO, MIKE 8 29 5 2 CLEMENT, MATT 9 27 2 2 CHEN, BRUCE 10 26 24 2 HERNANDEZ, ORLANDO 11 1 1 2 ELARTON, SCOTT 12 6 9 1 BARRETT, MICHAEL 13 20 14 1 HINCH, A.J. 14 2 12 1 RAMIREZ, ARAMIS 15 10 16 1 GIAMBI, JEREMY 16 24 14 1 CHRISTENSON, RYAN 17 25 24 1 SPENCER, SHANE 18 21 28 1 GONZALEZ, ALEX A. 19 14 28 2 SANCHEZ, JESUS 20 16 1 2 HALAMA, JOHN 21 4 20 1 BRANYAN, RUSS 22 27 21 1 PICKERING, CALVIN 23 2 5 1 DAVIS, BEN 24 1 26 2 HALLADAY, ROY 25 13 28 1 WILSON, PRESTON 26 17 1 1 MELUSKEY, MITCH 27 3 16 1 BELTRAN, CARLOS 28 12 9 1 HENLEY, BOB 29 23 23 2 ANDERSON, MATT 30 21 17 1 KOSKIE, COREY 31 5 1 1 WARD, DARYLE 32 5 17 2 MILTON, ERIC 33 1 21 2 PONSON, SIDNEY 34 11 16 1 FEBLES, CARLOS 35 12 24 1 LOWELL, MIKE 2nd Round 36 30 3 1 PENA, ANGEL 37 29 25 1 GUILLEN, CARLOS 38 4 19 1 BELLIARD, RON 39 30 23 2 GREISINGER, SETH 40 29 9 2 VAZQUEZ, JAVIER 41 30 11 2 LOEWER, CARLTON 42 29 9 1 SEGUIGNOL, FERNANDO 43 27 23 1 KAPLER, GABE 44 26 4 2 ORTIZ, RUSS 45 1 2 1 LOMBARD, GEORGE 46 6 18 2 PARQUE, JIM 47 20 18 2 SNYDER, JOHN 48 2 13 1 BAUGHMAN, JUSTIN 49 10 22 2 CHO, JIN HO 50 24 19 1 JENKINS, GEOFF IRBL # 569 2-17-99 2 51 25 28 2 MANTEI, MATT 52 21 18 2 HOWRY, BOB 53 14 11 1 ANDERSON, MARLON 54 16 10 2 YOSHII, MASATO 55 5 18 1 SIMMONS, BRIAN 56 5 28 2 MEADOWS, BRIAN 57 2 27 1 GIBSON, DERRICK 58 28 22 1 SADLER, DONNIE 59 19 28 2 DARENSBOURG, VIC 60 17 4 1 RIOS, ARMANDO 61 3 13 2 WASHBURN, JARROD 62 1 24 2 BRADLEY, RYAN 63 23 23 1 FICK, ROBERT 64 13 2 1 HELMS, WES 65 8 28 1 BERG, DAVE 66 5 24 1 LEDEE, RICKY 67 1 7 2 LOOPER, BRADEN 68 11 17 1 MIENTKIEWICZ, DOUG 69 25 3 1 LUKE, MATT 3rd Round 70 30 26 1 WITT, KEVIN 71 29 20 1 RAMIREZ, ALEX 72 4 8 1 NIEVES, JOSE 73 30 6 1 FRANK, MIKE 74 29 18 1 JOHNSON, MARK L. 75 30 28 2 DEMPSTER, RYAN 76 29 2 2 PEREZ, ODALIZ 77 27 16 1 BROWN, DERMAL 78 15 21 1 HAIRSTON JR., JERRY 79 1 23 2 POWELL, BRIAN 80 6 19 2 DELOSSANTOS, VALERIO 81 20 7 2 JIMENEZ, JOSE 82 10 2 2 ROCKER, JOHN 83 10 5 2 SPENCER, STAN 84 24 25 1 MONAHAN, SHANE 85 17 3 1 LODUCA, PAUL 86 21 2 2 SEANEZ, RUDY 87 14 19 1 HUGHES, BOBBY 88 16 22 1 MERLONI, LOU 89 7 28 1 JACKSON, RYAN 90 5 21 1 MINOR, RYAN 91 2 28 1 DAUBACH, BRIAN 92 7 18 2 BRADFORD, CHAD 93 8 17 1 PIERZYNSKI, A.J. 94 18 7 1 POLANCO, PLACIDO 95 5 3 2 KUBENKA, JEFF 96 1 21 2 FUSSELL, CHRIS 97 23 23 1 BAKO, PAUL 98 13 27 1 CLEMENTE, EDGARD 99 10 15 2 JOHNSON, JONATHAN 100 12 10 1 PAYTON, JAY 101 22 19 2 ROQUE, RAFAEL 102 27 13 1 MOLINA, BEN 103 28 23 1 ALVAREZ, GABE 4th Round 104 30 16 1 ORTIZ, HECTOR 105 29 28 2 MEDINA, RAFAEL 106 4 16 1 LOPEZ, MENDY 107 30 19 1 MARTINEZ, GREG 108 29 3 1 CORA, ALEX 109 30 25 1 WILKINS, RICK IRBL # 569 2-17-99 3 110 29 9 1 STOVALL, DAROND 111 27 2 2 BUTLER, ADAM 112 26 17 2 SAMPSON, BENJ 113 18 23 2 RUNYAN, SEAN 114 6 14 2 STEIN, BLAKE 115 20 20 2 RAKERS, JASON 116 15 28 1 REDMOND, MIKE 117 10 9 2 MOORE, TREY 118 24 25 1 GIPSON, CHARLES 119 25 14 2 HEREDIA, GIL 120 21 2 1 MALLOY, MARTY 121 14 9 2 POWELL, JEREMY 122 16 16 1 LEIUS, SCOTT 123 28 7 2 CROUSHORE, RICH 124 19 28 2 FONTENOT, JOE 125 2 27 2 STOOPS, JIM 126 28 12 2 MARTINEZ, JAVIER 127 19 16 2 BYRDAK, TIM 128 17 4 1 MARTINEZ, RAMON E. 129 7 28 2 EDMONDSON, BRIAN 130 28 7 2 POLITTE, CLIFF 131 23 6 1 GARCIA, GUILLERMO 132 12 16 2 EVANS, BART 133 18 21 1 MOUTON, LYLE 134 28 27 2 BROWNSON, MARK 135 9 4 2 BROCK, CHRIS 136 13 25 2 ABBOTT, PAUL 137 25 18 1 WILSON, CRAIG 5th Round 138 30 11 2 WELCH, MIKE 139 29 13 1 BOLICK, FRANK 140 4 21 1 OTANEZ, WILLIS 141 30 15 1 SASSER, ROB 142 29 15 1 SHELDON, SCOTT 143 30 10 1 AGBAYANI, BENNY 144 29 12 2 VAN POPPEL, TODD 145 13 24 2 TESSMER, JAY 146 22 9 1 MORDECAI, MIKE 147 6 18 2 WARD, BRYAN 148 20 23 2 CROW, DEAN 149 10 20 1 CABRERA, JOLBERT 150 10 19 2 MULLINS, GREG 151 24 12 1 SANFORD, CHANCE 152 25 19 2 PATRICK, BRONSWELL 153 21 23 1 SIDDALL, JOE 154 14 22 2 BARKLEY, BRIAN 155 16 18 1 FRAZIER, LOU 156 28 9 2 JOHNSON, MIKE 157 8 27 2 GONZALEZ, LARIEL 158 2 26 2 WITHEM, SHANNON 159 28 2 1 DEROSA, MARK 160 12 29 2 BANKS, WILLIE 161 17 3 2 WEAVER, ERIC 162 22 7 1 HUNTER, BRIAN R. 163 23 10 1 KINKADE, MIKE 164 19 28 2 SPEIER, JUSTIN 165 18 28 1 ROSKOS, JOHN 166 9 24 2 BUDDIE, MIKE 167 13 25 1 RADMANOVICH, RYAN 168 17 27 1 STRITTMATTER, MARK 6th Round IRBL # 569 2-17-99 4 169 30 5 2 RAMIREZ, ROBERTO 170 29 25 1 ROSSY, RICO 171 4 8 1 MAXWELL, JASON 172 30 23 2 SANTANA, MARINO 173 29 11 1 HUDLER, REX 174 30 6 2 PRIEST, EDDIE 175 29 19 1 LEVIS, JESSE 176 27 11 2 DODD, ROBERT 177 1 27 1 BARRY, JEFF 178 6 17 2 BAPTIST, TRAVIS 179 20 17 1 SHAVE, JON 180 15 13 1 WILLIAMS, REGGIE 181 10 10 2 TAM, JEFF 182 24 9 1 LIVINGSTONE, SCOTT 183 25 21 2 JOHNS, DOUG 184 21 28 1 MILLAR, KEVIN 185 14 21 2 DYKHOFF, RADHAMES 186 16 14 1 MITCHELL, KEVIN 187 7 14 2 MOHLER, MIKE 188 2 3 1 HOLLINS, DAMON 189 7 21 2 KAMIENIECKI, SCOTT 190 19 24 2 JERZEMBECK, MIKE 191 22 26 2 STIEB, DAVE 192 23 23 1 WOOD, JASON 193 13 14 2 CONNELLY, STEVE 194 18 11 1 ZUBER, JON 195 9 14 1 LESHER, BRIAN 196 19 1 1 INCAVIGLIA, PETE 7th Round 197 30 3 1 METCALFE, MIKE 198 29 14 1 VOIGT, JACK 199 4 7 1 MCEWING, JOE 200 30 9 2 BULLINGER, KIRK 201 29 16 1 HATCHER, CHRIS 202 30 20 2 VILLONE, RON 203 29 10 1 HANEY, TODD 204 27 22 2 VALDEZ, CARLOS 205 1 11 1 BENNETT, GARY 206 6 9 2 YOUNG, TIM 207 20 26 2 SINCLAIR, STEVE 208 24 27 2 RATH, FRED 209 25 2 1 BELLIARD, RAFAEL 210 14 6 1 LARKIN, STEPHEN 211 16 6 1 TARASCO, TONY 212 7 25 2 MCCARTHY, GREG 213 2 27 2 SAIPE, MIKE 214 28 25 1 CRADLE, RICKEY 215 22 3 2 RATH, GARY 216 23 22 1 JOHNS, KEITH 217 13 1 2 GRZANICH, MIKE 218 5 28 2 GONZALEZ, GABE 219 18 19 2 SMITH, TRAVIS 220 12 6 2 GLAUBER, KEITH 8th Round 221 30 13 1 JOHNSON, MARK P. 222 29 17 1 STAHOVIAK, SCOTT 223 4 6 2 KROON, MARC 224 30 6 2 WILLIAMS, TODD 225 29 21 1 FORBES, P.J. 226 30 30 2 CARLSON, DAN 227 29 21 2 DRABEK, DOUG IRBL # 569 2-17-99 5 228 27 25 2 GAJKOWSKI, STEVE 229 1 13 2 WILSON, TREVOR 230 6 21 2 MATHEWS, TERRY 231 20 12 2 LAWRENCE, SEAN 232 24 8 2 STEENSTRA, KENNIE 233 25 25 2 FOSSAS, TONY 234 2 19 2 HENDERSON, RODNEY 235 28 8 1 HARDTKE, JASON 236 23 14 2 HOLZEMER, MARK 237 5 3 2 LANKFORD, FRANK 238 18 24 2 BOROWSKI, JOE 9th Round 239 30 14 2 DOUGHERTY, JIM 240 29 8 2 MYERS, RODNEY 241 30 8 1 WHITE, DERRICK 242 29 5 1 WILLIAMS, EDDIE 243 30 8 1 LOWERY, TERRELL 244 29 23 2 HARRIGER, DENNY 245 27 23 2 BRUNSON, WILL 246 1 11 2 BORLAND, TOBY 247 2 18 2 RIZZO, TODD 248 28 19 2 HUDSON, JOE 249 23 14 1 NEILL, MIKE 250 5 30 2 PENNINGTON, BRAD 251 18 21 2 BENNETT, JOEL 10th Round 252 30 8 2 PATTERSON, BOB 253 29 15 1 CUYLER, MILT 254 30 4 1 BALL, JEFF 255 29 11 2 BREWER, BILLY 256 30 15 2 BAILES, SCOTT 257 29 25 2 BULLINGER, JIM 258 27 30 2 EILAND, DAVE 259 1 7 1 LITTLE, MARK 260 2 29 2 BROW, SCOTT 261 23 15 1 TREMIE, CHRIS 262 13 25 2 HOLDRIDGE, DAVID 263 18 12 1 BIESER, STEVE 11th Round 264 30 7 1 GILBERT, SHAWN 265 30 20 1 LOVULLO, TOREY 266 1 22 2 SHOUSE, BRIAN 267 2 18 2 HEATHCOTT, MIKE 268 18 6 2 JORDAN, RICARDO 12th Round 269 1 10 1 KIRBY, WAYNE 270 2 27 2 WAINHOUSE, DAVID 13th Round 271 1 21 2 LEWIS, RICHIE 14th Round 272 1 22 2 WEST, DAVID -------------------------------- LEGEND: # : draft pick number NT : new (IRBL) team OT : old (DMB) team T : player type: 1 : batter; 2 : pitcher IRBL # 569 2-17-99 6 ...................................... PLAYER TRANSACTIONS: The ASTROS released JAMIE MCANDREW, BRIAN SACKINSKY. The REDS traded JIM EDMONDS, JEFFREY HAMMONDS, BUTCH HUSKEY to the PHILLIES for MANNY RAMIREZ. The WHITE SOX traded DENNY HOCKING to the MARINERS for JOHN FLAHERTY. The RANGERS traded JERRY HAIRSTON JR. to the METS for JOHN ROCKER. The METS traded CURTIS GOODWIN to the DEVIL RAYS for ROBERTO RAMIREZ. ...................................... Please call me immediately if you find any errors on the draft results, cross-reference rosters or the DMB IRBL player files. ...................................... The draft took 10 hours and 16 minutes this year ending at 6:16 pm (ET). The 272 draft picks averaged 2.3 minutes per pick. This was even faster than last year (which also was the fastest ever to that point). This makes four years in a row that the average time per pick has been reduced by at least 30 seconds. The averages for the past few years have been: 1999 2.3 minutes per pick 1998 2.8 minutes per pick 1997 3.3 minutes per pick 1996 4.0 minutes per pick 1995 4.5 minutes per pick This year, the major factor in saving time was that 15 IRBL managers participated using the IRC "chat room" and were prepared to make an almost immediate selection when it was their turn to pick. Next year, I hope that almost all managers will draft via IRC so we can complete the draft even quicker. Once again, my thanks to Ricky Diaz and John Mattfeld for helping me run the draft on-site. Without their help, the draft would have taken much, much longer. ....................................... The next newsletter (LRD) will contain guidelines and forms to fill out for your team season instructions. ...................................... REMINDER: You must reduce your roster to 50 players or less (combined rated and unrated players) by the trading IRBL # 569 2-17-99 7 deadline. Your roster may never at anytime exceed 60 total players. If your roster exceeds these limits then enough unrated players will automatically be released, alphabetically, to reduce your roster to the 50 or 60 player limit. ...................................... The following is a summary of the 1999 draft telephone calls that I should be receiving reimbursement for: TEAM MANAGER CALLS COST ---- ------- ----- ---- GIANTS Mike Mayko 8 6.00 ASTROS Mike Rainey 17 12.75 REDS Jeff Nicholson 6 4.50 BRAVES Jim Jansen 14 10.50 METS Gerry McDonald 2 1.50 ANGELS Matt Cummings 9 6.75 INDIANS Bill Mattfeld 4 3.00 TWINS Mark Johnson 2 1.50 ORIOLES Carmine Salerno 6 4.50 ...................................... DMB Player Files Correction: Tom Tippett has announced the following errors in the 1998 season DMB player files. I have already made the corrections in the IRBL player files. On the 1998 Season Disk, four outfielders who played on more than one team have incorrect error ratings on their combined records. The correct values are: Geronimo Berroa -- 80 Ellis Burks -- 120 Jacob Cruz -- 100 Glenallen Hill -- 162 The team-specific records (e.g. Burks records for SF and Col) are fine, it's just that the program that produces the combined records for multi-team players had a problem with outfielders who played different outfield positions for different teams. To fix this, do the following: - from the main menu, choose Organize/Agents to access the list of free agent batters - choose Modify, select the player, choose Ratings, make the correction, choose OK to dismiss the ratings form, then choose Go to get back to the free agent menu IRBL # 569 2-17-99 8 ...................................... DEADLINES: Mar. 7 - Trading deadline (6 pm, EDT) Mar. 21 - Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 1 - First series of 1999 season ...................................... Files included on LRD # 569: --------------------------- IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters NEWSL569.xxx --> Newsletter # 569 PLAYERUF.Y99 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK IRBL # 569 2-17-99 9 MESSAGES OF INTEREST POSTED SENT VIA INTERNET EMAIL --------------------------------------------------- ****************************************************************************** Subject: Trading Post Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 18:37:42 -0500 From: "Don" To: IRBL Managers All, Have plenty of pitching available...Hill, Petkovsek, Mercker, and more avail. Looking for utility players that are maybe leftys and have good numbers. age not necessarily a factor. don/marlins ****************************************************************************** Subject: Devil Rays needs Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 10:56:19 EST From: GWidenor@aol.com To: IRBL Managers Hey, great draft! Best I've been part of, or at least the fastest. The Devil Rays came out of it with enough to play the season, but I am a bit worried as to our outfield depth (we have about 1700 OF AB). I would be more comfortable with another 150-200 or so AB for cushion, in case I get in a spot. I wouldn't want to have to overuse a guy who had a batting average of .000 and then get dropped in next year's draft for it. If anyone has any OF who has at least 150 IRBL AB that they do not need, (I do not care if they hit .000 and are 45 years old! I'll take it!) and would be willing to make a trade for a nothing player of mine, let me know. No, I am NOT interested in trading Drew or Chavez for someone else's castoffs, so don't offer. I just want 1 of your useless OF guys (who is going to be inactive all season for you anyway) for some useless guy of my own to play the season. I have some extra relief pitching, 250 inning type guys, probably the best I can do. If anyone can help, that would be great. Hey, good karma for you sometime if you need the same! Thanks a bunch! George ****************************************************************************** Subject: RE: IRBL Draft Completion Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 09:10:00 -0800 From: "Walsh, Mike" To: IRBL Managers Barry, Great Job with the Draft !!!! Using the IRC is the way to go...... Mike Rangers ****************************************************************************** Subject: 1999 Draft Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 13:06:13 -0600 From: Mike Boling To: IRBL Managers Barry, great job! And to all who were on IRC, lotsa fun as well! I hope we didn't drive you too crazy being silly in there Barry while you IRBL # 569 2-17-99 10 were hard at work! Mike B.-CUBS ****************************************************************************** Subject: Dodgers trade openings Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 10:03:49 +0100 From: Massimo Ortensi To: IRBL Managers The dodgers have Pagnozzi available (good catcher spot vs LHP), I eventually need 100-200 decent OF ABs vs RHP. Another kind of trade is available : Pat Hentgen might be yours (not for .02$, of course). Let me know if you're interested ****************************************************************************** Subject: Tigers need hitters Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 04:24:45 EST From: RDeaner9@aol.com To: IRBL Managers Tigers are looking for outfielders and a 2B, have catchers and pitchers (Rogers and Ashby) available. ****************************************************************************** Subject: Padres offer.... Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:29:42 +0100 From: Andrea Cristiani To: IRBL Managers Ricky Ledee is available due to a surplus of LH hitting OF's. Need young SS in return. Please make an offer. Greg Vaughn is also available for the right price. Let me know. ****************************************************************************** Subject: Angels offer Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:14:22 EST From: MNUSARMY@aol.com To: IRBL Managers Nothing exciting here, just looking for someone rated at ss. I have N.Perez, who can play 162 games, but need someone to sit on the bench according to IRBL rules. Willing to trade a 'like' scrub at C, RP, or OF. Matt. ******************************************************************************