------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 616 ***************** 2-20-01 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** RAFAEL FURCAL: #1 Pick in 27th Annual IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft *** # NT OT T PLAYER --- -- -- - ------------------- Preliminary Round 1 6 2 1 FURCAL, RAFAEL 2 29 11 1 BURRELL, PAT 1st Round 3 30 14 2 ZITO, BARRY 4 1 8 1 PATTERSON, COREY 5 16 14 1 ORTIZ, JOSE 6 2 28 2 PENNY, BRAD 7 19 14 2 MULDER, MARK 8 2 5 2 EATON, ADAM 9 18 11 1 ROLLINS, JIMMY 10 27 18 1 CREDE, JOE 11 4 30 1 HUFF, AUBREY 12 20 1 1 LUGO, JULIO 13 17 5 1 NADY, XAVIER 14 29 18 2 GARLAND, JON 15 5 17 1 RIVAS, LUIS 16 18 6 2 BELL, ROB 17 7 19 2 RIGDON, PAUL 18 10 4 1 FELIZ, PEDRO 19 17 28 1 ROLISON, NATE 20 3 25 2 SASAKI, KAZUHIRO 21 18 27 1 PIERRE, JUAN 22 18 9 1 BRADLEY, MILTON 23 18 23 1 MUNSON, ERIC 24 11 7 2 REAMES, BRITT 25 10 14 1 PIATT, ADAM 26 18 17 2 KINNEY, MATT 27 6 18 2 BARCELO, LORENZO 28 28 17 1 LECROY, MATT 29 9 28 2 SMITH, CHUCK 30 13 7 1 SATURRIA, LUIS 2nd Round 31 30 15 1 LAMB, MIKE 32 30 5 2 WALKER, KEVIN 33 25 28 1 OZUNA, PABLO 34 29 9 1 TRACY, ANDY 35 24 1 1 TRUBY, CHRIS 36 19 10 1 PEREZ, TIMONIEL 37 2 18 2 WUNSCH, KELLY 38 3 26 2 CASTILLO, FRANK 39 27 3 2 PROKOPEC, LUKE 40 21 2 2 MARQUIS, JASON 41 4 2 2 RIVERA, LUIS 42 20 5 2 TOLLBERG, BRIAN 43 17 1 1 GINTER, KEITH 44 27 15 1 YOUNG, MIKE 45 5 8 1 OJEDA, AUGIE 46 8 17 1 BARNES, JOHN 47 7 18 2 BUEHRLE, MARK 48 22 23 2 BERNERO, ADAM 49 1 25 2 PINEIRO, JOEL 50 3 1 2 MCKNIGHT, TONY IRBL # 616 2-20-01 2 51 28 8 2 QUEVEDO, RUBEN 52 19 19 1 PEREZ, SANTIAGO 53 14 21 1 MATOS, LUIS 54 11 21 1 RICHARD, CHRIS 55 10 30 1 HALL, TOBY 56 18 18 2 GINTER, MATT 57 6 22 2 CRAWFORD, PAXTON 58 28 13 2 ETHERTON, SETH 59 9 26 1 PHELPS, JOSH 60 13 1 1 ENSBERG, MORGAN 3rd Round 61 30 17 1 ARDOIN, DANNY 62 26 9 1 SCHNEIDER, BRIAN 63 25 27 2 HOUSE, CRAIG 64 29 10 2 ROBERTS, GRANT 65 22 26 2 COCO, PASQUAL 66 19 21 2 KOHLMEIER, RYAN 67 2 23 1 CARDONA, JAVIER 68 26 30 2 HARPER, TRAVIS 69 27 14 1 BYRNES, ERIC 70 21 8 2 NATION, JOEY 71 4 3 1 BOCACHICA, HIRAM 72 20 6 2 FERNANDEZ, OSVALDO 73 17 13 2 WISE, MATT 74 27 24 2 KEISLER, RANDY 75 5 18 2 BIDDLE, ROCKY 76 18 17 2 SANTANA, JOHAN 77 7 30 1 TYNER, JASON 78 10 21 2 SPURGEON, JAY 79 1 6 2 RIEDLING, JOHN 80 17 12 2 ARROYO, BRONSON 81 28 12 1 REDMAN, TIKE 82 26 26 2 ESTRELLA, LEO 83 14 8 1 ZULETA, JULIO 84 11 29 2 GUZMAN, GERALDO 85 10 29 2 FIGUEROA, NELSON 86 18 4 2 FULTZ, AARON 87 6 19 2 LEVRAULT, ALLEN 88 28 26 1 WISE, DEWAYNE 89 9 30 2 GUZMAN, JUAN 90 13 13 2 TURNBOW, DERRICK 4th Round 91 30 5 1 NICHOLSON, KEVIN 92 18 30 1 KELLY, KENNY 93 25 11 1 TAYLOR, REGGIE 94 29 28 2 GRILLI, JASON 95 24 3 1 ELSTER, KEVIN 96 19 8 2 DOWNS, SCOTT 97 2 7 2 STECHSCHULTE, GENE 98 14 4 2 VOGELSONG, RYAN 99 27 27 1 PENA, ELVIS 100 5 10 2 CAMMACK, ERIC 101 26 22 2 LEE, SANG-HOON 102 20 21 1 COFFIE, IVANON 103 17 20 2 DREW, TIM 104 1 5 2 DAVEY, TOM 105 5 21 2 BREA, LESLIE 106 8 9 2 TUCKER, T.J. 107 7 8 1 GLOAD, ROSS 108 22 18 2 BEIRNE, KEVIN 109 1 13 1 WOOTEN, SHAWN IRBL # 616 2-20-01 3 110 3 22 1 BURKHART, MORGAN 111 16 24 2 CHOATE, RANDY 112 4 17 1 MOELLER, CHAD 113 26 5 2 MAURER, DAVE 114 11 11 2 JACQUEZ, TOM 115 10 17 2 MOTA, DANNY 116 26 14 2 BELITZ, TODD 117 6 16 2 WILSON, KRIS 118 28 8 2 OHMAN, WILL 119 9 4 1 MELO, JUAN 120 13 9 1 DELAROSA, TOMAS 5th Round 121 30 29 1 CONTI, JASON 122 7 22 1 SHEETS, ANDY 123 25 21 2 PARRISH, JOHN 124 29 12 1 HERNANDEZ, ALEX 125 24 21 1 CASIMIRO, CARLOS 126 19 2 1 LUNAR, FERNANDO 127 2 15 2 SIKORSKI, BRIAN 128 14 16 2 MULLEN, SCOTT 129 27 22 2 YOUNG, TIM 130 21 4 1 MINOR, DAMON 131 17 24 2 WESTBROOK, JAKE 132 20 11 2 COGGIN, DAVE 133 17 20 2 MARTINEZ, WILLIE 134 16 30 1 ROLLS, DAMIAN 135 5 26 2 ANDREWS, CLAYTON 136 8 7 2 RODRIGUEZ, JOSE 137 7 6 1 CLARK, BRADY 138 22 1 2 LINEBRINK, SCOTT 139 1 28 1 SMITH, MARK 140 3 29 1 CABRERA, ALEX 141 12 22 1 ALCANTARA, ISRAEL 142 12 3 1 DONNELS, CHRIS 143 18 5 2 KOLB, BRANDON 144 11 14 2 RATLIFF, JON 145 10 10 2 RIGGAN, JERROD 146 14 8 2 GARIBAY, DANIEL 147 6 15 2 CUBILLAN, DARWIN 148 28 9 1 NUNNARI, TALMADGE 149 9 17 1 BUCHANAN, BRIAN 150 13 11 2 NICKLE, DOUG 6th Round 151 30 1 2 FRANKLIN, WAYNE 152 30 18 2 EYRE, SCOTT 153 25 8 1 LINIAK, COLE 154 29 20 1 SELBY, BILL 155 24 19 1 BERRY, SEAN 156 19 9 2 BLANK, MATT 157 2 5 1 DEHAAN, KORY 158 14 6 1 CROMER, D.T. 159 27 8 2 MAIRENA, OSWALDO 160 21 26 1 THOMPSON, ANDY 161 26 12 2 O'CONNOR, BRIAN 162 17 9 1 VALERA, YOHANNY 163 16 12 1 HYZDU, ADAM 164 8 17 2 CRESSEND, JACK 165 7 24 2 DINGMAN, CRAIG 166 22 8 2 NORTON, PHIL 167 1 26 1 MOTTOLA, CHAD 168 3 13 2 WEBER, BEN IRBL # 616 2-20-01 4 169 12 1 1 CHAVEZ, RAUL 170 18 30 2 ENDERS, TREVOR 171 11 2 2 MCMICHAEL, GREG 172 10 7 2 MATTHEWS, MIKE 173 26 13 1 LUULOA, KEITH 174 6 6 1 BELL, MIKE 175 28 26 2 DEWITT, MATT 176 9 6 2 MERCADO, HECTOR 177 13 16 1 JOHNSON, BRIAN 7th Round 178 30 20 2 BREWINGTON, JAMIE 179 25 5 2 LOPEZ, RODRIGO 180 29 9 2 FORSTER, SCOTT 181 24 15 1 WASZGIS, B.J. 182 19 8 1 GONZALEZ, RAUL 183 2 23 2 JOHNSON, MARK J. 184 27 1 2 GREEN, JASON 185 21 23 1 LINDSEY, ROD 186 17 6 1 BARTEE, KIMERA 187 17 1 1 ZOSKY, EDDIE 188 16 10 2 MANN, JIM 189 8 9 2 LARA, YOVANNY 190 7 20 2 WATSON, MARK 191 22 3 1 BRANSON, JEFF 192 3 7 2 BRUNETTE, JUSTIN 193 12 6 2 LUEBBERS, LARRY 194 18 8 1 MAHONEY, MIKE 195 11 14 2 SAUVEUR, RICH 196 10 10 1 MCGUIRE, RYAN 197 6 20 2 KAMIENIECKI, SCOTT 198 13 25 2 HODGES, KEVIN 8th Round 199 30 23 2 VILLAFUERTE, BRANDON 200 29 5 1 LAROCCA, GREG 201 24 3 1 GILBERT, SHAWN 202 19 27 1 MELHUSE, ADAM 203 2 2 2 VILLEGAS, ISMAEL 204 27 9 2 MORAGA, DAVID 205 21 4 2 ZERBE, CHAD 206 16 30 2 FIORE, TONY 207 8 20 2 CAIRNCROSS, CAM 208 7 28 1 MARTINEZ, SANDY 209 22 24 1 JOHNSON, LANCE 210 3 20 2 DAVIS, KANE 211 18 27 1 CARPENTER, BUBBA 212 10 16 2 D'AMICO, JEFF M. 213 6 7 2 OROSCO, JESSE 214 13 20 2 HANEY, CHRIS 9th Round 215 30 10 1 JOHNSON, MARK P. 216 29 2 1 SISCO, STEVE 217 24 5 1 VITIELLO, JOE 218 19 12 2 SPARKS, STEVE L. 219 2 16 2 LARKIN, ANDY 220 21 8 2 YOUNG, DANNY 221 8 14 2 JONES, MARCUS 222 7 5 1 ALVAREZ, GABE 223 22 15 2 MUNOZ, MIKE 224 3 8 1 BROCK, TARRIK 225 18 7 1 MCDONALD, KEITH 226 10 23 2 TOLAR, KEVIN IRBL # 616 2-20-01 5 227 13 23 1 ALLEN, DUSTY 10th Round 228 30 12 2 PARRA, JOSE 229 29 11 2 MILLER, TREVER 230 24 24 1 JOSE, FELIX 231 19 24 2 EINERTSON, DARRELL 232 2 12 2 SMITH, BRIAN 233 21 19 2 WILLIAMS, MATT T. 234 16 12 2 SKRMETTA, MATT 235 8 2 2 SEELBACH, CHRIS 236 7 14 2 SERVICE, SCOTT 237 24 27 1 MANTO, JEFF 238 3 3 1 METCALFE, MIKE 239 16 20 1 PERRY, CHAN 240 18 13 1 JOHNSON, KEITH 241 10 2 1 SWANN, PEDRO 242 13 5 2 PALACIOS, VICENTE 11th Round 243 30 21 1 MORALES, WILLIE 244 29 19 2 BUDDIE, MIKE 245 19 8 2 KARCHNER, MATT 246 7 20 2 NICHTING, CHRIS 247 3 16 1 HOLBERT, RAY 248 18 27 2 WALKER, PETE 249 10 8 2 WILLIAMS, BRIAN 250 13 7 2 WAINHOUSE, DAVE 12th Round 251 29 20 2 NEWMAN, ALAN 252 19 5 1 WILLIAMS, GEORGE 253 7 3 2 HERSHISER, OREL 254 18 1 1 CHARLES, FRANK 255 10 28 2 STRONG, JOE 256 13 1 2 MEACHAM, RUSTY 13th Round 257 19 19 2 BRUSKE, JIM 258 7 22 2 ONTIVEROS, STEVE 259 18 11 1 ALVAREZ, CLEMENTE 260 10 19 2 SCANLAN, BOB 261 13 29 2 HOLMES, DARREN 14th Round 262 19 19 1 JONES, CHRIS 263 10 12 2 GARCIA, MIKE 264 13 6 2 CHARLTON, NORM 15th Round 265 10 27 2 CARRARA, GIOVANNI 266 13 22 1 PRIDE, CURTIS -------------------------------- LEGEND: # : draft pick number NT : new (IRBL) team OT : old (DMB) team T : player type: 1 : batter; 2 : pitcher IRBL # 616 2-20-01 6 ...................................... 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 9 hours and 41 minutes this year ending at 5:41 pm (ET). The 266 draft picks averaged 2.2 minutes per pick. This is the first time in five years that the average time per pick has not been reduced by about 30 seconds and it actually took more time per pick than last year. The averages for the past few years have been: 2000 2.2 minutes per pick 2000 1.9 minutes per pick 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 The breakdown of draft participation for the 30 teams was as follows: 21 --> IRC 3 --> on-site 2 --> telephone 2 --> typed list 2 --> zero draft picks 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. ....................................... PLAYER TRANSACTIONS: The ANGELS released WALT MCKEEL, TERRY STEINBACH, TOM CANDIOTTI, JIMMY KEY, ERIC PLUNK, BILL SWIFT. The BREWERS released HENSLEY MEULENS. The RED SOX traded SCOTT HATTEBERG, ADAM BERNERO, PASQUAL COCO, PETER MUNRO to the WHITE SOX for BUBBA CARPENTER, TONY GWYNN, JASON CHRISTIANSEN, BRANDON KOLB, KEVIN TAPANI. The DIAMONDBACKS traded MICHAEL TUCKER to the WHITE SOX for VINNY CASTILLA. ...................................... REMINDER: You must reduce your roster to 50 players or less (combined rated and unrated players) by the trading deadline. Your roster may never exceed 60 total players during the trading season. You must release enough players prior to making a trade that would cause your team to exceed the IRBL # 616 2-20-01 7 limit. 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. ...................................... PLAYER SHORTAGES: If any manager is short some GP's or AB's at a position in order to stay within the IRBL player season limitations and you are unable to complete a trade to fill those needs, let me know before the trading deadline and I will work out a trade for you to fill that need. ...................................... The next newsletter (LRD) will contain guidelines and forms to fill out for your team season instructions. ...................................... The IRBL Rules and the IRBL Menu Program will be updated to work with DMB v8 before the start of the IRBL season. ...................................... DEADLINES: Mar. 11 - Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Mar. 25 - Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 4 - First series of 2001 season ...................................... Files included on LRD # 616: --------------------------- IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters NEWSL616.xxx --> Newsletter # 616 PLAYERUF.Y01 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK