------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 642 ***************** 2-17-02 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** ALBERT PUJOLS: #1 Pick in 28th Annual IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft *** # NT OT T PLAYER --- -- -- - ------------------- Preliminary Round 1 29 7 1 PUJOLS, ALBERT 1st Round 2 29 25 1 SUZUKI, ICHIRO 3 19 6 1 DUNN, ADAM 4 28 20 2 SABATHIA, C.C. 5 27 24 1 JOHNSON, NICK 6 14 1 2 OSWALT, ROY 7 13 28 2 BECKETT, JOSH 8 25 2 1 GILES, MARCUS 9 2 11 2 DUCKWORTH, BRANDON 10 19 15 1 PENA, CARLOS 11 17 2 1 BETEMIT, WILSON 12 4 19 2 SHEETS, BEN 13 7 8 2 CRUZ, JUAN 14 27 19 2 NEUGEBAUER, NICK 15 10 26 1 LOPEZ, FELIPE 16 30 13 1 ECKSTEIN, DAVID 17 18 27 1 URIBE, JUAN 18 20 22 1 HILLENBRAND, SHEA 19 24 30 1 ABERNATHY, BRENT 20 19 7 2 SMITH, BUD 21 5 21 1 GIBBONS, JAY 22 1 24 1 RIVERA, JUAN 23 9 12 1 WILSON, CRAIG A. 24 2 16 1 BERROA, ANGEL 25 2 16 2 GEORGE, CHRIS 26 6 17 1 CUDDYER, MIKE 27 3 29 1 CUST, JACK 28 12 25 1 VAZQUEZ, RAMON 29 12 5 2 LAWRENCE, BRIAN 30 8 23 2 CORNEJO, NATE 2nd Round 31 29 30 2 KENNEDY, JOE 32 28 10 1 ESCOBAR, ALEX 33 27 1 2 REDDING, TIM 34 18 1 2 HERNANDEZ, CARLOS 35 14 10 1 SHINJO, TSUYOSHI 36 25 20 2 BAEZ, DANYS 37 13 12 2 WILLIAMS, DAVE 38 2 26 2 LYON, BRANDON 39 23 18 1 ROWAND, AARON 40 19 21 2 TOWERS, JOSH 41 17 17 2 JOHNSON, ADAM 42 4 29 1 OVERBAY, LYLE 43 7 4 2 AINSWORTH, KURT 44 10 30 2 BIERBRODT, NICK 45 24 26 1 IZTURIS, CESAR 46 22 6 2 REITSMA, CHRIS 47 30 11 1 ESTRADA, JOHNNY 48 18 27 2 CHACON, SHAWN 49 5 21 1 ROBERTS, BRIAN 50 19 9 1 WILKERSON, BRAD IRBL # 642 2-17-02 2 51 18 15 2 BENOIT, JOAQUIN 52 1 18 2 WRIGHT, DAN 53 9 20 2 DRESE, RYAN 54 6 8 2 ZAMBRANO, CARLOS 55 3 6 2 DAVIS, LANCE 3rd Round 56 29 5 2 MIDDLEBROOK, JASON 57 28 17 1 KIELTY, BOBBY 58 11 30 2 COLOME, JESUS 59 12 21 2 DOUGLASS, SEAN 60 27 16 1 HARVEY, KEN 61 21 16 1 BERGER, BRANDON 62 27 2 2 SPOONEYBARGER, TIM 63 14 12 1 MACKOWIAK, ROB 64 26 26 2 FILE, BOB 65 25 5 1 CRESPO, CESAR 66 2 30 2 ZAMBRANO, VICTOR 67 13 30 1 SANDBERG, JARED 68 23 15 2 DUCHSCHERER, JUSTIN 69 10 6 2 ACEVEDO, JOSE 70 19 27 1 ENCARNACION, MARIO 71 17 29 1 CINTRON, ALEX 72 4 12 1 WILSON, JACK 73 2 30 2 PHELPS, TRAVIS 74 7 27 2 JENNINGS, JASON 75 19 22 2 FOSSUM, CASEY 76 30 25 2 FRANKLIN, RYAN 77 18 23 1 INGE, BRANDON 78 5 11 1 VALENT, ERIC 79 20 4 1 GUZMAN, EDWARDS 80 2 27 1 BUTLER, BRENT 81 28 9 2 STEWART, SCOTT 82 1 30 2 STANDRIDGE, JASON 83 6 1 1 EVERETT, ADAM 84 9 6 1 MILLER, CORKY 85 3 23 2 SANTOS, VICTOR 4th Round 86 29 6 2 REITH, BRIAN 87 28 29 1 SPIVEY, JUNIOR 88 11 19 2 FOX, CHAD 89 12 18 2 FOGG, JOSH 90 5 21 1 BIGBIE, LARRY 91 21 15 1 MAGRUDER, CHRIS 92 27 17 2 THOMAS, BRAD 93 14 7 1 ROBINSON, KERRY 94 26 16 2 AUSTIN, JEFF 95 25 19 1 SANCHEZ, ALEX 96 2 15 1 MONROE, CRAIG 97 13 10 1 PHILLIPS, JASON 98 23 17 1 MOHR, DUSTAN 99 10 23 2 PINEDA, LUIS 100 19 28 2 OLSEN, KEVIN 101 17 12 1 COTA, HUMBERTO 102 4 29 2 PRINZ, BRET 103 24 5 2 FIKAC, JEREMY 104 7 17 2 RINCON, JUAN 105 22 24 1 ALMONTE, ERICK 106 30 26 2 MICHALAK, CHRIS 107 18 16 2 MACDOUGAL, MIKE 108 18 5 2 NUNEZ, JOSE ANTONIO 109 20 3 1 PENA, ANGEL IRBL # 642 2-17-02 3 110 19 28 2 NEAL, BLAINE 111 7 23 1 RIVERA, MIKE 112 1 8 2 DUNCAN, COURTNEY 113 6 22 1 SANTOS, ANGEL 114 9 21 2 ROBERTS, WILLIS 115 3 21 1 RAINES JR., TIM 5th Round 116 29 4 1 TORREALBA, YORVIT 117 28 2 1 ALDRIDGE, CORY 118 12 10 2 GONZALEZ, DICKY 119 17 16 1 CHAVEZ, ENDY 120 21 11 1 MICHAELS, JASON 121 27 16 2 VOYLES, BRAD 122 14 12 2 BEIMEL, JOE 123 13 13 2 MIADICH, BART 124 25 21 1 HARRIS, WILLIE 125 2 15 2 MORENO, JUAN 126 13 25 2 FUENTES, BRIAN 127 23 11 1 TAYLOR, REGGIE 128 10 17 2 LOHSE, KYLE 129 19 8 2 CHIASSON, SCOTT 130 17 5 1 MENDEZ, DONALDO 131 4 4 2 JENSEN, RYAN 132 24 4 1 ESTALELLA, BOBBY 133 7 15 1 JENSEN, MARCUS 134 22 21 1 GIL, GERONIMO 135 30 27 1 LITTLE, MARK 136 18 1 2 RODRIGUEZ, WILFREDO 137 5 29 1 MOELLER, CHAD 138 20 21 2 BAUER, RICK 139 15 4 1 RANSOM, CODY 140 16 29 2 KOPLOVE, MIKE 141 1 21 2 JULIO, JORGE 142 9 24 2 HERNANDEZ, ADRIAN 143 3 19 1 COOLBAUGH, MIKE 6th Round 144 29 22 2 KIM, SUN-WOO 145 28 5 2 HERNDON, JUNIOR 146 12 25 1 PODSEDNIK, SCOTT 147 8 29 2 BROHAWN, TROY 148 21 18 1 RAMIREZ, JULIO 149 27 17 2 BALFOUR, GRANT 150 14 14 2 HEREDIA, GIL 151 26 12 1 BARKETT, ANDY 152 25 26 1 LOPEZ, LUIS 153 2 5 2 JODIE, BRETT 154 13 2 1 TORREALBA, STEVE 155 23 5 2 SERRANO, WASCAR 156 10 2 2 MOSS, DAMIAN 157 19 9 2 MATTES, TROY 158 17 11 1 PUNTO, NICK 159 4 7 1 ORTEGA, BILL 160 24 19 1 LEVIS, JESSE 161 16 23 2 PETTYJOHN, ADAM 162 22 6 2 MACRAE, SCOTT 163 30 6 2 PIERSOLL, CHRIS 164 18 9 1 TRACY, ANDY 165 20 26 2 BOWLES, BRIAN 166 15 2 1 FRANCO, JULIO 167 16 15 1 SHELDON, SCOTT 168 1 21 2 FOSTER, KRIS IRBL # 642 2-17-02 4 169 3 21 2 PARONTO, CHAD 7th Round 170 29 26 1 FREEL, RYAN 171 12 19 2 LEITER, MARK 172 21 5 1 WITT, KEVIN 173 27 8 1 SMITH, JASON 174 14 22 2 PICHARDO, HIPOLITO 175 25 9 1 SEGUIGNOL, FERNANDO 176 2 30 2 SEAY, BOBBY 177 13 29 2 ELLIS, ROBERT 178 23 16 2 COGAN, TONY 179 10 28 2 BAEZ, BENITO 180 19 20 2 BACSIK, MIKE 181 17 23 1 CLARK, JERMAINE 182 4 6 2 RIJO, JOSE 183 24 23 1 WAKELAND, CHRIS 184 7 9 2 MUNOZ, BOBBY 185 22 11 2 OROPESA, EDDIE 186 30 1 2 STONE, RICKY 187 18 13 2 LUKASIEWICZ, MARK 188 20 9 2 CUBILLAN, DARWIN 189 16 6 1 SANDERS, DEION 190 3 23 2 MILLER, MATT 8th Round 191 29 13 2 GREEN, STEVE 192 12 20 2 SMITH, ROY 193 21 13 1 BARNES, LARRY 194 27 9 1 MATEO, HENRY 195 14 5 1 MAGADAN, DAVE 196 25 7 1 CLAPP, STUBBY 197 2 22 1 LOFTON, JAMES 198 13 10 2 COREY, MARK 199 23 24 2 PARKER, CHRISTIAN 200 19 6 1 LARSON, BRANDON 201 17 18 1 DALESANDRO, MARK 202 4 28 2 KNOTTS, GARY 203 24 3 1 HIATT, PHIL 204 7 28 1 GULAN, MIKE 205 22 23 1 PATTERSON, JARROD 206 30 27 2 DAVENPORT, JOE 207 18 13 2 SHIELDS, SCOT 208 20 7 2 KARNUTH, JASON 209 16 2 2 SOBKOWIAK, SCOTT 210 3 27 1 BRUMBAUGH, CLIFF 9th Round 211 29 10 1 TOCA, JORGE 212 21 29 2 KNOTT, ERIC 213 27 27 1 SEFCIK, KEVIN 214 14 14 1 JAHA, JOHN 215 25 4 1 LEACH, JALAL 216 2 29 1 SOSA, JUAN 217 13 19 2 GANDARILLAS, GUS 218 23 30 1 HOOVER, PAUL 219 19 2 2 NELSON, JOE 220 17 29 1 HUCKABY, KEN 221 24 5 2 OSTING, JIMMY 222 7 9 1 MARTINEZ, SANDY 223 18 7 2 HUTCHINSON, CHAD 224 20 14 1 WILSON, TOM 225 16 23 1 SANTANA, PEDRO 226 3 9 2 EISCHEN, JOEY IRBL # 642 2-17-02 5 10th Round 227 21 8 2 BOROWSKI, JOE 228 27 18 2 VINING, KEN 229 14 29 2 SPRINGER, RUSS 230 25 24 1 PEREZ, ROBERT 231 2 12 1 FIGUEROA, LUIS 232 13 2 1 ABBOTT, KURT 233 23 14 1 ABAD, ANDY 234 19 27 2 CHRISTMAN, TIM 235 17 24 1 MCDONALD, DONZELL 236 7 3 2 WILLIAMS, JEFF 237 18 24 2 KNIGHT, BRANDON 238 20 3 2 OROSCO, JESSE 239 3 30 2 CALLAWAY, MICKEY 11th Round 240 29 6 2 ATCHLEY, JUSTIN 241 21 30 2 HILL, KEN 242 25 1 1 SERVAIS, SCOTT 243 2 15 2 DICKEY, R.A. 244 13 6 2 FERNANDEZ, JARED 245 23 24 1 SEABOL, SCOTT 246 19 15 2 SMART, J.D. 247 17 13 1 BURKE, JAMIE 248 7 19 2 PAINTER, LANCE 249 18 2 2 MOORE, TREY 250 20 12 2 WENGERT, DON 12th Round 251 29 28 2 STRONG, JOE 252 25 3 1 BRANSON, JEFF 253 13 12 2 TAYLOR, BILLY 254 17 13 2 BORLAND, TOBY 255 18 11 1 FORBES, P.J. 256 20 12 2 MARTINEZ, RAMON J. 13th Round 257 25 11 1 WARD, TURNER 258 13 15 2 PETKOVSEK, MARK 259 20 9 2 SCANLAN, BOB 14th Round 260 25 1 1 SPIERS, BILL 15th Round 261 25 23 2 BLAIR, WILLIE 16th Round 262 25 7 2 TABAKA, JEFF 17th Round 263 25 25 1 BORDERS, PAT 18th Round 264 25 18 1 BAINES, HAROLD -------------------------------- LEGEND: # : draft pick number NT : new (IRBL) team OT : old (DMB) team T : player type: 1 : batter; 2 : pitcher IRBL # 642 2-17-02 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 8 hours and 19 minutes this year ending at 4:19 pm (ET). The 264 draft picks averaged 1.9 minutes per pick tying the quickest draft time ever set in 2000. The averages for the past few years have been: 2002 1.9 minutes per pick 2001 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: 18 --> IRC 3 --> on-site 3 --> telephone 6 --> typed list We could probably cut another hour off the total draft time if we were able to get everyone to use the IRC. The written lists are time-consuming to use, especially in the later rounds. 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. ....................................... 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 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 IRBL # 642 2-17-02 7 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) after the trading deadline will contain guidelines and forms to fill out for your team season instructions. ...................................... DEADLINES: Mar. 10 - Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Mar. 24 - Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 3 - First series of 2002 season ...................................... Files included on LRD # 642: --------------------------- IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters NEWSL642.xxx --> Newsletter # 642 PLAYERUF.Y02 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK