------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 667 ***************** 2-16-03 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** AUSTIN KEARNS: #1 Pick in 29th Annual IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft *** # NT OT T PLAYER --- -- -- - ------------------- 1st Round 1 27 6 1 KEARNS, AUSTIN 2 29 8 2 PRIOR, MARK 3 28 26 1 HINSKE, ERIC 4 8 30 1 CRAWFORD, CARL 5 23 20 1 MARTINEZ, VICTOR 6 24 15 1 MENCH, KEVIN 7 11 5 1 BURROUGHS, SEAN 8 14 13 2 LACKEY, JOHN 9 19 15 1 BLALOCK, HANK 10 30 20 1 PHILLIPS, BRANDON 11 21 26 1 HUDSON, ORLANDO 12 2 5 2 PEAVY, JAKE 13 12 5 2 PEREZ, OLIVER 14 25 21 2 LOPEZ, RODRIGO 15 20 14 1 ELLIS, MARK 16 11 11 1 BYRD, MARLON 17 12 15 1 HAFNER, TRAVIS 18 10 15 1 LUDWICK, RYAN 19 1 13 2 RODRIGUEZ, FRANCISCO 20 6 11 2 MYERS, BRETT 21 5 18 1 BORCHARD, JOE 22 18 25 2 SORIANO, RAFAEL 23 16 3 1 THURSTON, JOE 24 22 8 1 CHOI, HEE SEOP 25 3 23 1 INFANTE, OMAR 26 11 8 1 HILL, BOBBY 27 4 20 2 LEE, CLIFF 2nd Round 28 27 25 1 SNELLING, CHRIS 29 23 16 2 HERNANDEZ, RUNELVYS 30 28 29 2 PATTERSON, JOHN 31 9 20 1 BARD, JOSH 32 8 23 2 VAN HEKKEN, ANDY 33 24 18 1 OLIVO, MIGUEL 34 17 21 2 STEPHENS, JOHN 35 13 1 1 LANE, JASON 36 17 30 2 BRAZELTON, DEWON 37 29 10 1 WIGGINTON, TY 38 14 20 2 RODRIGUEZ, RICARDO 39 19 23 2 MAROTH, MIKE 40 30 16 1 BRITO, JUAN 41 25 3 2 ISHII, KAZUHISA 42 21 17 1 RESTOVICH, MICHAEL 43 11 12 1 ALVAREZ, TONY 44 12 20 1 CRISP, COCO 45 2 16 1 GOMEZ, ALEXIS 46 16 20 2 TALLET, BRIAN 47 20 28 2 TEJERA, MICHAEL 48 10 15 2 LEWIS, COLBY 49 18 1 2 LIDGE, BRAD 50 1 15 2 KOZLOWSKI, BEN 51 6 23 2 GERMAN, FRANKLYN IRBL # 667 2-16-03 2 52 11 1 2 SAARLOOS, KIRK 53 5 23 1 SANTIAGO, RAMON 54 16 26 1 CASH, KEVIN 55 3 19 1 HALL, BILL 56 11 18 2 RAUCH, JON 57 4 26 1 WERTH, JAYSON 3rd Round 58 27 14 2 HARANG, AARON 59 11 26 2 MILLER, JUSTIN 60 28 14 1 GERMAN, ESTEBAN 61 9 7 2 SIMONTACCHI, JASON 62 8 26 2 SMITH, MIKE 63 24 11 2 SILVA, CARLOS 64 11 30 1 ESCALONA, FELIX 65 17 24 1 HENSON, DREW 66 29 9 2 DAY, ZACH 67 14 22 1 SANCHEZ, FREDDY 68 19 16 2 AFFELDT, JEREMY 69 30 16 2 ASENCIO, MIGUEL 70 21 27 2 COOK, AARON 71 25 20 1 BROUSSARD, BEN 72 2 16 2 BUKVICH, RYAN 73 7 5 2 TANKERSLEY, DENNIS 74 26 4 1 LUNSFORD, TREY 75 12 10 2 STRANGE, PAT 76 16 29 2 SANCHEZ, DUANER 77 20 26 2 HENDRICKSON, MARK 78 10 8 2 SMYTH, STEVE 79 18 21 1 ROGERS, EDDIE 80 21 5 2 BYNUM, MIKE 81 6 30 2 CARTER, LANCE 82 22 2 2 HAMMOND, CHRIS 83 5 3 1 CHEN, CHIN-FENG 84 16 15 1 HART, JASON 85 3 19 2 DIGGINS, BEN 86 11 22 2 HANCOCK, JOSH 87 4 20 2 DAVIS, JASON 4th Round 88 27 21 2 BEDARD, ERIK 89 23 15 1 ROMANO, JASON 90 28 10 2 CERDA, JAIME 91 9 20 2 SADLER, CARL 92 8 16 2 HILL, JEREMY 93 24 6 1 PENA, WILY MO 94 13 12 1 DAVIS, J.J. 95 17 7 2 CRUDALE, MIKE 96 29 25 1 BLOOMQUIST, WILLIE 97 14 26 2 THURMAN, COREY 98 19 28 1 OZUNA, PABLO 99 30 19 2 DUROCHER, JAYSON 100 1 23 1 TORRES, ANDRES 101 25 13 2 DONNELLY, BRENDAN 102 2 3 1 ALLEN, LUKE 103 7 5 1 MATOS, JULIUS 104 26 10 1 TARASCO, TONY 105 12 26 1 WISE, DEWAYNE 106 12 16 1 GUIEL, AARON 107 20 11 2 ROA, JOE 108 10 2 2 BONG, JUNG 109 18 25 2 TAYLOR, AARON 110 1 2 2 HODGES, TREY IRBL # 667 2-16-03 3 111 6 30 2 SOSA, JORGE 112 22 9 1 CARROLL, JAMEY 113 5 28 1 NUNEZ, ABRAHAM 114 16 1 2 ROBERTSON, JERIOME 115 3 5 2 CYR, ERIC 116 13 5 1 NIEVES, WIL 117 4 28 2 WAYNE, JUSTIN 5th Round 118 27 8 2 BELTRAN, FRANCIS 119 23 4 1 TORCATO, TONY 120 28 25 1 UGUETO, LUIS 121 9 20 2 PHILLIPS, JASON C. 122 8 24 1 THAMES, MARCUS 123 24 2 2 GRYBOSKI, KEVIN 124 13 3 1 RUAN, WILKIN 125 17 17 1 RYAN, MICHAEL 126 29 26 2 CASSIDY, SCOTT 127 14 2 2 ENNIS, JOHN 128 19 23 2 LOUX, SHANE 129 30 13 1 FIGGINS, CHONE 130 5 2 1 LANGERHANS, RYAN 131 25 20 1 SNYDER, EARL 132 2 23 2 RODNEY, FERNANDO 133 7 24 1 WIDGER, CHRIS 134 26 13 1 AMEZAGA, ALFREDO 135 16 14 1 GRABOWSKI, JASON 136 29 3 1 ROSS, DAVE 137 20 21 1 LEON, JOSE 138 10 2 2 PRATT, ANDY 139 18 5 2 CONDREY, CLAY 140 1 21 1 GARCIA, LUIS 141 6 22 1 BAERGA, CARLOS 142 22 23 1 SALAZAR, OSCAR 143 5 5 2 HOWARD, BEN 144 16 1 2 PUFFER, BRANDON 145 3 11 2 JUNGE, ERIC 146 11 21 2 DRISKILL, TRAVIS 147 4 10 2 SEO, JAE WEONG 6th Round 148 27 30 2 DELOSSANTOS, LUIS 149 23 16 2 SEDLACEK, SHAWN 150 28 23 2 FARNSWORTH, JEFF 151 9 7 1 PEREZ, EDUARDO 152 8 9 1 CEPICKY, MATT 153 24 21 1 CLARK, HOWIE 154 13 27 2 VANCE, CORY 155 17 16 1 CARUSO, MIKE 156 29 21 2 BECHLER, STEVE 157 14 19 1 RUSHFORD, JIM 158 19 16 2 MAY, DARRELL 159 30 30 2 KENT, STEVE 160 21 30 2 JAMES, DELVIN 161 25 15 1 MURRAY, CALVIN 162 7 25 2 KAYE, JUSTIN 163 26 26 1 LAWRENCE, JOE 164 12 1 1 WESSON, BARRY 165 15 12 2 TORRES, SALOMON 166 20 28 2 IZQUIERDO, HANSEL 167 10 6 2 HUDSON, LUKE 168 21 16 2 OBERMUELLER, WES 169 1 21 1 MOLINA, IZZY IRBL # 667 2-16-03 4 170 6 25 2 MATEO, JULIO 171 22 16 1 PELLOW, KIT 172 15 19 2 PEMBER, DAVE 173 16 17 1 SEARS, TODD 174 3 30 2 BACKE, BRANDON 175 13 28 1 BANKS, BRIAN 7th Round 176 27 20 2 HERRERA, ALEX 177 23 26 2 WIGGINS, SCOTT 178 28 5 1 PELAEZ, ALEX 179 9 20 2 ELDER, DAVE 180 8 7 2 PEARCE, JOSH 181 24 2 2 FOSTER, JOHN 182 13 23 2 HENRIQUEZ, OSCAR 183 17 17 1 LAMB, DAVID 184 29 28 2 ROBERTSON, NATE 185 14 7 2 STECHSCHULTE, GENE 186 19 8 1 DESHIELDS, DELINO 187 30 10 1 SCUTARO, MARCO 188 25 5 1 DEHAAN, KORY 189 7 16 2 FIELD, NATE 190 26 16 1 WATHAN, DUSTY 191 12 18 2 PORZIO, MIKE 192 20 3 2 ALVAREZ, VICTOR 193 10 21 1 MORIARTY, MIKE 194 18 25 1 WRIGHT, RON 195 1 10 1 SNEAD, ESIX 196 6 23 2 GREISINGER, SETH 197 22 22 1 ANDREWS, SHANE 198 5 5 2 KERSHNER, JASON 199 16 28 1 MALLOY, MARTY 200 3 21 2 MADURO, CALVIN 201 7 21 2 PEREZ, YORKIS 8th Round 202 27 23 2 KELLER, KRIS 203 23 19 2 NANCE, SHANE 204 28 15 2 ALVAREZ, JUAN 205 9 28 2 MAIRENA, OSWALDO 206 8 15 2 FLORES, RANDY 207 24 14 1 FLORES, JOSE 208 13 10 2 WALKER, TYLER 209 17 5 2 PICKFORD, KEVIN 210 29 22 1 DIAZ, JUAN 211 14 19 2 MALLETTE, BRIAN 212 30 16 2 WILSON, KRIS 213 25 24 1 WILLIAMS, GERALD 214 7 17 2 FREDERICK, KEVIN 215 26 23 1 JACKSON, RYAN 216 12 10 2 FELICIANO, PEDRO 217 1 23 2 ECKENSTAHLER, ERIC 218 6 5 2 JOHNSON, JONATHAN 219 22 13 1 BELLINGER, CLAY 220 5 5 2 DAVEY, TOM 221 16 7 2 DUFF, MATT 222 7 5 2 TRUJILLO, J.J. 9th Round 223 23 30 2 JIMENEZ, JASON 224 28 21 2 DUBOSE, ERIC 225 9 15 2 WOODARD, STEVE 226 8 14 1 MCKAY, CODY 227 24 21 1 MCGUIRE, RYAN IRBL # 667 2-16-03 5 228 13 30 2 GARDNER, LEE 229 17 8 1 MAHONEY, MIKE 230 29 16 2 STEIN, BLAKE 231 14 5 2 SHIELL, JASON 232 30 5 2 PEARSON, JASON 233 25 26 1 SWANN, PEDRO 234 26 7 1 TAGUCHI, SO 235 12 12 2 MANZANILLO, JOSIAS 236 22 11 1 HOLLINS, DAVE 237 16 8 2 MAHAY, RON 238 11 15 2 GARCIA, REYNALDO 10th Round 239 28 7 2 JOSEPH, KEVIN 240 9 8 2 DUNCAN, COURTNEY 241 24 10 2 KOMIYAMA, SATORU 242 17 1 1 ZINTER, ALAN 243 14 19 2 CHILDERS, MATT 244 25 9 1 RODRIGUEZ, HENRY 245 26 28 1 RAINES, TIM 246 12 20 2 BEVERLIN, JASON 247 22 22 1 NELSON, BRY 248 16 19 2 STULL, EVERETT 249 11 28 2 TEUT, NATE 11th Round 250 9 29 2 SWINDELL, GREG 251 17 3 2 ELLIS, ROBERT 252 25 29 1 JOSE, FELIX 253 26 27 1 MCKEEL, WALT 254 12 7 2 RODRIGUEZ, NERIO 255 22 25 1 BORDERS, PAT 256 16 25 2 FITZGERALD, BRIAN 257 11 3 2 COREY, BRYAN 12th Round 258 17 23 2 PEARSON, TERRY 259 25 29 2 REYNOSO, ARMANDO 260 26 20 2 MURRAY, HEATH 261 12 15 2 MICELI, DAN 13th Round 262 25 2 2 DAWLEY, JOEY 263 12 27 2 MERCKER, KENT 14th Round 264 25 2 2 SMALL, AARON 15th Round 265 25 19 2 NOMURA, TAKAHITO 16th Round 266 25 16 2 SHOUSE, BRIAN 17th Round 267 25 27 2 JAMES, MIKE 18th Round 268 25 17 2 TROMBLEY, MIKE -------------------------------- LEGEND: # : draft pick number NT : new (IRBL) team OT : old (DMB) team T : player type: 1 : batter; 2 : pitcher IRBL # 667 2-16-03 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 7 hours even this year ending at 3:00 pm (ET). The 268 draft picks averaged 1.6 minutes per pick setting a new record for the quickest draft time ever. There were 4 more picks this year than last year but it took 79 minutes less to complete the draft. The averages for the past few years have been: 2003 1.6 minutes per pick 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: 22 --> IRC 3 --> on-site 2 --> telephone 3 --> typed list Factors that combined to speed the procedure along at a record pace were: o Only 5 teams drafted via telephone or typed instructions o Many mangers participating via IRC posted their pick even before I had a chance to ask them o Some automated steps that I initiated to process and post the draft results o No managers disappeared during the draft o No computer problems Thanks to everyone who helped by participating speedily and efficiently. My special thanks again 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 IRBL # 667 2-16-03 7 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 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. 9 - Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Mar. 23 - Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 2 - First series of 2003 season ...................................... Files included on LRD # 667: --------------------------- IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters NEWSL667.xxx --> Newsletter # 667 PLAYERUF.Y03 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK