------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 691 ***************** 2-16-04 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** JOSE REYES: #1 Pick in 30th Annual IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft *** # NT OT T PLAYER --- -- -- - -------------------- Preliminary Round 1 12 10 1 REYES, JOSE 2 27 15 1 TEIXEIRA, MARK 3 23 28 1 CABRERA, MIGUEL 4 17 29 2 WEBB, BRANDON 1st Round 5 12 30 1 BALDELLI, ROCCO 6 27 28 2 WILLIS, DONTRELLE 7 7 24 1 MATSUI, HIDEKI 8 17 4 2 WILLIAMS, JEROME 9 19 14 2 HARDEN, RICH 10 2 17 1 MORNEAU, JUSTIN 11 4 3 2 JACKSON, EDWIN 12 8 14 1 CROSBY, BOBBY 13 8 20 1 GERUT, JODY 14 24 2 2 RAMIREZ, HORACIO 15 14 23 2 BONDERMAN, JEREMY 16 16 12 1 REDMAN, TIKE 17 20 26 1 JOHNSON, REED 18 18 5 1 GREENE, KHALIL 19 3 12 1 BAY, JASON 20 5 4 2 FOPPERT, JESSE 21 10 19 1 WEEKS, RICKIE 22 19 29 1 HAMMOCK, ROBBY 23 28 24 2 CONTRERAS, JOSE 24 9 6 2 WAGNER, RYAN 25 1 30 2 GONZALEZ, JEREMI 26 26 12 1 RIVERA, CARLOS 27 22 27 2 TSAO, CHIN-HUI 28 25 15 1 NIX, LAYNCE 29 29 29 2 VILLARREAL, OSCAR 30 7 9 2 VARGAS, CLAUDIO 2nd Round 31 12 29 2 VALVERDE, JOSE 32 27 29 2 GONZALEZ, EDGAR 33 23 16 1 DEJESUS, DAVID 34 17 26 2 LOPEZ, AQUILINO 35 21 29 1 KATA, MATT 36 19 4 2 CORREIA, KEVIN 37 2 11 1 UTLEY, CHASE 38 8 30 2 WAECHTER, DOUG 39 4 24 2 CLAUSSEN, BRANDON 40 24 9 2 CORDERO, CHAD 41 12 16 2 GOBBLE, JIMMY 42 14 30 1 PEREZ, ANTONIO 43 16 1 1 BRUNTLETT, ERIC 44 20 7 1 HART, BO 45 18 30 2 GAUDIN, CHAD 46 5 29 2 GOOD, ANDREW 47 3 13 2 GREGG, KEVIN 48 10 11 2 MADSON, RYAN 49 6 12 1 HOUSE, J.R. 50 19 18 1 MILES, AARON IRBL # 691 2-16-04 2 51 28 7 2 HAREN, DANNY 52 9 20 1 PERALTA, JHONNY 53 22 9 2 AYALA, LUIS 54 25 9 1 CALLOWAY, RON 55 1 23 2 SPURLING, CHRIS 56 26 4 1 NIEKRO, LANCE 57 29 20 2 STANFORD, JASON 58 7 17 1 FORD, LEW 3rd Round 59 12 29 2 CAPUANO, CHRIS 60 27 14 2 WOOD, MIKE 61 23 20 2 BETANCOURT, RAFAEL 62 17 16 2 SNYDER, KYLE 63 21 15 1 NIVAR, RAMON 64 30 27 2 LOPEZ, JAVIER 65 19 6 1 OLMEDO, RAY 66 8 18 2 COTTS, NEAL 67 2 14 1 KOONCE, GRAHAM 68 24 19 2 MARTINEZ, LUIS 69 4 3 1 HILL, KOYIE 70 23 23 1 ROSS, CODY 71 14 20 2 TRABER, BILLY 72 16 23 1 KLASSEN, DANNY 73 11 6 2 HALL, JOSH 74 5 10 2 HEILMAN, AARON 75 20 16 2 CARRASCO, D.J. 76 18 24 2 DEPAULA, JORGE 77 6 29 2 RANDOLPH, STEPHEN 78 3 10 2 WHEELER, DAN 79 10 15 2 DOMINGUEZ, JUAN 80 12 17 2 BALFOUR, GRANT 81 22 4 1 LINDEN, TODD 82 25 30 1 LAFOREST, PETE 83 28 23 2 LEDEZMA, WILFREDO 84 9 21 2 PARRISH, JOHN 85 1 24 2 ANDERSON, JASON 86 26 19 1 CRUZ, ENRIQUE 87 29 15 2 RAMIREZ, ERASMO 88 7 15 1 LAIRD, GERALD 4th Round 89 12 8 2 WELLEMEYER, TODD 90 27 28 2 PHELPS, TOMMY 91 23 27 1 ATKINS, GARRETT 92 17 23 2 RONEY, MATT 93 21 6 1 SMITHERMAN, STEPHEN 94 30 27 1 BARMES, CLINT 95 25 6 1 HUMMEL, TIM 96 8 11 1 MACHADO, ANDY 97 2 9 2 CORCORAN, ROY 98 24 27 1 REYES, RENE 99 4 5 2 BECK, ROD 100 5 11 1 CHAPMAN, TRAVIS 101 14 30 2 MCCLUNG, SETH 102 16 13 1 QUINLAN, ROBB 103 11 8 1 KELTON, DAVID 104 5 25 1 STRONG, JAMAL 105 20 10 1 DUNCAN, JEFF 106 18 16 2 LESKANIC, CURTIS 107 3 7 2 ELDRED, CAL 108 10 27 2 YOUNG, JASON 109 19 14 1 MELHUSE, ADAM IRBL # 691 2-16-04 3 110 22 7 2 JOURNELL, JIMMY 111 25 13 1 DURRINGTON, TRENT 112 28 21 1 MORBAN, JOSE 113 9 4 2 LOWRY, NOAH 114 1 6 1 SARDINHA, DANE 115 26 12 2 GONZALEZ, MIKE 116 29 4 1 ELLISON, JASON 117 7 20 1 SORENSEN, ZACH 5th Round 118 12 27 2 ELARTON, SCOTT 119 27 15 2 DICKEY, R.A. 120 23 14 2 NEU, MIKE 121 17 5 1 OJEDA, MIGUEL 122 21 23 2 MEARS, CHRIS 123 30 7 2 CALERO, KIKO 124 25 1 1 PORTER, COLIN 125 8 24 1 HERNANDEZ, MICHEL 126 2 13 1 GREGORIO, TOM 127 24 29 1 TERRERO, LUIS 128 4 30 1 GOMES, JONNY 129 30 1 2 GALLO, MIKE 130 14 19 2 FORD, MATT 131 16 6 1 STENSON, DERNELL 132 11 10 2 GRIFFITHS, JEREMY 133 5 3 2 COLYER, STEVE 134 20 17 1 BOWEN, ROB 135 18 2 1 HESSMAN, MIKE 136 3 30 1 MARTIN, AL 137 10 30 2 SWITZER, JON 138 25 5 1 MENDEZ, DONALDO 139 22 29 2 SERVICE, SCOTT 140 25 15 2 GARCIA, ROSMAN 141 28 17 2 NAKAMURA, MIKE 142 9 8 2 SANCHEZ, FELIX 143 1 1 2 ROSARIO, RODRIGO 144 26 9 2 MANON, JULIO 145 29 28 2 BUMP, NATE 146 7 26 2 CHULK, VINNIE 6th Round 147 12 13 2 JONES, GREG 148 27 18 2 STEWART, JOSH 149 23 6 2 BELISLE, MATT 150 17 9 2 KNOTT, ERIC 151 21 15 2 RAMOS, MARIO 152 30 10 1 REDMAN, PRENTICE 153 25 5 1 VICTORINO, SHANE 154 8 5 1 QUINTERO, HUMBERTO 155 2 26 2 TAM, JEFF 156 24 28 2 LEVRAULT, ALLEN 157 4 10 1 GARCIA, DANNY 158 13 22 1 HASELMAN, BILL 159 16 23 2 SCHMACK, BRIAN 160 11 9 1 VITIELLO, JOE 161 5 23 1 YOUNG, ERNIE 162 20 30 1 DIAZ, MATT 163 18 15 1 JONES, JASON 164 3 30 2 MALASKA, MARK 165 10 8 2 MITRE, SERGIO 166 12 10 1 DEPASTINO, JOE 167 22 13 2 BOOTCHECK, CHRIS 168 25 10 1 WATSON, MATT IRBL # 691 2-16-04 4 169 28 22 2 WHITE, MATT 170 9 6 2 VALENTINE, JOE 171 26 15 1 CLARK, JERMAINE 172 29 1 2 BLAND, NATE 173 7 25 2 PUTZ, J.J. 7th Round 174 12 18 2 SANDERS, DAVID 175 27 9 2 ALMONTE, HECTOR 176 23 11 2 GEARY, GEOFF 177 17 4 1 CASTILLO, ALBERTO 178 21 4 1 BENARD, MARVIN 179 30 12 2 GRABOW, JOHN 180 19 3 1 CROSBY, BUBBA 181 8 9 2 FERRARI, ANTHONY 182 2 10 2 ALMONTE, EDWIN 183 13 20 1 GUTIERREZ, RICKY 184 16 13 2 RODRIGUEZ, RICH 185 11 5 2 DEAGO, ROGER 186 20 6 2 SERAFINI, DAN 187 18 15 1 PERRY, HERBERT 188 3 4 1 VALDERRAMA, CARLOS 189 10 9 2 HEBSON, BRYAN 190 22 14 1 EDWARDS, MIKE 191 25 19 1 SMITH, MARK 192 9 15 2 MOUNCE, TONY 193 26 30 2 REYES, CARLOS 194 29 18 2 ADKINS, JON 195 7 25 2 LOOPER, AARON 8th Round 196 12 25 2 SWEENEY, BRIAN 197 23 23 2 AVERY, STEVE 198 17 19 1 ZOCCOLILLO, PETE 199 30 16 2 GILFILLAN, JASON 200 19 6 2 CERROS, JUAN 201 8 6 2 RANDALL, SCOTT 202 13 29 1 GRACE, MARK 203 11 7 2 YAN, ESTEBAN 204 13 25 1 BORDERS, PAT 205 18 17 2 PULIDO, CARLOS 206 3 1 1 MATRANGA, DAVE 207 22 18 1 BURKE, JAMIE 208 25 13 2 MIADICH, BART 209 9 16 2 WALROND, LES 210 26 20 1 SELBY, BILL 211 29 24 2 PRINZ, BRET 212 7 26 2 LINTON, DOUG 9th Round 213 12 24 1 SEGUIGNOL, FERNANDO 214 17 20 2 CORTES, DAVID 215 30 10 2 ROACH, JASON 216 19 10 2 MIDDLEBROOK, JASON 217 8 17 1 PRIETO, ALEX 218 13 24 1 SOJO, LUIS 219 18 7 2 OHME, KEVIN 220 3 16 1 JOHNSON, RONTREZ 221 25 29 2 RAGGIO, BRADY 222 9 1 2 BULLINGER, KIRK 223 26 24 1 PRIDE, CURTIS 224 29 7 2 MOLINA, GABE 225 7 7 2 PAINTER, LANCE 10th Round IRBL # 691 2-16-04 5 226 12 15 2 BENES, ALAN 227 17 4 1 SANTOS, FRANCISCO 228 30 1 2 JOHNSON, JONATHAN 229 13 5 2 OROSCO, JESSE 230 18 27 1 ROMERO, MANDY 231 3 6 1 CHAMBLEE, JIM 232 25 27 2 MILLER, MATT J. 233 26 15 2 NITKOWSKI, C.J. 234 7 24 1 GIPSON, CHARLES 11th Round 235 12 19 2 MANNING, DAVID 236 17 5 2 NAGY, CHARLES 237 13 7 2 BORBON, PEDRO 238 25 22 1 ABAD, ANDY 239 26 20 2 RIGGAN, JERROD 240 7 21 1 MENDEZ, CARLOS 12th Round 241 12 13 1 JOHNSON, GARY 242 25 20 1 LAROCCA, GREG 243 7 6 1 BUDZINSKI, MARK 13th Round 244 12 10 1 GLAVINE, MIKE 245 25 24 1 LATHAM, CHRIS 14th Round 246 12 3 2 KIDA, MASAO 247 25 16 2 DEHART, RICK 15th Round 248 12 1 1 CROMER, TRIPP 249 25 2 2 DAWLEY, JOE 16th Round 250 25 6 2 MANZANILLO, JOSIAS 17th Round 251 25 3 2 MYERS, RODNEY -------------------------------- LEGEND: # : draft pick number NT : new (IRBL) team OT : old (DMB) team T : player type: 1 : batter; 2 : pitcher IRBL # 691 2-16-04 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 6 hours and 23 minutes this year ending at 2:23 pm (ET). The 251 draft picks averaged 1.5 minutes per pick setting a new record for the quickest time per pick and shortest overall draft time (although there were 17 less picks this year than last year). The averages for the past few years have been: 2004 1.5 min/pick for 251 picks 2003 1.6 min/pick for 268 picks 2002 1.9 min/pick for 264 picks 2001 2.2 min/pick for 266 picks 2000 1.9 min/pick for 252 picks 1999 2.3 min/pick for 272 picks 1998 2.8 min/pick for 231 picks 1997 3.3 min/pick for 252 picks 1996 4.0 min/pick for 354 picks 1995 4.5 min/pick for 182 picks The breakdown of draft participation for the 30 teams was as follows: 24 --> via IRC 3 --> in person (YAN, PIR, BRE) 2 --> via written list (AST, ROY) 0 --> via telephone 1 --> not drafting (RAN) It was unfortunate that the IRC server went down just before the start of the draft but the switchover to a different IRC server was accomplished with less than a 15 minute loss of time. I will add the directions for using the backup IRC server in the IRBL rules so there will be a plan in place to switch quickly if that ever happens again. Having everyone use the IRC server (instead of having to make telephone calls) definitely speeds up the draft process. 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. IRBL # 691 2-16-04 7 ...................................... PLAYER TRANSACTIONS: The BREWERS traded BRAD WILKERSON, WILSON ALVAREZ to the DIAMONDBACKS for PAT BURRELL, ZACH DAY. The PIRATES traded RUBEN SIERRA to the DODGERS for JACK CUST. ...................................... 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 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. ...................................... NEW IRBL MANAGERS: TWINS Dave Manel 1613 Myler Dr. Pittsburgh, PA 15212 412-323-1449 dmanel@ccac.edu Dave is a 20 year gaming veteran and was referred to the IRBL by former IRBL CUBS' manager, Mike Boling. ROYALS Mike Aleprete 5332 Cider Mill Rd. Erie, PA 16509 814-825-7208 aleprete2@hotmail.com Mike is a friend of the new IRBL TWINS' manager, Dave Manel. IRBL # 691 2-16-04 8 I have included an updated IRBL Manager Address List. ...................................... DEADLINES: Mar. 7 - Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Mar. 21 - Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 1 - First series of 2004 season ...................................... Files included on LRD # 667: --------------------------- IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters MANAGERS.TXT --> Manager Address List NEWSL691.xxx --> Newsletter # 691 PLAYERUF.Y04 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK