------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 718 ***************** 2-16-05 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** DAVID WRIGHT: #1 Pick in 31st Annual IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft *** # NT OT T PLAYER --- -- -- - ------------------- Preliminary Round 1 12 10 1 WRIGHT, DAVID 2 8 17 1 MAUER, JOE 3 25 16 2 GREINKE, ZACK 4 11 30 2 KAZMIR, SCOTT 1st Round 5 12 7 1 MOLINA, YADIER 6 23 13 1 MCPHERSON, DALLAS 7 27 30 1 UPTON, B.J. 8 11 11 2 FLOYD, GAVIN 9 24 26 2 BUSH, DAVID 10 23 26 1 RIOS, ALEXIS 11 9 16 1 BUCK, JOHN 12 19 20 1 SIZEMORE, GRADY 13 14 27 1 CLOSSER, J.D. 14 22 27 1 HOLLIDAY, MATT 15 26 30 1 CANTU, JORGE 16 5 17 1 KUBEL, JASON 17 10 26 1 ADAMS, RUSS 18 6 17 2 CRAIN, JESSE 19 28 27 2 FRANCIS, JEFF 20 20 10 1 MATSUI, KAZUO 21 16 27 1 GONZALEZ, LUIS A. 22 25 25 1 REED, JEREMY 23 12 2 1 LAROCHE, ADAM 24 4 13 1 KOTCHMAN, CASEY 25 10 1 1 BURKE, CHRIS 26 2 9 1 SLEDGE, TERRMEL 27 12 2 2 MEYER, DAN 28 30 25 2 MADRITSCH, BOBBY 29 1 30 1 GATHRIGHT, JOEY 30 19 14 1 SWISHER, NICK 2nd Round 31 18 25 1 LOPEZ, JOSE 32 12 21 2 CABRERA, DANIEL 33 17 19 2 HENDRICKSON, BEN 34 7 12 1 CASTILLO, JOSE 35 23 14 2 BLANTON, JOE 36 25 29 1 TRACY, CHAD 37 11 29 1 SNYDER, CHRIS 38 29 29 1 HAIRSTON, SCOTT 39 24 2 2 CAPELLAN, JOSE 40 8 11 1 HOWARD, RYAN 41 9 21 1 NEWHAN, DAVID 42 19 24 1 NAVARRO, DIONER 43 14 16 1 GOTAY, RUBEN 44 22 4 2 VALDEZ, MERKIN 45 19 15 2 YOUNG, CHRIS 46 5 17 1 BARTLETT, JASON 47 2 22 1 YOUKILIS, KEVIN 48 6 8 1 DUBOIS, JASON 49 28 5 1 GUZMAN, FREDDY IRBL # 718 2-16-05 2 50 20 19 2 ADAMS, MIKE 51 16 2 1 THOMAS, CHARLES 52 27 9 1 CHURCH, RYAN 53 13 1 1 TAVERAS, WILLY 54 4 5 2 OTSUKA, AKINORI 55 10 26 1 QUIROZ, GUILLERMO 56 30 29 2 AQUINO, GREG 57 19 15 2 FRANCISCO, FRANK 58 22 18 2 TAKATSU, SHINGO 59 1 26 2 CHACIN, GUSTAVO 60 13 23 1 RABURN, RYAN 3rd Round 61 7 16 1 BLANCO, ANDRES 62 12 10 1 DIAZ, VICTOR 63 17 3 2 BRAZOBAN, YHENCY 64 7 23 1 LOGAN, NOOK 65 23 23 1 GRANDERSON, CURTIS 66 25 27 1 HAWPE, BRAD 67 11 26 2 LEAGUE, BRANDON 68 30 21 2 MAINE, JOHN 69 24 17 2 DURBIN, J.D. 70 8 4 1 KNOEDLER, JUSTIN 71 9 27 1 PIEDRA, JORGE 72 16 2 1 GREEN, NICK 73 14 25 1 JACOBSEN, BUCKY 74 22 16 2 BAUTISTA, DENNY 75 9 9 1 IZTURIS, MAICER 76 5 15 1 GONZALEZ, ADRIAN 77 2 29 2 BRUNEY, BRIAN 78 6 19 1 KRYNZEL, DAVE 79 28 12 2 BURNETT, SEAN 80 20 15 2 ALMANZAR, CARLOS 81 16 10 1 KEPPINGER, JEFF 82 27 9 1 HARRIS, BRENDAN 83 13 21 1 MAJEWSKI, VAL 84 4 20 2 CABRERA, FERNANDO 85 2 26 2 FRASOR, JASON 86 22 4 2 AARDSMA, DAVID 87 7 7 1 LUNA, HECTOR 88 29 27 2 HARIKKALA, TIM 89 1 29 1 GIL, JERRY 90 15 14 2 GARCIA, JAIRO 4th Round 91 7 25 2 BLACKLEY, TRAVIS 92 12 9 2 HORGAN, JOE 93 17 8 2 LEICESTER, JON 94 7 25 2 BAEK, CHA SEUNG 95 23 15 2 LOE, KAMERON 96 25 19 1 HART, COREY 97 11 25 2 NAGEOTTE, CLINT 98 27 28 1 WILLINGHAM, JOSH 99 24 12 2 SNELL, IAN 100 8 22 2 ALVAREZ, ABE 101 9 29 2 GOSLING, MIKE 102 19 17 1 TIFFEE, TERRY 103 14 5 2 GERMANO, JUSTIN 104 22 12 2 VAN BENSCHOTEN, JOHN 105 26 16 1 GETTIS, BYRON 106 5 9 1 LABANDEIRA, JOSH 107 21 25 1 RIVERA, RENE 108 6 19 2 LIRIANO, PEDRO IRBL # 718 2-16-05 3 109 28 24 2 HALSEY, BRAD 110 20 16 2 CAMP, SHAWN 111 16 21 2 BORKOWSKI, DAVE 112 27 20 2 TADANO, KAZUHITO 113 13 12 1 BAUTISTA, JOSE 114 4 16 1 MURPHY, DONNIE 115 10 29 1 KROEGER, JOSH 116 22 26 1 GROSS, GABE 117 7 10 1 BRAZELL, CRAIG 118 29 23 1 SHELTON, CHRIS 119 1 14 2 LEHR, JUSTIN 120 30 29 2 CORMIER, LANCE 5th Round 121 18 8 2 WUERTZ, MICHAEL 122 12 27 2 DOHMANN, SCOTT 123 17 25 2 SHERRILL, GEORGE 124 7 25 1 LEONE, JUSTIN 125 23 11 2 RAMIREZ, ELIZARDO 126 25 5 1 KNOTT, JON 127 11 7 2 CALI, CARMEN 128 30 4 2 HENNESSEY, BRAD 129 24 29 2 DAIGLE, CASEY 130 8 18 2 DIAZ, FELIX 131 9 10 2 BELL, HEATH 132 19 1 2 QUALLS, CHAD 133 14 26 1 CROZIER, ERIC 134 22 19 2 BENNETT, JEFF 135 26 30 1 CUMMINGS, MIDRE 136 5 25 1 DOBBS, GREG 137 2 28 2 KENSING, LOGAN 138 6 19 2 SAENZ, CHRIS 139 28 21 2 RODRIGUEZ, EDDY 140 20 28 1 AGUILA, CHRIS 141 16 25 2 ATCHISON, SCOTT 142 27 29 1 GREEN, ANDY 143 13 16 2 SERRANO, JIMMY 144 4 19 2 DELAROSA, JORGE 145 10 13 2 HENSLEY, MATT 146 30 22 2 DINARDO, LENNY 147 5 29 1 OLSON, TIM 148 29 26 2 DOUGLASS, SEAN 149 1 6 1 ROMANO, JASON 150 19 2 2 COLON, ROMAN 6th Round 151 18 7 1 MCKAY, CODY 152 15 12 2 BROOKS, FRANK 153 17 17 2 GUERRIER, MATT 154 15 22 1 CRESPO, CESAR 155 23 16 2 VASQUEZ, JORGE 156 25 25 2 THORNTON, MATT 157 11 10 2 FORTUNATO, BARTOLOME 158 30 27 1 FREEMAN, CHOO 159 24 20 2 CRUCETA, FRANCISCO 160 8 9 2 HILL, SHAWN 161 9 29 1 BRITO, JUAN 162 19 20 2 DENNEY, KYLE 163 14 21 1 LOPEZ, LUIS M. 164 22 24 1 PHILLIPS, ANDY 165 26 13 1 RIGGS, ADAM 166 5 16 1 TONIS, MIKE 167 2 22 2 MARTINEZ, ANASTACIO IRBL # 718 2-16-05 4 168 6 18 2 MUNOZ, ARNIE 169 28 23 2 NOVOA, ROBERTO 170 20 15 2 BROCAIL, DOUG 171 16 9 1 PASCUCCI, VAL 172 27 20 2 BARTOSH, CLIFF 173 13 30 2 NUNEZ, FRANKLIN 174 4 9 2 MAJEWSKI, GARY 175 10 28 2 GRACESQUI, FRANKLYN 176 29 15 2 NARRON, SAM 177 1 27 2 SIMPSON, ALLAN 178 3 13 1 HALTER, SHANE 7th Round 179 18 4 1 DALLIMORE, BRIAN 180 12 10 2 YATES, TYLER 181 17 16 2 HUISMAN, JUSTIN 182 7 20 2 GUTHRIE, JEREMY 183 23 21 2 RAKERS, AARON 184 25 15 2 REGILIO, NICK 185 11 12 2 JOHNSTON, MIKE 186 30 29 1 DEVORE, DOUG 187 24 21 1 MCDONALD, DARNELL 188 8 9 2 BENTZ, CHAD 189 9 24 2 PROCTOR, SCOTT 190 19 26 2 PETERSON, ADAM 191 14 14 1 CASTRO, RAMON AL. 192 22 18 1 VALDEZ, WILSON 193 26 15 1 ARDOIN, DANNY 194 2 18 2 GRILLI, JASON 195 6 18 2 BAJENARU, JEFF 196 9 22 2 LESKANIC, CURTIS 197 20 1 1 ALFARO, JASON 198 16 6 2 VAN POPPEL, TODD 199 27 6 2 PADILLA, JUAN 200 13 16 2 VILLACIS, EDUARDO 201 10 26 2 GLYNN, RYAN 202 29 24 1 BUSH, HOMER 203 1 28 1 TREANOR, MATT 204 3 26 2 FILE, BOB 8th Round 205 18 23 2 URDANETA, LINO 206 12 19 2 FORD, BEN 207 17 16 1 THOMPSON, RICH 208 18 10 1 HIETPAS, JOE 209 23 11 1 HINCH, A.J. 210 25 24 2 GRAMAN, ALEX 211 11 2 2 MCCONNELL, SAM 212 24 29 1 BAERGA, CARLOS 213 8 15 2 SNARE, RYAN 214 9 15 2 WASDIN, JOHN 215 19 13 2 DUNN, SCOTT 216 14 24 2 MARSONEK, SAM 217 26 3 1 FLORES, JOSE 218 2 2 2 CUNNANE, WILL 219 6 29 2 FETTERS, MIKE 220 28 18 2 JACKSON, MIKE 221 20 16 1 GUERRERO, WILTON 222 16 18 1 DRANSFELDT, KELLY 223 13 3 1 WILSON, TOM 224 1 5 2 WATKINS, STEVE 225 3 2 2 SMITH, TRAVIS 9th Round IRBL # 718 2-16-05 5 226 18 22 2 SEIBEL, PHIL 227 17 18 2 WUNSCH, KELLY 228 7 26 1 POND, SIMON 229 25 15 2 HUGHES, TRAVIS 230 11 10 2 PARRA, JOSE 231 24 26 1 HERMANSEN, CHAD 232 8 22 1 DOMINIQUE, ANDY 233 9 26 2 FREDERICK, KEVIN 234 19 16 1 PHILLIPS, PAUL 235 14 18 2 STEWART, JOSH 236 22 15 1 ALEXANDER, MANNY 237 2 7 2 SIMONTACCHI, JASON 238 28 29 2 SERVICE, SCOTT 239 16 19 1 ERICKSON, MATT 240 13 12 1 RIVERA, CARLOS 241 3 9 1 LOPEZ, LUIS 10th Round 242 17 23 2 DINGMAN, CRAIG 243 7 2 1 HOLLINS, DAMON 244 25 20 2 ROBBINS, JAKE 245 11 30 2 WEBB, JOHN 246 24 21 1 OSIK, KEITH 247 8 27 2 GISSELL, CHRIS 248 9 29 1 COLBRUNN, GREG 249 19 25 2 WILLIAMS, RANDY 250 14 5 2 SZUMINSKI, JASON 251 22 13 2 BERGMAN, DUSTY 252 2 30 2 RITCHIE, TODD 253 28 27 2 WENDELL, TURK 254 16 5 2 MCLEARY, MARTY 255 13 27 1 TRACY, ANDY 256 3 29 1 ZINTER, ALAN 11th Round 257 17 23 1 DIFELICE, MIKE 258 7 6 2 HAYNES, JIMMY 259 25 22 2 NELSON, JOE 260 11 22 1 SNYDER, EARL 261 24 1 2 BULLINGER, KIRK 262 9 8 1 MURRAY, CALVIN 263 19 16 2 APPIER, KEVIN 264 14 14 1 ROSE, MIKE 265 22 22 2 BROWN, JAMIE 266 2 25 1 LOPEZ, MICKEY 267 13 12 2 ROBERTS, WILLIS 268 3 20 2 DAWLEY, JOE 12th Round 269 17 6 2 SANCHEZ, JESUS 270 7 19 2 HERNANDEZ, ADRIAN 271 24 11 2 CROWELL, JIM 272 9 1 1 TREMIE, CHRIS 273 19 4 2 COOPER, BRIAN 274 2 21 1 MOTTOLA, CHAD 275 13 26 2 DELOSSANTOS, VALERIO 276 3 5 2 BECK, ROD 13th Round 277 17 22 2 CASTILLO, FRANK 278 9 9 2 BELTRAN, RIGO 279 2 28 2 SMALL, AARON 14th Round 280 17 22 1 MARTINEZ, SANDY 281 9 21 2 CUBILLAN, DARWIN IRBL # 718 2-16-05 6 15th Round 282 17 4 2 ESTRELLA, LEO 283 9 22 2 JONES, BOBBY M. 16th Round 284 17 26 2 MAURER, DAVE 285 9 5 2 OROPESA, EDDIE 17th Round 286 17 17 2 PULIDO, CARLOS 18th Round 287 17 27 2 KROON, MARC ------------------------------- LEGEND: # : draft pick number NT : new (IRBL) team OT : old (DMB) team T : player type: 1 : batter; 2 : pitcher IRBL # 718 2-16-05 7 ...................................... 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 and 45 minutes this year ending at 3:45 pm (ET). The 287 draft picks averaged 1.6 minutes per pick. The average would have been less if the problems a few managers had which held up the draft had not occurred (one manager forgot that the draft started at 8:00 am and the two managers in Europe could not cannot via IRC and several managers tried on several occassions to draft players who were already drafted because they did not refer to the IRBL website page which listed all the players drafted already). Hopefully, next year those problems will not happen again. The averages for the past few years have been: 2005 1.6 min/pick for 287 picks 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: 20 --> via IRC 3 --> in person (YAN, PIR, BRE) 5 --> via written list (AST, BRA, ROY, IND, BLU) 2 --> via email (RSX, PAD) 0 --> via telephone 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. ...................................... PLAYER TRANSACTIONS: The TWINS released BENJI GIL, DREW HENSON, GENE KINGSALE, DONZELL IRBL # 718 2-16-05 8 MCDONALD, MITCH MELUSKEY, ARMANDO RIOS, NATE ROLISON, DAVID CONE, MIKE JUDD, CHARLES NAGY, KEVIN PICKFORD. The ROYALS released DERNELL STENSON. The ANGELS released MARK GRACE, DARREN HOLMES. The DIAMONDBACKS traded BENGIE MOLINA, NATE BUMP, NATE ROBERTSON to the INDIANS for DAVID BELL, JOSE LIMA. The MARLINS released CORY ALDRIDGE, JAY CANIZARO, ALEX PELAEZ, JUAN ALVAREZ, JEFF FARNSWORTH, KEVIN JOSEPH, SEAN LOWE, JUAN PENA, RUBEN QUEVEDO, ERIK SABEL, DENNIS SPRINGER, MIKE THURMAN. ...................................... 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. ...................................... TELEPHONE NUMNER CHANGE: Mike Aleprete (ROYALS): 717-258-8632 An updated IRBL Manager Address List has been included. ...................................... IRBL RULES UPDATE: The wording was revised for IRBL Rule # 8D concerning the limitations on players with <21 actual AB because one IRBL manager did not understand the intent based on the previous wording. IRBL # 718 2-16-05 9 An addition to IRBL Rule # 13C1 concerning "Written list" draft instructions was made stating the following (to avoid future misunderstandings): "The instructions cannot request a judgement (such as "best player) (the instructions have to be specific) (you can state "draft youngest player" or batter or pitcher). The word "player" will refer to a "batter" or a "pitcher"." Updated IRBL Rules have been included. ...................................... DEADLINES: Mar. 6 - Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Mar. 20 - Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 3 - First series of 2005 season ...................................... Files included on LRD # 718 --------------------------- IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters IRBLRULE.TXT --> IRBL Rules MANAGERS.TXT --> Manager Address List NEWSL718.xxx --> Newsletter # 718 PLAYERUF.Y05 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK