------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 745 ***************** 2-17-06 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** FELIX HERNANDEZ: #1 Pick in 32nd Annual IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft *** # NT OT T PLAYER --- -- -- - ------------------- Preliminary Round 1 11 25 2 HERNANDEZ, FELIX 1st Round 2 11 2 1 FRANCOEUR, JEFF 3 27 2 1 MCCANN, BRIAN 4 17 28 1 HERMIDA, JEREMY 5 14 24 1 CANO, ROBINSON 6 5 6 1 ENCARNACION, EDWIN 7 16 12 2 DUKE, ZACH 8 1 29 1 JACKSON, CONOR 9 26 19 1 FIELDER, PRINCE 10 9 18 1 IGUCHI, TADAHITO 11 8 17 2 LIRIANO, FRANCISCO 12 20 26 1 HILL, AARON 13 22 4 2 CAIN, MATT 14 19 14 2 STREET, HUSTON 15 30 19 1 HARDY, J.J. 16 24 14 1 JOHNSON, DAN 17 1 9 1 ZIMMERMAN, RYAN 18 7 2 1 MARTE, ANDY 19 5 7 2 REYES, ANTHONY 20 7 10 1 JACOBS, MIKE 21 28 18 2 JENKS, BOBBY 22 15 13 2 SANTANA, ERVIN 23 6 22 1 RAMIREZ, HANLEY 24 10 23 2 VERLANDER, JUSTIN 25 12 8 1 MURTON, MATT 26 11 18 1 ANDERSON, BRIAN N. 27 21 16 1 TEAHEN, MARK 28 29 11 2 TEJEDA, ROBINSON 29 25 2 2 DAVIES, KYLE 2nd Round 30 11 8 1 CEDENO, RONNY 31 23 2 2 JAMES, CHUCK 32 4 25 1 BETANCOURT, YUNIESKY 33 17 18 2 MCCARTHY, BRANDON 34 27 2 1 JOHNSON, KELLY 35 5 17 2 BAKER, SCOTT 36 14 12 1 DOUMIT, RYAN 37 16 25 1 MORSE, MIKE 38 1 12 2 MAHOLM, PAUL 39 26 27 1 SULLIVAN, CORY 40 8 28 2 OLSEN, SCOTT 41 9 24 2 WANG, CHIEN-MING 42 22 15 2 VOLQUEZ, EDISON 43 20 28 2 VARGAS, JASON 44 19 12 1 DUFFY, CHRIS 45 30 12 1 ELDRED, BRAD 46 24 13 1 MATHIS, JEFF 47 7 22 2 PAPELBON, JONATHAN 48 5 21 2 PENN, HAYDEN 49 2 7 2 THOMPSON, BRAD IRBL # 745 2-17-06 2 50 28 5 2 HENSLEY, CLAY 51 15 1 2 RODRIGUEZ, WANDY 52 6 8 2 HILL, RICH 53 10 29 2 NIPPERT, DUSTIN 54 15 21 2 RAY, CHRIS 55 11 20 1 GUTIERREZ, FRANKLIN 56 20 16 1 BROWN, EMIL 57 21 16 2 SISCO, ANDREW 58 25 27 1 QUINTANILLA, OMAR 59 15 28 2 JOHNSON, JOSH 3rd Round 60 11 20 1 GARKO, RYAN 61 23 30 2 ORVELLA, CHAD 62 4 26 2 MCGOWAN, DUSTIN 63 17 16 1 HUBER, JUSTIN 64 27 12 1 MCLOUTH, NATE 65 15 1 2 ASTACIO, EZEQUIEL 66 14 5 1 JOHNSON, BEN 67 16 29 2 MEDDERS, BRANDON 68 1 16 2 HOWELL, J.P. 69 26 6 2 SHACKELFORD, BRIAN 70 23 27 1 SHEALY, RYAN 71 9 3 1 REPKO, JASON 72 22 2 2 BOYER, BLAINE 73 12 4 2 ACCARDO, JEREMY 74 19 9 2 CARRASCO, HECTOR 75 24 3 1 ROBLES, OSCAR 76 10 2 2 LEREW, ANTHONY 77 5 12 2 GORZELANNY, TOM 78 2 22 2 HANSEN, CRAIG 79 28 15 1 BOTTS, JASON 80 22 25 1 CHOO, SHIN-SOO 81 18 2 1 ORR, PETE 82 10 16 2 BURGOS, AMBIORIX 83 15 7 1 RODRIGUEZ, JOHN 84 11 9 1 WATSON, BRANDON 85 7 22 1 SHOPPACH, KELLY 86 21 3 2 HOULTON, D.J. 87 25 6 1 DENORFIA, CHRIS 88 29 21 1 FASANO, SAL 4th Round 89 11 27 2 CARVAJAL, MARCOS 90 23 21 1 FIORENTINO, JEFF 91 4 17 2 BOWYER, TRAVIS 92 17 5 2 STAUFFER, TIM 93 27 26 2 MARCUM, SHAUN 94 13 19 1 CRUZ, NELSON R. 95 14 4 1 ORTMEIER, DAN 96 16 24 1 CABRERA, MELKY 97 1 12 1 PAULINO, RONNY 98 26 8 2 OHMAN, WILL 99 8 13 2 SAUNDERS, JOE 100 9 3 1 AYBAR, WILLY 101 22 6 2 COFFEY, TODD 102 20 4 2 MUNTER, SCOTT 103 19 7 2 WAINWRIGHT, ADAM 104 24 17 1 RODRIGUEZ, LUIS 105 7 10 1 HERNANDEZ, ANDERSON 106 5 3 2 BROXTON, JONATHAN 107 2 19 2 EVELAND, DANA 108 28 16 1 COSTA, SHANE IRBL # 745 2-17-06 3 109 15 2 2 DEVINE, JOEY 110 6 21 1 YOUNG, WALTER 111 10 22 2 DELCARMEN, MANNY 112 15 28 1 WILSON, JOSH 113 18 11 2 BRITO, EUDE 114 12 18 1 WIDGER, CHRIS 115 21 25 2 HARRIS, JEFF 116 25 27 1 BAKER, JEFF 117 29 2 2 FOSTER, JOHN 5th Round 118 11 27 1 GARABITO, EDDY 119 4 6 1 PEREZ, MIGUEL 120 17 2 1 PENA, BRAYAN 121 10 28 2 RESOP, CHRIS 122 13 8 1 SOTO, GEOVANY 123 14 9 1 BLANCO, TONY 124 16 3 2 THOMPSON, DEREK 125 1 3 2 KUO, HONG-CHIH 126 26 4 2 TASCHNER, JACK 127 8 16 1 AMBRES, CHIP 128 9 7 1 DUNCAN, CHRIS 129 22 4 1 HAAD, YAMID 130 20 27 2 SPEIER, RYAN 131 19 27 2 CORTES, DAVID 132 24 21 1 CASTRO, BERNIE 133 12 7 1 GALL, JOHN 134 5 13 2 WOODS, JAKE 135 2 23 1 GIARRATANO, TONY 136 28 14 1 BYNUM, FREDDIE 137 22 7 1 SEABOL, SCOTT 138 6 29 2 BULGER, JASON 139 10 15 2 WILSON, C.J. 140 15 28 1 ANDINO, ROBERT 141 6 12 2 BULLINGTON, BRYAN 142 12 12 2 CAPPS, MATT 143 21 26 1 GRIFFIN, JOHN-FORD 144 25 15 2 RUPE, JOSH 145 29 3 2 SCHMOLL, STEVE 6th Round 146 11 8 2 KORONKA, JOHN 147 4 5 1 MCANULTY, PAUL 148 17 9 2 BERGMANN, JASON 149 27 3 2 OSORIA, FRANQUELIS 150 13 1 1 SELF, TODD 151 14 9 2 RASNER, DARRELL 152 16 27 2 ESPOSITO, MIKE 153 1 22 1 MACHADO, ALEJANDRO 154 26 28 2 BAZARDO, YORMAN 155 8 24 2 HENN, SEAN 156 9 4 1 GRISSOM, MARQUIS 157 22 16 2 NUNEZ, LEO 158 20 13 2 PERALTA, JOEL 159 19 17 2 GASSNER, DAVE 160 24 7 1 MAHONEY, MIKE 161 7 6 1 BERGOLLA, WILLIAM 162 5 2 2 MCBRIDE, MACAY 163 28 25 1 GONZALEZ, WIKI 164 12 10 1 OFFERMAN, JOSE 165 6 1 1 SCOTT, LUKE 166 10 6 2 BOOKER, CHRIS 167 15 28 1 JORGENSEN, RYAN IRBL # 745 2-17-06 4 168 18 18 1 LOPEZ, PEDRO 169 12 5 2 OXSPRING, CHRIS 170 21 14 2 YABU, KEIICHI 171 29 1 2 BURNS, MIKE 7th Round 172 18 4 1 CHAVEZ, ANGEL 173 4 8 2 VAN BUREN, JERMAINE 174 17 14 2 FLORES, RON 175 13 16 2 BAYLISS, JONAH 176 14 22 2 MEREDITH, CLA 177 16 30 1 CORTEZ, FERNANDO 178 1 23 2 WOODYARD, MARK 179 8 15 2 FELDMAN, SCOTT 180 9 7 2 JOHNSON, TYLER 181 22 28 2 MESSENGER, RANDY 182 20 21 2 BYRDAK, TIM 183 24 17 1 WILLIAMS, GLENN 184 7 5 2 BRESLOW, CRAIG 185 5 23 2 LEDEZMA, WILFREDO 186 28 9 1 GODWIN, TYRELL 187 12 16 2 DEMARIA, CHRIS 188 10 8 1 MCCLAIN, SCOTT 189 15 22 1 STERN, ADAM 190 18 8 1 GREENBERG, ADAM 191 12 16 2 JENSEN, RYAN 192 21 21 1 FREIRE, ALEJANDRO 8th Round 193 11 15 1 MCDOUGALL, MARSHALL 194 4 5 2 REYES, DENNYS 195 17 7 1 SCHUMAKER, SKIP 196 13 27 1 SPILBORGHS, RYAN 197 14 14 2 ETHERTON, SETH 198 16 10 2 RING, ROYCE 199 8 28 1 DILLON, JOE 200 9 12 1 FURMANIAK, J.J. 201 22 8 1 THERIOT, RYAN 202 20 21 2 DUBOSE, ERIC 203 24 30 1 SINGLETON, CHRIS 204 7 13 1 MERLONI, LOU 205 5 8 1 WILSON, ENRIQUE 206 28 28 2 PERISHO, MATT 207 3 24 1 SANCHEZ, REY 208 10 18 1 BURKE, JAMIE 209 15 30 2 NUNEZ, FRANKLIN 210 18 12 1 SADLER, RAY 211 12 30 2 CORCORAN, TIM 212 21 10 2 KOO, DAE-SUNG 9th Round 213 11 11 1 SANDOVAL, DANNY 214 13 23 2 KARNUTH, JASON 215 14 21 1 WHITESIDE, ELI 216 16 8 1 FONTENOT, MIKE 217 8 25 2 CAMPILLO, JORGE 218 9 25 1 BUBELA, JAIME 219 22 1 1 JIMERSON, CHARLTON 220 20 17 1 HEINTZ, CHRIS 221 24 22 1 PETAGINE, ROBERTO 222 7 3 1 MYROW, BRIAN 223 28 15 2 RILEY, MATT 224 3 30 1 TAYLOR, REGGIE 225 10 9 2 WHITE, MATT IRBL # 745 2-17-06 5 226 15 21 1 REED, KEITH 227 18 4 1 TORCATO, TONY 228 12 3 1 NAKAMURA, NORIHIRO 10th Round 229 13 16 2 CERDA, JAIME 230 14 4 1 SHABALA, ADAM 231 16 13 1 SORENSEN, ZACH 232 8 16 2 STEMLE, STEVE 233 9 1 2 FRANCO, JOHN 234 22 6 1 HOLBERT, AARON 235 20 26 1 MYERS, GREG 236 24 18 2 SANDERS, DAVID 237 28 19 1 MOSQUERA, JULIO 238 3 24 1 REESE, KEVIN 239 10 21 1 CALZADO, NAPOLEON 240 15 2 2 CHILDERS, MATT 241 12 3 2 CARLYLE, BUDDY 11th Round 242 13 5 1 HYZDU, ADAM 243 14 4 1 CLARK, DOUG 244 16 14 2 REAMES, BRITT 245 8 24 1 VENTO, MIKE 246 22 27 2 ANDERSON, MATT 247 24 24 2 BEAN, COLTER 248 28 9 1 MATEO, HENRY 249 3 23 1 HOOPER, KEVIN 250 15 10 2 HAMULACK, TIM 251 12 5 2 CASSIDY, SCOTT 12th Round 252 13 9 1 SHORT, RICK 253 14 15 2 THOMPSON, JUSTIN 254 24 14 1 BOCACHICA, HIRAM 255 28 11 2 ADAMS, TERRY 256 15 24 1 JOHNSON, RUSS 257 12 8 2 FOX, CHAD 13th Round 258 13 5 1 ALEXANDER, MANNY 259 14 30 2 GARDNER, LEE 260 28 13 1 PRIETO, CHRIS 261 15 1 1 GIPSON, CHARLES 262 12 7 2 PULSIPHER, BILL 14th Round 263 13 4 2 LEVINE, AL 264 28 25 1 WILSON, DAN 265 12 9 2 OSUNA, ANTONIO 15th Round 266 13 26 2 WHITESIDE, MATT 16th Round 267 13 25 2 KIDA, MASAO 268 12 1 2 DRISKILL, TRAVIS 17th Round 269 13 22 1 MCCARTY, DAVID ------------------------------- LEGEND: # : draft pick number NT : new (IRBL) team OT : old (DMB) team T : player type: 1 : batter; 2 : pitcher IRBL # 745 2-17-06 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 15 minutes this year ending at 5:15 pm (ET). The 269 draft picks averaged 2.1 minutes per pick. The draft took 90 minutes longer than last year. This was because due to a snow storm, Ricky Diaz and John Mattfeld could not assist me in person as they have in past years so I had to run the draft all alone (which I have not had to do in many years). The averages for the past few years have been: 2006 2.1 min/pick for 269 picks 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: 26 --> via IRC 1 --> in person (YAN) 2 --> via written list (ORI, ROY) 1 --> special circumstances (DEV)(*) * - Somebody drafted on-the-fly for the DEVIL RAYS because the manager was not in the IRC when it was his turn and he provided no back-up instructions. I could have assigned the oldest players available but I decided not to penalize the team because of the delinquency of the manager. Thanks to everyone else who helped by participating speedily and efficiently or provided back-up instructions. ...................................... PLAYER TRANSACTIONS: The WHITE SOX traded JOSE HERNANDEZ, EUDE BRITO to the PHILLIES for MIKE IRBL # 745 2-17-06 7 REDMOND. The PADRES traded AARON BOONE, PEDRO ASTACIO to the MARINERS for LARRY BIGBIE, CHAN HO PARK. The RED SOX traded CHAD GAUDIN, JEFF SUPPAN to the TIGERS for MARK GRUDZIELANEK, JOE KENNEDY. The RED SOX traded HEE-SEOP CHOI to the PHILLIES for JEFF CIRILLO. The PADRES released TRAVIS CHAPMAN, JOSH LABANDEIRA, MIKE TONIS, CLAYTON ANDREWS, ERIC CAMMACK, BROOKS KIESCHNICK, EDGAR RAMOS. The DODGERS traded JOSE VIZCAINO to the BREWERS for RAMON E. MARTINEZ. The RANGERS traded KEVIN BROWN, RANDY D. JOHNSON to the BREWERS for MIKE MAROTH, ADAM WAINWRIGHT. The YANKEES traded CARLOS BAERGA to the BREWERS for PABLO OZUNA. The PIRATES traded LUIS RIVAS to the DIAMONDBACKS for TODD HOLLANDSWORTH. ...................................... 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. ...................................... TRADING POST: I recommend that you submit your team's wants and offerings to be listed on the IRBL Trading Post to make it easy for all managers to see what everyone is offering or need. ...................................... The next newsletter (LRD) after the trading deadline will contain guidelines and forms to fill out for your team season instructions. ...................................... IRBL # 745 2-17-06 8 NEW ADDRESS: CUBS George P. Widenor 1428 N. Selvaggio Way Eagle, Idaho 83616 208-938-1877 (home) 208-249-8872 (cell) An updated IRBL Manager Address List has been included. ...................................... DEADLINES: Mar. 5 - Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Mar. 19 - Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 1 - First series of 2006 season ...................................... Files included on LRD # 745 --------------------------- IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters MANAGERS.TXT --> Manager Address List NEWSL745.xxx --> Newsletter # 745 PLAYERUF.Y06 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK