------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 769 ***************** 2-15-07 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **** STEPHEN DREW: #1 Pick in 33rd Annual IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft **** # NT OT T PLAYER --- -- -- - ------------------- 1st Round 1 20 29 1 DREW, STEPHEN 2 15 3 1 MARTIN, RUSSELL 3 7 30 1 YOUNG, DELMON 4 10 21 1 MARKAKIS, NICK 5 12 11 2 HAMELS, COLE 6 9 13 2 WEAVER, JERED 7 14 28 2 SANCHEZ, ANIBAL 8 5 29 1 QUENTIN, CARLOS 9 1 29 1 YOUNG, CHRIS B. 10 16 13 1 KENDRICK, HOWIE 11 17 20 2 SOWERS, JEREMY 12 8 5 1 BARFIELD, JOSH 13 26 28 1 UGGLA, DAN 14 22 21 2 LOEWEN, ADAM 15 17 23 2 ZUMAYA, JOEL 16 13 17 2 GARZA, MATT 17 24 3 1 ETHIER, ANDRE 18 11 27 1 TULOWITZKI, TROY 19 25 15 1 KINSLER, IAN 20 11 20 1 KOUZMANOFF, KEVIN 21 29 10 1 MILLEDGE, LASTINGS 22 12 3 2 BILLINGSLEY, CHAD 23 28 17 2 BONSER, BOOF 24 4 25 1 JOHJIMA, KENJI 25 21 27 1 IANNETTA, CHRIS 26 19 22 1 PEDROIA, DUSTIN 27 27 3 1 KEMP, MATT 28 30 22 2 LESTER, JON 29 27 17 1 CASILLA, ALEXI 30 23 23 2 MILLER, ANDREW 31 6 29 1 MONTERO, MIGUEL 2nd Round 32 20 9 2 O'CONNOR, MIKE 33 15 2 1 THORMAN, SCOTT 34 7 3 1 LONEY, JAMES 35 10 26 1 LIND, ADAM 36 12 10 2 PELFREY, MIKE 37 9 30 1 ZOBRIST, BEN 38 14 3 2 SAITO, TAKASHI 39 5 13 1 AYBAR, ERICK 40 3 17 2 PERKINS, GLEN 41 16 11 2 CASTRO, FABIO 42 1 1 2 HIRSH, JASON 43 13 25 1 JONES, ADAM 44 26 1 2 NIEVE, FERNANDO 45 22 4 2 SANCHEZ, JONATHAN 46 17 10 2 BANNISTER, BRIAN 47 13 18 1 FIELDS, JOSH 48 24 13 1 NAPOLI, MIKE 49 29 18 1 SWEENEY, RYAN 50 25 10 2 HUMBER, PHILIP IRBL # 769 2-15-07 2 51 11 19 2 VILLANUEVA, CARLOS 52 7 2 1 PRADO, MARTIN 53 28 8 2 MARSHALL, SEAN 54 21 30 1 NORTON, GREG 55 4 17 2 NESHEK, PAT 56 30 28 2 NOLASCO, RICKY 57 19 30 2 SHIELDS, JAMES 58 27 20 2 CARMONA, FAUSTO 59 27 29 2 GONZALEZ, ENRIQUE 60 23 20 2 MASTNY, TOM 61 7 9 2 HILL, SHAWN 3rd round 62 20 28 2 TANKERSLEY, TAYLOR 63 15 4 1 FRANDSEN, KEVIN 64 7 28 1 ABERCROMBIE, REGGIE 65 10 1 2 BUCHHOLZ, TAYLOR 66 12 13 1 MORALES, KENDRY 67 9 11 1 COSTE, CHRIS 68 14 11 2 SMITH, MATT 69 5 23 1 CLEVLEN, BRENT 70 9 26 2 JANSSEN, CASEY 71 16 27 2 RAMIREZ, RAMON 72 1 3 1 GUZMAN, JOEL 73 13 28 2 GARCIA, JOSE 74 26 18 2 HAEGER, CHARLIE 75 22 4 1 ALFONZO, ELIEZER 76 17 23 2 MINER, ZACH 77 13 8 1 MOORE, SCOTT 78 24 20 1 INGLETT, JOE 79 29 4 2 WILSON, BRIAN 80 25 29 1 CALLASPO, ALBERTO 81 11 14 2 WINDSOR, JASON 82 7 29 2 PENA, TONY A. 83 28 30 2 LUGO, RUDDY 84 21 10 2 FELICIANO, PEDRO 85 4 1 2 ALBERS, MATT 86 30 15 2 LITTLETON, WES 87 19 30 2 STOKES, BRIAN 88 15 26 2 ROSARIO, FRANCISCO 89 27 21 2 BRITTON, CHRIS 90 23 28 2 PETIT, YUSMEIRO 91 6 30 2 HAMMEL, JASON 4th Round 92 20 24 2 KARSTENS, JEFF 93 15 15 1 ARIAS, JOAQUIN 94 7 19 1 RIVERA, MIKE 95 10 27 2 JIMENEZ, UBALDO 96 12 21 2 HOEY, JAMES 97 9 19 1 GWYNN, TONY 98 14 3 1 YOUNG, DELWYN 99 5 28 2 PINTO, RENYEL 100 9 4 1 ISHIKAWA, TRAVIS 101 16 25 2 FEIERABEND, RYAN 102 1 23 2 TATA, JORDAN 103 8 19 1 BARNWELL, CHRIS 104 26 6 2 BRAY, BILL 105 22 8 2 GUZMAN, ANGEL 106 17 9 2 PEREZ, BELTRAN 107 13 11 1 RUIZ, CARLOS 108 24 8 1 PAGAN, ANGEL 109 29 16 1 SANCHEZ, ANGEL IRBL # 769 2-15-07 3 110 25 30 1 RIGGANS, SHAWN 111 11 21 1 FAHEY, BRANDON 112 2 20 2 MUJICA, EDWARD 113 28 25 2 FRUTO, EMILIANO 114 21 10 2 OLIVER, DARREN 115 4 4 1 LEWIS, FRED 116 30 7 2 KINNEY, JOSH 117 19 5 2 THOMPSON, MIKE 118 18 21 1 TATIS, FERNANDO 119 27 27 2 CORPAS, MANUEL 120 23 26 2 ROMERO, DAVIS 121 6 25 2 LIVINGSTON, BOBBY 5th Round 122 20 1 2 SAMPSON, CHRIS 123 15 11 1 BOURN, MICHAEL 124 7 24 2 BEAM, T.J. 125 10 10 2 OWENS, HENRY 126 12 25 2 HUBER, JON 127 9 25 2 LOWE, MARK 128 14 25 2 O'FLAHERTY, ERIC 129 5 8 2 RYU, JAE KUK 130 3 9 1 HARPER, BRANDON 131 16 26 2 TAUBENHEIM, TY 132 1 12 1 DAVIS, RAJAI 133 8 24 1 CANNIZARO, ANDY 134 26 11 2 MATHIESON, SCOTT 135 22 16 1 MAIER, MITCH 136 17 12 2 SHARPLESS, JOSH 137 13 30 2 SALAS, JUAN 138 24 5 2 SWEENEY, BRIAN 139 29 4 2 SADLER, BILLY 140 25 19 2 SARFATE, DENNIS 141 11 8 2 MATEO, JUAN 142 2 18 1 OWENS, JERRY 143 28 19 2 JACKSON, ZACH 144 21 1 2 BORKOWSKI, DAVE 145 4 13 1 WILLITS, REGGIE 146 30 22 2 COREY, BRYAN 147 19 22 2 HANSACK, DEVERN 148 18 15 2 MASSET, NICK 149 27 20 2 PEREZ, RAFAEL 150 23 27 1 SALAZAR, JEFF 6th Round 151 20 9 2 RIVERA, SAUL 152 18 2 2 RAY, KEN 153 7 6 1 ABAD, ANDY 154 10 27 2 MORILLO, JUAN 155 12 12 2 YOUMAN, SHANE 156 9 22 1 MURPHY, DAVID 157 14 20 2 LARA, JUAN 158 5 13 2 MOSELEY, DUSTIN 159 3 28 1 REED, ERIC 160 16 20 2 BROWN, ANDREW 161 1 25 1 NAVARRO, OSWALDO 162 8 24 1 THOMPSON, KEVIN 163 26 10 2 SOLER, ALAY 164 22 2 1 PENA, TONY F. 165 17 13 1 MURPHY, TOMMY 166 13 26 1 ROBERTS, RYAN 167 24 26 1 FIGUEROA, LUIS 168 29 14 2 KOMINE, SHANE IRBL # 769 2-15-07 4 169 25 19 1 ROTTINO, VINNY 170 11 18 2 LOGAN, BOONE 171 21 6 1 HOPPER, NORRIS 172 4 21 2 RLEAL, SENDY 173 30 22 2 GABBARD, KASON 174 18 2 2 BARRY, KEVIN 175 27 1 1 GIMENEZ, HECTOR 7th Round 176 20 16 2 NELSON, JOE 177 15 21 2 BURRES, BRIAN 178 7 23 1 HANNAHAN, JACK 179 10 16 2 BRAUN, RYAN 180 12 25 2 JIMENEZ, CESAR 181 9 4 1 SANTOS, CHAD 182 14 28 2 MARTINEZ, CARLOS 183 5 21 2 JOHNSON, JIM 184 3 17 1 RABE, JOSH 185 16 8 1 REYES, JOSE A. 186 1 8 2 MARMOL, CARLOS 187 8 8 1 COATS, BUCK 188 26 25 2 CHICK, TRAVIS 189 22 25 2 GREEN, SEAN 190 17 21 2 BIRKINS, KURT 191 13 16 2 BERNERO, ADAM 192 24 1 1 PALMEIRO, ORLANDO 193 29 20 2 SLOCUM, BRIAN 194 25 11 1 ROBERSON, CHRIS 195 11 18 1 STEWART, CHRIS 196 21 26 1 HATTIG, JOHN 197 4 27 1 MARRERO, ELI 198 30 29 2 SLATEN, DOUG 199 18 28 1 HOOVER, PAUL 200 27 15 2 RHEINECKER, JOHN 8th Round 201 20 9 1 DORTA, MELVIN 202 15 16 2 DIAZ, JOSE 203 10 12 1 DECASTER, YURENDELL 204 12 24 1 STINNETT, KELLY 205 9 19 1 ANDERSON, DREW 206 14 14 1 ROUSE, MIKE 207 5 9 2 SCHRODER, CHRIS 208 3 18 2 TRACEY, SEAN 209 16 27 1 COLINA, ALVIN 210 1 22 2 PAULEY, DAVID 211 8 25 1 BOHN, T.J. 212 26 7 2 NARVESON, CHRIS 213 22 2 2 MOYLAN, PETER 214 13 16 2 KEPPEL, BOBBY 215 24 5 1 LEONE, JUSTIN 216 25 14 1 BROWN, JEREMY 217 11 3 2 STULTS, ERIC 218 21 6 1 WISE, DEWAYNE 219 4 8 2 O'MALLEY, RYAN 220 18 26 1 BARKER, KEVIN 221 27 20 2 SIKORSKI, BRIAN 9th Round 222 20 17 2 EYRE, WILLIE 223 15 20 1 MERLONI, LOU 224 12 12 2 ROGERS, BRIAN 225 9 24 2 VERAS, JOSE 226 5 12 1 MALDONADO, CARLOS IRBL # 769 2-15-07 5 227 3 28 1 WOOD, JASON 228 16 15 1 MEYER, DREW 229 8 4 1 DELAROSA, TOMAS 230 26 12 2 PEREZ, JUAN 231 13 2 2 STOCKMAN, PHIL 232 24 27 2 HAMPSON, JUSTIN 233 11 24 2 BEAN, COLTER 234 21 21 1 TERRERO, LUIS 235 4 23 1 RABELO, MIKE 236 18 9 1 LOMBARD, GEORGE 237 27 4 2 MISCH, PATRICK 10th Round 238 20 9 2 CAMPBELL, BRETT 239 15 18 1 WIDGER, CHRIS 240 12 8 2 WALROND, LES 241 9 27 2 VENAFRO, MIKE 242 3 13 1 PRIDE, CURTIS 243 16 18 2 MONTERO, AGUSTIN 244 8 7 1 GALL, JOHN 245 26 16 2 ANDRADE, STEVE 246 13 17 2 SMITH, MIKE 247 24 11 2 SANCHES, BRIAN 248 21 15 1 BROWN, ADRIAN 249 4 1 2 BARZILLA, PHIL 250 18 26 1 MOTTOLA, CHAD 251 27 21 2 ABREU, WINSTON 11th Round 252 15 21 1 CLARK, HOWIE 253 12 28 2 FULCHINO, JEFF 254 9 2 2 FRANKLIN, WAYNE 255 3 21 2 MANON, JULIO 256 16 19 2 MABEUS, CHRIS 257 8 9 2 RAMIREZ, SANTIAGO 258 26 27 2 KIM, SUN-WOO 259 13 14 1 BOCACHICA, HIRAM 260 24 30 1 WITT, KEVIN 261 21 25 1 PETAGINE, ROBERTO 262 18 22 2 HOLTZ, MIKE 12th Round 263 15 11 1 SIMON, RANDALL 264 12 11 2 SANTANA, JULIO 265 3 18 2 NELSON, JEFF 266 8 2 2 SHIELL, JASON 267 24 7 1 NELSON, JOHN 13th Round 268 15 28 1 CEPICKY, MATT 269 12 16 2 STEMLE, STEVE 270 3 4 2 WORRELL, TIM 271 8 30 2 CHILDERS, JASON 272 24 19 2 WINKELSAS, JOE 14th Round 273 12 14 2 KARSAY, STEVE 15th Round 274 12 21 2 BYRDAK, TIM ------------------------------- LEGEND: # : draft pick number NT : new (IRBL) team OT : old (DMB) team T : player type: 1 : batter; 2 : pitcher IRBL # 769 2-15-07 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 and 38 minutes this year ending at 3:38 pm (ET). The 274 draft picks averaged 1.7 minutes per pick. The draft took 97 minutes less than last year. My thanks to John Mattfeld who assisted me in person resulting in a speedier draft. The averages for the past few years have been: 2007 1.7 min/pick for 274 picks 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: 20 --> via IRC 3 --> in person (BRE, RAN, YAN) 7 --> via written list (DIA,CUB,RED,BRA,ROY,TWI,TIG) Thanks to everyone else who helped by drafting for an extra team or participating speedily and efficiently. ...................................... PLAYER TRANSACTIONS: The BLUE JAYS traded KENNY LOFTON to the DODGERS for GLEN PERKINS. The RED SOX released JACOB CRUZ, AARON HOLBERT, SCOTT SEABOL, LARRY WALKER, DUSTY BERGMAN, JIMMY JOURNELL, SHINGO TAKATSU. The CUBS traded TOMAS DELAROSA to the TIGERS for TERRENCE LONG. ...................................... 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 IRBL # 769 2-15-07 7 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 newsletter (LRD) after the trading deadline will contain guidelines and forms to fill out for your team season instructions. ...................................... DEADLINES: Mar. 4 - Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Mar. 18 - Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 1 - First series of 2007 season ...................................... Files included on LRD # 769 --------------------------- IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters NEWSL769.xxx --> Newsletter # 769 PLAYERUF.Y07 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK