------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 792 ***************** 1-19-08 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...................................... 2008 IRBL PLAYER TRANSACTIONS: The PADRES released BRIAN JORDAN, CORY LIDLE. The BRAVES released JOE RANDA, TRAVIS PHELPS, AARON SMALL. The DIAMONDBACKS released QUINTON MCCRACKEN, WILSON ALVAREZ, JOSE LIMA, RICARDO RINCON, GRANT ROBERTS, UGUETH URBINA, KRIS WILSON. The PIRATES released KELLY STINNETT, GRANT BALFOUR. The REDS released EDGARDO ALFONZO, ANGEL SANTOS, NELSON CRUZ, DANNY GRAVES, RICK HELLING. The ROCKIES traded JOSH WILLINGHAM, BARTOLO COLON, TED LILLY to the ANGELS for TONY GRAFFANINO, WIL NIEVES, ANGELS' 1ST round pick. The ANGELS traded HIRAM BOCACHICA to the BRAVES for TIM SALMON. The ROCKIES traded RON MAHAY to the TIGERS for DARIN ERSTAD. The WHITE SOX traded JOHAN SANTANA to the TIGERS for RYAN SHEALY, ANDREW MILLER, TIGERS' 1ST round pick, TIGERS' 2ND round pick. The CARDINALS traded HIDEKI MATSUI, JEREMY GUTHRIE, TONY A. PENA to the PIRATES for ROCCO BALDELLI, MIKE PELFREY. The TIGERS traded CHAD GAUDIN to the PHILLIES for MICHAEL WUERTZ. The TIGERS traded MATT BELISLE to the MARLINS for MIGUEL CAIRO. The RANGERS traded ORLANDO HERNANDEZ, JAMIE WALKER to the PIRATES for RYAN DEMPSTER, RODRIGO LOPEZ, TODD WELLEMEYER. The ORIOLES released JOHN-FORD GRIFFIN, MICHAEL RESTOVICH. The PIRATES released ALEX SANCHEZ, SCOTT CASSIDY, TIM CORCORAN, SEAN DOUGLASS, GREG JONES, STEVE KARSAY. The PHILLIES traded RYAN GARKO to the ANGELS for BRIAN ROBERTS. The WHITE SOX released VINNY CASTILLA, CHRIS HAMMOND, MIKE HOLTZ. The CUBS traded CARL CRAWFORD, CUBS' 2ND round pick, CUBS' 3RD round pick, CUBS' 4TH round pick to the WHITE SOX for BARRY BONDS, SHAWN CHACON, BRANDON WEBB. The CUBS traded MARK LORETTA, BILLY WAGNER to the TIGERS for MIGUEL CAIRO, YUSMEIRO PETIT, JEFF SUPPAN. ...................................... IRBL # 792 1-19-08 2 New IRBL ASTROS manager: After a one year absence, Marc Schlotthauer has returned to the IRBL as the new ASTROS manager. Marc previously managed the IRBL ASTROS from 2004 thru 2006 and the IRBL DIAMONDBACKS in 2002. You can email Marc at: marctimi@wbcable.net Let's all welcome Marc back to the IRBL! ...................................... New IRBL DEVIL RAYS temporary manager: Marc Schlotthauer has taken over the DEVIL RAYS temporary manager. Marc was previously the DEVIL RAYS temporary manager in 2006 and led the team to a division title. ...................................... These are the teams without permanent managers: DIAMONDBACKS : Jim Lee (TGM) NATIONALS : Don Tobin (TGM) BLUE JAYS : Chip Hopkins (TGM) MARLINS : John Parker (TGM) ATHLETICS : Gerry McDonald (TM) RANGERS : John Mattfeld (TM) ORIOLES : Ricky Diaz (TM) DEVIL RAYS : Marc Schlotthauer (TM) I have included an updated IRBL Manager Address List. ...................................... 2008 IRBL dues: All managers have paid their dues and are eligible to make trades. ...................................... Final Penalty Summaries: Below are the final lists of penalties and credits that will be applied to the team draft order. TOT=PUP+LSP TEAM MANAGER --- --- --- ---- ------- 17 5 12 DODGERS M.McGuinness 8 3 5 ROYALS M.Aleprete 7 2 5 RED SOX F.Hopkins 6 6 PADRES A.Cristiani 6 6 GIANTS M.Mayko 4 4 TWINS D.Manel 3 3 PHILLIES J.Parker 3 3 MARINERS P.McClymont 1 1 TIGERS G.C.Widenor 1 1 PIRATES R.Diaz 1 1 WHITE SOX C.Hopkins Legend: IRBL # 792 1-19-08 3 TOT: Total penalties PUP: Player Usage Penalties LSP: Late Series Penalties ...................................... TEAM DRAFT ORDER: The following is the revised team draft order (counting LSP's, PUP's and credits but not counting trades): Note: Due to the penalty totals and the team positions, the PHILLIES were dropped from the Preliminary Round to the First Round and the DODGERS and TIGERS were dropped from the First Round to the Second Round. PRELIMINARY ROUND SECOND ROUND 1 CARDINALS 31 CARDINALS 32 TIGERS-1 FIRST ROUND 33 ASTROS 34 ANGELS 2 CARDINALS 35 PHILLIES-2 3 ASTROS 36 YANKEES 4 PHILLIES-P 37 DIAMONDBACKS 5 ANGELS 38 RANGERS 6 PHILLIES-1 39 BREWERS 7 YANKEES 40 RED SOX-2 8 DIAMONDBACKS 41 ORIOLES 9 RANGERS 42 METS 10 BREWERS 43 MARINERS-2 11 RED SOX-1 44 BLUE JAYS 12 ORIOLES 45 DEVIL RAYS 13 METS 46 DODGERS-1 14 MARINERS-1 47 NATIONALS 15 BLUE JAYS 48 ROCKIES 16 DEVIL RAYS 49 ROYALS-2 17 NATIONALS 50 PIRATES-2 18 ROCKIES 51 ATHLETICS 19 ATHLETICS 52 MARLINS 20 ROYALS-1 53 PADRES-2 21 PIRATES-1 54 INDIANS 22 MARLINS 55 GIANTS-2 23 PADRES-1 56 BRAVES 24 INDIANS 57 CUBS 25 BRAVES 58 WHITE SOX-2 26 GIANTS-1 59 REDS 27 CUBS 60 TWINS-2 28 REDS 29 WHITE SOX-1 30 TWINS-1 Additional rounds will be identical to the Second Round. The teams that were lowered are noted by a dash and a number indicating the round the pick originated from. Please note that the differences in IRBL # 792 1-19-08 4 the draft order between the first and second rounds are due to how the penalty points are applied (refer to IRBL Rule # 13D4). If you find any mistakes in the penalties list or the team draft order, please let me know by Jan. 23rd and I will make the necessary corrections. The team draft order will become final (mistakes included) after Jan. 23rd. ...................................... TEAM DRAFT PLAYER LIMITS: According to IRBL Rule # 13B1, 18 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 43 rated players and 12 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 42 rated players. The following 18 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 43 rated players: CARDINALS, PHILLIES, RED SOX, ASTROS, ANGELS, YANKEES, DIAMONDBACKS, RANGERS, BREWERS, MARINERS, ROYALS, ORIOLES, METS, BLUE JAYS, DEVIL RAYS, PADRES, NATIONALS, GIANTS The following 12 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 42 rated players: PIRATES, ROCKIES, ATHLETICS, MARLINS, INDIANS, BRAVES, TWINS, CUBS, WHITE SOX, DODGERS, REDS, TIGERS ...................................... All teams are below the rated player limits but if you do want to release players to increase the number of players you can draft, you must release the players by the trading deadline. Please note that if you release too many players, you may end up drafting worse players than you released. Please remember that the 42 or 43 rated player draft limit is affected by trading draft picks. Please also remember that the maximum roster size at any time is 60 players. You must release enough non-rated players to make room on your roster for any players that you draft or trade for. At the end of the final pre-season trading deadline, the maximum roster size is 50 players. ...................................... DEADLINES: Jan. 27 - Trading and player release IRBL # 792 1-19-08 5 deadline (6 pm, EST) Feb. 17*- 2008 Draft (start 8 am, ET) Mar. 9*- Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Mar. 23*- Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 1*- First series of 2008 season *will slip one week for every Sunday the draft continues beyond Feb. 17 ...................................... Files included on LRD # 792: --------------------------- DRAFTINF.Y08 --> Player Usage Form for all players eligible to be drafted (extra details) DRAFTPUF.Y08 --> Player Usage Form for all players eligible to be drafted IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters MANAGERS.TXT --> Manager Address List NEWSL792.xxx --> Newsletter # 792 PLAYERUF.Y08 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK