------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 795 ***************** 2-19-08 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **** RYAN BRAUN: #1 Pick in 34th Annual IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft **** # NT OT T PLAYER --- -- -- - ------------------- Preliminary Round 1 7 19 1 BRAUN, RYAN J. 1st Round 2 7 29 1 UPTON, JUSTIN 3 1 22 2 MATSUZAKA, DAISUKE 4 11 4 2 LINCECUM, TIM 5 27 19 2 GALLARDO, YOVANI 6 11 24 2 HUGHES, PHIL 7 24 24 2 CHAMBERLAIN, JOBA 8 29 16 1 GORDON, ALEX 9 15 1 1 PENCE, HUNTER 10 19 22 2 BUCHHOLZ, CLAY 11 22 22 1 ELLSBURY, JACOBY 12 21 2 1 SALTALAMACCHIA, JARROD 13 10 10 1 GOMEZ, CARLOS 14 25 6 2 BAILEY, HOMER 15 27 16 1 BUTLER, BILLY 16 30 6 1 HAMILTON, JOSH 17 9 23 1 MAYBIN, CAMERON 18 27 3 1 LAROCHE, ANDY 19 14 13 1 WOOD, BRANDON 20 16 11 2 KENDRICK, KYLE 21 12 16 2 SORIA, JOAKIM 22 28 2 1 ESCOBAR, YUNEL 23 5 30 1 IWAMURA, AKINORI 24 20 8 1 PIE, FELIX 25 2 29 2 OWINGS, MICAH 26 11 20 1 CABRERA, ASDRUBAL 27 8 24 2 KENNEDY, IAN 28 6 14 1 BARTON, DARIC 29 18 27 2 MORALES, FRANKLIN 30 17 6 1 VOTTO, JOEY 2nd Round 31 7 30 1 DUKES, ELIJAH 32 18 29 1 REYNOLDS, MARK 33 1 17 2 SLOWEY, KEVIN 34 13 1 1 TOWLES, J.R. 35 11 14 1 BUCK, TRAVIS 36 24 12 1 PEARCE, STEVE 37 29 26 2 LITSCH, JESSE 38 15 18 1 RICHAR, DANNY 39 19 18 2 DANKS, JOHN 40 22 5 1 HEADLEY, CHASE 41 21 20 2 LAFFEY, AARON 42 10 19 2 PARRA, MANNY 43 25 14 1 SUZUKI, KURT 44 27 9 1 FLORES, JESUS 45 30 15 1 METCALF, TRAVIS 46 6 25 1 CLEMENT, JEFF 47 9 27 1 STEWART, IAN 48 27 3 1 HU, CHIN-LUNG 49 16 23 2 JURRJENS, JAIR 50 12 22 2 OKAJIMA, HIDEKI IRBL # 795 2-19-08 2 51 14 2 1 JONES, BRANDON 52 28 9 2 CHICO, MATT 53 5 25 1 BALENTIEN, WLADIMIR 54 20 9 2 LANNAN, JOHN 55 27 30 2 SONNANSTINE, ANDY 56 2 16 2 HOCHEVAR, LUKE 57 18 9 2 DETWILER, ROSS 58 18 1 2 PAULINO, FELIPE 59 6 1 2 PATTON, TROY 60 17 1 1 ANDERSON, JOSH 3rd Round 61 7 3 1 ABREU, TONY 62 18 2 2 REYES, JO-JO 63 1 4 1 SCHIERHOLTZ, NATE 64 13 25 2 MORROW, BRANDON 65 11 21 1 HERNANDEZ, LUIS 66 24 7 1 RYAN, BRENDAN 67 29 20 1 FRANCISCO, BEN 68 15 12 1 MORGAN, NYJER 69 19 28 2 LINDSTROM, MATT 70 21 21 2 OLSON, GARRETT 71 10 14 2 BRADEN, DALLAS 72 25 8 2 GALLAGHER, SEAN 73 26 5 2 CAMERON, KEVIN 74 30 24 1 DUNCAN, SHELLEY 75 15 28 2 VANDENHURK, RICK 76 9 8 1 FULD, SAM 77 27 8 1 PATTERSON, ERIC 78 16 15 2 MENDOZA, LUIS 79 12 9 1 MAXWELL, JUSTIN 80 14 13 1 EVANS, TERRY 81 28 9 2 ALBALADEJO, JONATHAN 82 5 22 1 MOSS, BRANDON 83 20 6 2 BURTON, JARED 84 4 20 2 LEWIS, JENSEN 85 2 30 1 RUGGIANO, JUSTIN 86 18 21 2 LIZ, RADHAMES 87 18 1 2 GUTIERREZ, JUAN 88 6 3 2 MELOAN, JONATHAN 89 17 29 1 BONIFACIO, EMILIO 4th Round 90 7 10 2 SMITH, JOE 91 23 27 1 SMITH, SETH 92 1 26 2 WOLFE, BRIAN 93 13 4 1 VELEZ, EUGENIO 94 11 18 2 BROADWAY, LANCE 95 24 30 1 WILSON, JOSH 96 29 25 2 ROWLAND-SMITH, RYAN 97 15 28 1 DE AZA, ALEJANDRO 98 19 17 2 BLACKBURN, NICK 99 21 24 2 IGAWA, KEI 100 10 16 2 BUCKNER, BILLY 101 4 5 2 THATCHER, JOE 102 26 24 2 OHLENDORF, ROSS 103 30 17 1 JONES, GARRETT 104 23 24 2 RAMIREZ, EDWAR 105 9 9 1 CASTO, KORY 106 27 8 2 PIGNATIELLO, CARMEN 107 16 26 1 THIGPEN, CURTIS 108 12 25 1 BURKE, JAMIE 109 14 28 1 CARROLL, BRETT IRBL # 795 2-19-08 3 110 28 2 2 ACOSTA, MANNY 111 5 11 2 HAPP, J.A. 112 20 5 2 CASSEL, JACK 113 4 8 2 HART, KEVIN 114 2 29 1 OJEDA, AUGIE 115 18 24 2 CLIPPARD, TYLER 116 18 8 1 FOX, JAKE 117 23 5 1 STANSBERRY, CRAIG 118 17 28 1 ABERCROMBIE, REGGIE 5th Round 119 7 27 1 KOSHANSKY, JOE 120 23 18 2 WASSERMANN, EHREN 121 1 2 2 CARLYLE, BUDDY 122 8 24 1 SARDINHA, BRONSON 123 11 9 2 HANRAHAN, JOEL 124 24 18 1 GONZALEZ, ANDY 125 29 30 2 REYES, AL 126 3 5 1 MORTON, COLT 127 19 15 2 MURRAY, A.J. 128 21 14 2 BLEVINS, JERRY 129 10 2 2 ASCANIO, JOSE 130 25 12 2 SANCHEZ, ROMULO 131 26 4 1 RODRIGUEZ, GUILLERMO 132 30 30 1 VELANDIA, JORGE 133 3 24 1 GONZALEZ, ALBERTO 134 9 14 1 MELILLO, KEVIN 135 27 13 2 THOMPSON, RICH 136 16 28 2 BARONE, DANIEL 137 12 17 1 WATKINS, TOMMY 138 14 7 1 BARDEN, BRIAN 139 28 6 2 COUTLANGUS, JON 140 20 1 2 MCLEMORE, MARK 141 4 25 1 JOHNSON, ROB 142 2 26 2 BANKS, JOSH 143 8 12 2 DAVIDSON, DAVE 144 18 5 1 MACIAS, DREW 145 6 14 2 ROBERTSON, CONNOR 6th Round 146 7 23 2 DELACRUZ, EULOGIO 147 23 8 2 PETRICK, BILLY 148 1 11 2 BISENIUS, JOE 149 13 23 2 VASQUEZ, VIRGIL 150 4 28 2 GARCIA, HARVEY 151 24 4 2 ATCHISON, SCOTT 152 29 24 2 WRIGHT, CHASE 153 15 6 1 HANIGAN, RYAN 154 19 13 2 RESOP, CHRIS 155 21 10 2 COLLAZO, WILLIE 156 10 27 1 BELLORIN, EDWIN 157 25 17 1 BUSCHER, BRIAN 158 26 27 2 ARIAS, ALBERTO 159 30 6 2 SHEARN, TOM 160 3 28 2 SEDDON, CHRIS 161 9 27 1 BARKER, SEAN 162 27 14 2 MARSHALL, JAY 163 16 18 1 MOLINA, GUSTAVO 164 12 2 1 MILLER, CORKY 165 14 17 1 MCDONALD, DARNELL 166 28 11 2 HERNANDEZ, YOEL 167 20 25 2 WHITE, SEAN 168 4 16 2 MUSSER, NEAL IRBL # 795 2-19-08 4 169 2 6 2 MAJEWSKI, GARY 170 8 13 1 BROWN, MATT 171 18 14 1 PUTNAM, DANNY 172 6 27 2 NEWMAN, JOSH 7th Round 173 23 11 2 ZAGURSKI, MIKE 174 1 4 2 THREETS, ERICK 175 13 12 1 KELLY, DON 176 11 2 1 SAMMONS, CLINT 177 24 6 1 CASTRO, JUAN 178 29 17 2 DEPAULA, JULIO 179 15 5 1 ROBLES, OSCAR 180 19 19 2 STETTER, MITCH 181 21 8 2 CHERRY, ROCKY 182 25 27 2 CLARKE, DARREN 183 26 6 2 MCBETH, MARCUS 184 30 23 1 HESSMAN, MIKE 185 3 15 2 GALARRAGA, ARMANDO 186 9 7 2 DOVE, DENNIS 187 4 6 2 SALMON, BRAD 188 16 28 2 ZARATE, MAURO 189 12 26 2 VERMILYEA, JAMIE 190 14 24 1 BASAK, CHRIS 191 28 7 2 CATE, TROY 192 20 17 2 CALI, CARMEN 193 4 26 1 GRIFFIN, JOHN-FORD 194 8 18 1 LUCY, DONNY 195 18 13 1 HAYNES, NATHAN 196 6 26 2 GRONKIEWICZ, LEE 8th Round 197 23 10 2 MUNIZ, CARLOS 198 1 29 2 MURPHY, BILL 199 13 22 1 CASH, KEVIN 200 11 24 1 NIEVES, WIL 201 24 27 1 MABRY, JOHN 202 29 21 2 DOYNE, CORY 203 15 1 1 RANSOM, CODY 204 19 7 2 JIMENEZ, KELVIN 205 21 28 2 WOLF, ROSS 206 25 13 1 GORNEAULT, NICK 207 26 17 2 MILLER, JASON 208 3 9 2 SPEIGNER, LEVALE 209 9 6 2 DUMATRAIT, PHIL 210 26 17 1 MORALES, JOSE 211 16 7 2 CAVAZOS, ANDY 212 12 26 2 DE JONG, JORDAN 213 28 20 2 STANFORD, JASON 214 18 11 2 SEGOVIA, ZACK 215 6 4 2 GIESE, DAN 9th Round 216 23 15 1 MAHAR, KEVIN 217 1 29 2 PEGUERO, JAILEN 218 13 21 2 BELL, ROB 219 24 7 2 KEISLER, RANDY 220 29 3 2 HULL, ERIC 221 15 6 1 CRUZ, ENRIQUE 222 21 1 1 PALMEIRO, ORLANDO 223 26 18 2 PHILLIPS, HEATH 224 3 11 1 LAFOREST, PETE 225 9 7 2 HANCOCK, JOSH 226 12 29 2 SCHULTZ, MIKE IRBL # 795 2-19-08 5 227 28 13 1 BUDDE, RYAN 228 18 18 2 DAY, DEWON 10th Round 229 23 24 2 DESALVO, MATT 230 1 30 2 RIDGWAY, JEFF 231 13 27 2 MCCLELLAN, ZACH 232 24 14 2 LEWIS, COLBY 233 29 11 2 ENNIS, JOHN 234 15 17 2 PONSON, SIDNEY 235 21 30 2 BALFOUR, GRANT 236 26 11 2 GARCIA, ANDERSON 237 3 15 2 WHITE, BILL 238 12 28 2 FIELD, NATE 239 28 23 2 RAPADA, CLAY 240 18 19 1 STOCKER, MEL 11th Round 241 1 10 2 URDANETA, LINO 242 13 1 2 DRISKILL, TRAVIS 243 24 13 2 JONES, GREG 244 29 9 1 RESTOVICH, MICHAEL 245 15 26 1 INGLETT, JOE 246 26 16 1 BRAZELL, CRAIG 247 3 14 1 BROWN, DEE 248 12 6 1 JORGENSEN, RYAN 249 18 22 1 BAILEY, JEFF 12th Round 250 13 30 2 CORCORAN, TIM 251 24 30 2 SEO, JAE 252 29 13 2 GWYN, MARC 253 15 5 1 MYROW, BRIAN 254 3 15 2 CHEN, BRUCE 255 18 7 1 ESPOSITO, BRIAN 13th Round 256 13 27 2 HARIKKALA, TIM 257 24 29 1 SADLER, DONNIE 258 3 27 2 SERAFINI, DAN 259 18 12 2 KUWATA, MASUMI 14th Round 260 24 21 2 SHUEY, PAUL 261 3 4 1 FIGUEROA, LUIS 262 18 1 2 RANDOLPH, STEPHEN 15th Round 263 3 21 1 CASTILLO, ALBERTO 264 18 4 1 MCCLAIN, SCOTT 16th Round 265 18 7 1 STINNETT, KELLY ------------------------------- LEGEND: # : draft pick number NT : new (IRBL) team OT : old (DMB) team T : player type: 1 : batter; 2 : pitcher IRBL # 795 2-19-08 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 28 minutes this year ending at 3:28 pm (ET). The 265 draft picks averaged 1.7 minutes per pick. My thanks to John Mattfeld and Ricky Diaz who assisted me in person resulting in a speedy draft. The averages for past years have been: 2008 1.7 min/pick for 265 picks 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: 23 --> via IRC (mostly) 3 --> in person (BRE, RAN, YAN) 4 --> via written list (CUB,ROY,IND,TWI) Thanks to everyone else who helped by drafting for an extra team or participating speedily and efficiently. ...................................... 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 IRBL # 795 2-19-08 7 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. ...................................... New temporary DODGERS' G.M.: Pete McClymont has volunteered to handle the DODGERS as a temporary G.M. ...................................... The following teams are without permanent managers: DIAMONDBACKS : Jim Lee (TGM) DODGERS : Pete McClymont (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. ...................................... The newsletter (LRD) after the trading deadline will contain guidelines and forms to fill out for your team season instructions. ...................................... DEADLINES: 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 ...................................... Files included on LRD # 795 --------------------------- IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters MANAGERS.TXT --> Manager Address List NEWSL795.xxx --> Newsletter # 795 PLAYERUF.Y07 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter IRBL # 795 2-19-08 8 text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK