------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 820 ***************** 2-15-09 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **** EVAN LONGORIA: #1 Pick in 35th Annual IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft **** # NT OT T PLAYER --- -- -- - ------------------- 1st Round 1 29 30 1 LONGORIA, EVAN 2 7 6 1 BRUCE, JAY 3 24 15 1 DAVIS, CHRIS 4 18 18 1 RAMIREZ, ALEXEI 5 7 16 1 AVILES, MIKE 6 9 30 2 PRICE, DAVID 7 15 4 1 SANDOVAL, PABLO 8 28 3 2 KERSHAW, CLAYTON 9 26 19 1 ESCOBAR, ALCIDES 10 10 26 1 SNIDER, TRAVIS 11 9 6 2 CUETO, JOHNNY 12 6 20 2 LEWIS, SCOTT 13 11 27 1 FOWLER, DEXTER 14 20 28 2 VOLSTAD, CHRIS 15 25 19 1 GAMEL, MAT 16 14 22 1 LOWRIE, JED 17 3 4 1 BURRISS, EMMANUEL 18 17 18 1 GETZ, CHRIS 19 21 17 1 SPAN, DENARD 20 1 3 1 DEWITT, BLAKE 21 26 11 1 MARSON, LOU 22 18 29 2 SCHERZER, MAX 23 2 14 1 GONZALEZ, CARLOS 24 30 3 2 KURODA, HIROKI 25 4 15 1 TEAGARDEN, TAYLOR 26 27 22 2 MASTERSON, JUSTIN 27 12 10 1 MURPHY, DAN 28 23 22 2 BOWDEN, MICHAEL 29 16 15 1 BOGGS, BRANDON 2nd Round 30 29 3 2 MCDONALD, JAMES 31 24 23 1 JOYCE, MATT 32 18 8 2 SAMARDZIJA, JEFF 33 18 7 2 PEREZ, CHRIS 34 9 8 1 FUKUDOME, KOSUKE 35 15 14 1 CUNNINGHAM, AARON 36 28 14 2 GONZALEZ, GIO 37 26 5 1 GERUT, JODY 38 22 13 2 ADENHART, NICK 39 10 15 1 RAMIREZ, MAX 40 5 14 2 ZIEGLER, BRAD 41 6 13 1 RODRIGUEZ, SEAN 42 11 15 2 HARRISON, MATT 43 10 30 1 BRIGNAC, REID 44 20 14 2 SMITH, GREG 45 14 7 1 BARTON, BRIAN 46 3 4 1 BOWKER, JOHN 47 17 7 2 GARCIA, JAIME 48 13 13 2 ARREDONDO, JOSE 49 21 10 2 NIESE, JONATHON 50 1 28 1 BAKER, JOHN 51 26 3 2 ELBERT, SCOTT IRBL # 820 2-15-09 2 52 19 6 1 DICKERSON, CHRIS 53 2 5 1 HUNDLEY, NICK 54 30 10 1 TATIS, FERNANDO 55 4 4 2 ROMO, SERGIO 56 27 19 1 SALOME, ANGEL 57 12 3 2 WADE, CORY 58 16 2 1 BLANCO, GREGOR 59 23 28 1 SANCHEZ, GABY 3rd Round 60 29 9 2 BALESTER, COLLIN 61 24 26 2 CARLSON, JESSE 62 18 17 2 MIJARES, JOSE 63 18 23 1 RYAN, DUSTY 64 9 23 1 LARISH, JEFF 65 15 25 1 LAHAIR, BRYAN 66 28 21 1 MONTANEZ, LOU 67 26 13 1 WILSON, BOBBY 68 22 5 1 ANTONELLI, MATT 69 10 26 2 PURCEY, DAVID 70 5 18 2 RICHARD, CLAYTON 71 6 15 2 HUNTER, TOMMY 72 11 7 2 MCCLELLAN, KYLE 73 25 7 2 MOTTE, JASON 74 20 21 2 WATERS, CHRIS 75 14 25 1 VALBUENA, LUIS 76 3 5 1 GONZALEZ, EDGAR 77 17 15 2 MADRIGAL, WARNER 78 13 2 2 MORTON, CHARLIE 79 21 5 2 GEER, JOSH 80 1 30 1 PEREZ, FERNANDO 81 8 24 1 GARDNER, BRETT 82 10 14 2 OUTMAN, JOSH 83 2 4 1 GILLASPIE, CONOR 84 30 6 2 RAMIREZ, RAMON A. 85 3 3 2 TRONCOSO, RAMON 86 27 9 2 SHELL, STEVEN 87 12 10 1 EVANS, NICK 88 16 9 2 MARTIS, SHAIRON 89 23 14 1 PENNINGTON, CLIFF 4th Round 90 29 28 2 TUCKER, RYAN 91 24 7 2 BOGGS, MITCHELL 92 18 24 1 CERVELLI, FRANCISCO 93 7 2 1 LILLIBRIDGE, BRENT 94 9 25 1 TUIASOSOPO, MATT 95 15 5 2 LEBLANC, WADE 96 28 16 1 KA'AIHUE, KILA 97 26 17 1 TOLBERT, MATT 98 22 27 2 REYNOLDS, GREG 99 10 30 2 NIEMANN, JEFF 100 5 4 1 BOCOCK, BRIAN 101 6 24 2 ACEVES, ALFREDO 102 11 13 2 LOUX, SHANE 103 25 15 1 DURAN, GERMAN 104 20 26 2 RICHMOND, SCOTT 105 14 13 2 JEPSEN, KEVIN 106 4 16 2 ROSA, CARLOS 107 17 9 1 MONTZ, LUKE 108 13 13 1 SANDOVAL, FREDDY 109 21 5 1 VENABLE, WILL 110 1 11 1 GOLSON, GREG IRBL # 820 2-15-09 3 111 14 21 2 MICKOLIO, KAM 112 21 2 2 PARR, JAMES 113 2 8 1 HOFFPAUIR, MICAH 114 30 4 2 HINSHAW, ALEX 115 4 10 2 PARNELL, BOBBY 116 27 21 1 SALAZAR, OSCAR 117 12 7 1 MATHER, JOE 118 16 23 1 THOMAS, CLETE 119 23 3 1 ELLIS, A.J. 5th Round 120 29 6 2 THOMPSON, DARYL 121 24 28 2 WAECHTER, DOUG 122 18 29 1 ROMERO, ALEX 123 7 1 2 WRIGHT, WESLEY 124 9 23 1 HOLLIMON, MICHAEL 125 15 24 2 ROBERTSON, DAVID 126 28 22 1 CARTER, CHRIS 127 26 28 1 MILLER, JAI 128 22 15 2 HURLEY, ERIC 129 10 10 2 KUNZ, EDDIE 130 28 27 1 NIX, JAYSON 131 6 4 1 DENKER, TRAVIS 132 20 9 2 MOCK, GARRETT 133 14 30 2 TALBOT, MITCH 134 3 17 2 BASS, BRIAN 135 17 9 2 MANNING, CHARLIE 136 13 2 2 NUNEZ, VLADIMIR 137 21 29 2 ROSALES, LEO 138 4 24 2 COKE, PHIL 139 8 4 1 HORWITZ, BRIAN 140 19 5 1 CRABBE, CALLIX 141 2 17 1 PRIDIE, JASON 142 30 4 1 HOLM, STEVE 143 4 30 1 JASO, JOHN 144 23 11 2 SWINDLE, R.J. 145 10 19 2 DIFELICE, MARK 146 16 9 1 BERNADINA, ROGER 147 23 25 1 HULETT, TUG 6th Round 148 29 11 2 GORDON, TOM 149 24 4 1 OCHOA, IVAN 150 18 12 1 BIXLER, BRIAN 151 9 11 2 CARPENTER, ANDREW 152 15 23 2 DOLSI, FREDDY 153 28 22 1 KOTTARAS, GEORGE 154 26 5 1 CARLIN, LUKE 155 22 16 2 LOWERY, DEVON 156 10 12 2 BARTHMAIER, JIMMY 157 5 24 2 SANCHEZ, HUMBERTO 158 6 7 1 STAVINOHA, NICK 159 20 5 2 REINEKE, CHAD 160 14 21 2 BIERD, RANDOR 161 3 18 2 RUSSELL, ADAM 162 17 13 2 O'DAY, DARREN 163 13 17 1 MACRI, MATT 164 21 25 2 THOMAS, JUSTIN 165 1 11 1 HARMAN, BRAD 166 8 6 2 HERRERA, DANNY 167 10 20 1 AUBREY, MICHAEL 168 30 28 2 BADENHOP, BURKE 169 4 14 1 PETIT, GREGORIO IRBL # 820 2-15-09 4 170 12 3 1 MAZA, LUIS 171 16 10 2 FIGUEROA, NELSON 172 23 21 2 MILLER, JIM 7th Round 173 29 12 1 CRUZ, LUIS 174 24 14 1 BAISLEY, JEFF 175 19 3 1 ARDOIN, DANNY 176 9 6 2 ROENICKE, JOSH 177 15 4 2 MATOS, OSIRIS 178 28 14 2 HERNANDEZ, FERNANDO 179 26 29 1 WHITESELL, JOSH 180 22 12 2 HERRERA, YOSLAN 181 10 29 1 D'ANTONA, JAMIE 182 5 6 1 CASTILLO, WILKIN 183 20 12 1 DIAZ, ROBINZON 184 14 20 2 KOBAYASHI, MASA 185 3 23 2 BONINE, EDDIE 186 17 12 1 CHAVEZ, RAUL 187 13 21 2 CASTILLO, ALBERTO B. 188 21 14 2 MEYER, DAN 189 1 19 1 IRIBARREN, HERNAN 190 8 14 2 FOULKE, KEITH 191 19 4 1 ROHLINGER, RYAN 192 30 12 2 CHAVEZ, JESSE 193 4 27 1 HERRERA, JONATHAN 194 12 17 1 RUIZ, RANDY 195 16 16 2 YABUTA, YASUHIKO 196 23 14 2 GRAY, JEFF 8th Round 197 29 23 2 LAMBERT, CHRIS 198 24 10 1 REYES, ARGENIS 199 18 24 1 MIRANDA, JUAN 200 9 8 2 HART, KEVIN 201 15 3 2 JOHNSON, JASON 202 28 26 2 ACCARDO, JEREMY 203 26 9 2 HINCKLEY, MIKE 204 22 14 1 BANKSTON, WES 205 19 19 2 DILLARD, TIM 206 5 8 2 WELLS, RANDY 207 20 28 2 DELGADO, JESUS 208 14 12 2 SALAS, MARINO 209 3 10 1 CANCEL, ROBINSON 210 17 7 2 WORRELL, MARK 211 13 16 2 GOBBLE, JIMMY 212 21 20 2 GINTER, MATT 213 1 19 1 NELSON, BRAD 214 19 21 1 SANTOS, OMIR 215 30 5 2 PATTERSON, SCOTT 216 1 6 1 ROSALES, ADAM 217 12 24 1 CHRISTIAN, JUSTIN 218 16 21 2 SIMON, ALFREDO 219 23 5 1 KAZMAR, SEAN 9th Round 220 29 9 2 ESTRADA, MARCO 221 18 4 2 ESPINELI, GENO 222 9 10 1 AGUILA, CHRIS 223 28 30 1 JOHNSON, ELLIOT 224 26 7 2 PARISI, MIKE 225 22 22 1 VELAZQUEZ, GIL 226 19 12 2 OSORIA, FRANQUELIS 227 5 21 2 MCCRORY, BOB IRBL # 820 2-15-09 5 228 14 1 1 MAYSONET, EDWIN 229 3 12 2 MEEK, EVAN 230 17 25 2 WELLS, JARED 231 13 17 2 KORECKY, BOBBY 232 1 22 1 VAN EVERY, JONATHAN 233 30 27 2 REGISTER, STEVEN 234 4 20 2 RUNDLES, RICH 235 12 6 1 JANISH, PAUL 236 16 21 1 TORRES, EIDER 10th Round 237 29 20 2 DONNELLY, BRENDAN 238 18 23 1 SARDINHA, DANE 239 9 30 1 HERNANDEZ, MICHEL 240 28 5 2 EKSTROM, MIKE 241 26 5 2 GONZALEZ, ENRIQUE 242 10 7 1 WASHINGTON, RICO 243 5 15 1 BROUSSARD, BEN 244 14 15 2 MATHIS, DOUG 245 3 5 2 GUEVARA, CARLOS 246 13 23 2 BELTRAN, FRANCIS 247 21 20 1 GONZALEZ, ANDY 248 1 8 1 MCGEHEE, CASEY 249 30 16 1 TUPMAN, MATT 250 12 2 1 PERRY, JASON 251 16 8 2 PIGNATIELLO, CARMEN 11th Round 252 18 4 1 TIMPNER, CLAY 253 9 30 2 DOHMANN, SCOTT 254 28 5 2 THATCHER, JOE 255 26 18 1 BOURGEOIS, JASON 256 10 22 2 SMITH, CHRIS 257 5 14 1 CONRAD, BROOKS 258 14 10 2 KNIGHT, BRANDON 259 3 13 2 SERRANO, ALEX 260 13 16 2 MUSSER, NEAL 261 21 5 2 HAYHURST, DIRK 262 1 7 1 JOHNSON, MARK 263 12 3 2 STURTZE, TANYON 264 16 17 1 JORGENSEN, RYAN 12th Round 265 18 2 2 BUENO, FRANCISLEY 266 9 6 2 MERCKER, KENT 267 28 27 1 BERNIER, DOUG 268 26 16 2 FULCHINO, JEFF 269 10 15 2 GORDON, BRIAN 270 14 6 2 PETTYJOHN, ADAM 271 3 22 2 ZINK, CHARLIE 272 13 15 1 ELLISON, JASON 273 1 1 1 SACCOMANNO, MARK 274 12 20 1 VELANDIA, JORGE 275 16 4 2 PALMER, MATT 13th Round 276 18 25 1 JIMERSON, CHARLTON 277 9 15 2 FUKUMORI, KAZUO 278 28 13 2 BOOTCHECK, CHRIS 279 26 30 1 CANNIZARO, ANDY 280 3 27 2 BOWERS, CEDRICK 281 12 1 2 HERNANDEZ, RUNELVYS 14th Round 282 18 1 2 BORKOWSKI, DAVE 283 28 11 1 CERVENAK, MIKE IRBL # 820 2-15-09 6 284 3 10 1 NUNEZ, ABRAHAM O. 285 12 11 1 TRACY, ANDY 15th Round 286 28 26 2 BENITEZ, ARMANDO 287 3 27 2 DELOSSANTOS, VALERIO 16th Round 288 3 8 2 FOX, CHAD 17th Round 289 3 10 2 RINCON, RICARDO 18th Round 290 3 16 2 NOMO, HIDEO ------------------------------- LEGEND: # : draft pick number NT : new (IRBL) team OT : old (DMB) team T : player type: 1 : batter; 2 : pitcher IRBL # 820 2-15-09 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 13 minutes this year ending at 3:13 pm (ET). The 290 draft picks averaged 1.5 minutes per pick. Despite several problems causing long interuptions (one manager not available and without a backup list and one manager with great difficulty accessing the chatroom and the IRBL website draft results), the time per pick was the fastest ever which compensated for the second highest ever number of players drafted. My thanks to John Mattfeld and Ricky Diaz who assisted me in person and helped accomplish the record setting speedy draft. The averages for past years have been: 2008 1.5 min/pick for 290 picks 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) 2 --> handled without list in person by Ricky and John (PHI, MLN) 2 --> via written list (ROY,IND) 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 IRBL # 820 2-15-09 8 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. ...................................... These are the teams without permanent managers: These teams were being run as a temporary general manager (TGM) only by the indicated person and they do not play those team's home series: DIAMONDBACKS : Jim Lee (TGM) DODGERS : Pete McClymont (TGM) BLUE JAYS : Chip Hopkins (TGM) MARLINS : John Parker (TGM) ANGELS : Mike Mayko (TGM) ATHLETICS : Gerry McDonald (TGM) TWINS : George P. Widenor (TGM) These teams were being run as a full temporary manager (TM) only by the indicated person and they played those team's home series: NATIONALS : Don Tobin (TM) RANGERS : John Mattfeld (TM) ORIOLES : Ricky Diaz (TM) DEVIL RAYS : Marc Schlotthauer (TM) ...................................... The newsletter (LRD) after the trading deadline will contain guidelines and forms to fill out for your team season instructions. IRBL # 820 2-15-09 9 ...................................... DEADLINES: Mar. 8 - Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Mar. 22 - Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 1 - First series of 2009 season ...................................... Files included on LRD # 820 --------------------------- IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters NEWSL820.xxx --> Newsletter # 820 PLAYERUF.Y09 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK