------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 847 ***************** 3-3-10 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **** TOMMY HANSON: #1 Pick in 36th Annual IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft **** # NT OT T PLAYER --- -- -- - ------------------- Preliminary Round 1 29 2 2 HANSON, TOMMY 2 18 21 1 WIETERS, MATT 3 24 28 1 COGHLAN, CHRIS 1st Round 4 29 14 2 ANDERSON, BRETT 5 28 18 1 BECKHAM, GORDON 6 18 12 1 MCCUTCHEN, ANDREW 7 24 29 1 PARRA, GERARDO 8 3 7 1 RASMUS, COLBY 9 26 4 1 POSEY, BUSTER 10 6 4 2 BUMGARNER, MADISON 11 27 15 1 ANDRUS, ELVIS 12 2 15 2 FELIZ, NEFTALI 13 14 23 2 PORCELLO, RICK 14 10 5 1 CABRERA, EVERTH 15 23 5 2 LATOS, MAT 16 17 18 1 FLOWERS, TYLER 17 15 14 2 BAILEY, ANDREW 18 13 8 1 FOX, JAKE 19 6 21 1 REIMOLD, NOLAN 20 16 21 2 TILLMAN, CHRIS 21 1 21 2 BERGESEN, BRAD 22 21 5 1 BLANKS, KYLE 23 20 6 1 STUBBS, DREW 24 30 26 2 ROMERO, RICKY 25 28 21 2 MATUSZ, BRIAN 26 27 2 2 MEDLEN, KRIS 27 25 14 2 CAHILL, TREVOR 28 12 20 1 LAPORTA, MATT 29 11 30 2 DAVIS, WADE 30 5 15 2 HOLLAND, DEREK 31 19 15 1 BORBON, JULIO 2nd Round 32 29 9 2 ZIMMERMANN, JORDAN 33 28 26 2 RZEPCZYNSKI, MARC 34 18 27 2 CHACIN, JHOULYS 35 24 4 2 RUNZLER, DAN 36 3 28 2 WEST, SEAN 37 4 22 2 BARD, DANIEL 38 26 10 1 MARTINEZ, FERNANDO 39 6 3 2 BELISARIO, RONALD 40 18 23 1 AVILA, ALEX 41 2 9 1 DESMOND, IAN 42 14 26 2 CECIL, BRETT 43 10 14 2 MAZZARO, VIN 44 23 20 1 BRANTLEY, MICHAEL 45 17 18 2 HUDSON, DANIEL 46 15 25 1 SAUNDERS, MICHAEL 47 13 17 2 DUENSING, BRIAN 48 18 7 1 GREENE, TYLER 49 16 23 1 RAMIREZ, WILKIN 50 1 6 1 FRANCISCO, JUAN IRBL # 847 3-3-10 2 51 21 5 2 GREGERSON, LUKE 52 20 9 2 MARTIN, J.D. 53 30 10 1 THOLE, JOSH 54 28 1 2 NORRIS, BUD 55 27 6 2 MALONEY, MATT 56 25 7 2 HAWKSWORTH, BLAKE 57 12 23 2 PERRY, RYAN 58 11 14 1 POWELL, LANDON 59 5 18 2 POREDA, AARON 60 19 27 1 YOUNG, ERIC 3rd Round 61 29 2 2 KAWAKAMI, KENSHIN 62 28 12 1 JARAMILLO, JASON 63 18 1 2 GERVACIO, SAMUEL 64 24 20 2 SIPP, TONY 65 3 20 1 CROWE, TREVOR 66 4 2 1 SCHAFER, JORDAN 67 26 22 1 REDDICK, JOSH 68 6 4 1 DOWNS, MATT 69 9 21 2 BAEZ, DANYS 70 2 7 1 FREESE, DAVID 71 14 25 1 MOORE, ADAM 72 10 29 1 ALLEN, BRANDON 73 7 3 1 HOFFMANN, JAMIE 74 23 29 2 AUGENSTEIN, BRYAN 75 17 5 2 STAUFFER, TIM 76 15 20 2 CARRASCO, CARLOS 77 13 24 1 PENA, RAMIRO 78 29 9 2 STAMMEN, CRAIG 79 16 29 1 WHITESELL, JOSH 80 1 8 1 COLVIN, TYLER 81 21 1 1 MANZELLA, TOMMY 82 20 25 2 FISTER, DOUG 83 30 29 2 SCHLERETH, DANIEL 84 22 13 2 O'SULLIVAN, SEAN 85 27 27 2 DALEY, MATT 86 25 4 2 JOAQUIN, WALDIS 87 12 20 2 HUFF, DAVID 88 11 29 1 RYAL, RUSTY 89 5 14 2 RODRIGUEZ, HENRY 90 19 25 1 CARP, MIKE 4th Round 91 29 21 2 HERNANDEZ, DAVID 92 28 22 2 TAZAWA, JUNICHI 93 18 4 1 TORRES, ANDRES 94 24 21 2 BERKEN, JASON 95 3 18 1 KOTSAY, MARK 96 4 8 2 CARIDAD, ESMAILIN 97 26 13 2 BELL, TREVOR 98 6 29 2 ZAVADA, CLAY 99 3 29 1 OELTJEN, TRENT 100 2 1 1 JOHNSON, CHRIS 101 14 21 2 UEHARA, KOJI 102 10 20 2 TODD, JESS 103 7 2 1 HERNANDEZ, DIORY 104 23 5 1 DURANGO, LUIS 105 17 3 1 PAUL, XAVIER 106 15 25 2 KELLEY, SHAWN 107 13 24 2 MELANCON, MARK 108 10 6 1 SUTTON, DREW 109 16 6 1 TATUM, CRAIG IRBL # 847 3-3-10 3 110 1 29 2 VASQUEZ, ESMERLING 111 21 12 2 MCCUTCHEN, DANIEL 112 20 25 2 FRENCH, LUCAS 113 30 11 1 BAKO, PAUL 114 22 17 2 SWARZAK, ANTHONY 115 27 12 2 JACKSON, STEVEN 116 25 23 2 NI, FU-TE 117 12 4 1 WHITESIDE, ELI 118 11 25 2 JAKUBAUSKAS, CHRIS 119 5 30 2 CHOATE, RANDY 120 19 8 2 PATTON, DAVID 5th Round 121 29 12 1 WALKER, NEIL 122 28 11 1 MAYBERRY, JOHN 123 18 14 2 KILBY, BRAD 124 24 3 2 WEAVER, JEFF 125 3 13 1 PETTIT, CHRIS 126 4 17 2 MANSHIP, JEFF 127 26 22 1 GREEN, NICK 128 6 26 1 PHILLIPS, KYLE 129 18 5 2 PERDOMO, LUIS 130 2 11 2 BASTARDO, ANTONIO 131 14 23 1 DLUGACH, BRENT 132 10 25 1 BURKE, JAMIE 133 7 21 1 TURNER, JUSTIN 134 23 18 1 LILLIBRIDGE, BRENT 135 17 5 2 RAMOS, CESAR 136 15 5 2 BURKE, GREG 137 13 8 1 SCALES, BOBBY 138 8 20 1 ROMERO, NIUMAN 139 16 20 1 GIMENEZ, CHRIS 140 1 7 2 WALTERS, P.J. 141 21 29 1 HESTER, JOHN 142 20 10 2 STONER, TOBI 143 30 14 1 EVERIDGE, TOMMY 144 22 29 2 MULVEY, KEVIN 145 27 6 2 FISHER, CARLOS 146 25 13 1 QUINLAN, ROBB 147 12 10 1 VALDEZ, WILSON 148 11 5 2 WEBB, RYAN 149 19 27 2 ROGERS, ESMIL 6th Round 150 29 17 2 KEPPEL, BOB 151 28 5 2 CARRILLO, CESAR 152 18 4 2 SADOWSKI, RYAN 153 24 28 2 MARTINEZ, CRISTHIAN 154 3 19 2 BURNS, MIKE 155 4 12 2 VEAL, DONALD 156 26 15 1 GENTRY, CRAIG 157 6 18 2 TORRES, CARLOS 158 9 19 2 BUTLER, JOSH 159 2 20 1 TOREGAS, WYATT 160 14 27 1 MCCOY, MIKE 161 10 30 1 RICHARD, CHRIS 162 7 16 2 CHEN, BRUCE 163 23 7 1 HOFFPAUIR, JARRETT 164 17 2 1 JONES, BRANDON 165 15 4 1 GUZMAN, JESUS 166 13 20 2 GOSLING, MIKE 167 16 12 2 VASQUEZ, VIRGIL 168 1 26 2 RAY, ROBERT IRBL # 847 3-3-10 4 169 21 4 2 MARTINEZ, JOE 170 30 5 1 LOBATON, JOSE 171 22 26 2 MILLS, BRAD 172 27 6 2 LEHR, JUSTIN 173 25 15 2 MOSCOSO, GUILLERMO 174 12 23 1 KELLY, DON 175 19 24 2 DUNN, MICHAEL 7th Round 176 29 13 2 LOUX, SHANE 177 28 13 2 RODRIGUEZ, RAFAEL 178 18 20 2 ABREU, WINSTON 179 24 1 2 ORTIZ, RUSS 180 3 6 1 BARKER, KEVIN 181 4 8 2 BERG, JUSTIN 182 26 26 1 ADAMS, RUSS 183 9 5 2 FRIERI, ERNESTO 184 14 20 1 GRAFFANINO, TONY 185 10 10 1 BROWN, EMIL 186 7 8 2 STEVENS, JEFF 187 23 23 2 FIEN, CASEY 188 17 23 2 FIGARO, ALFREDO 189 13 28 2 WOOD, TIM 190 16 7 1 PAGNOZZI, MATT 191 1 22 2 JONES, HUNTER 192 21 13 2 ORTEGA, ANTHONY 193 30 22 1 BATES, AARON 194 22 14 2 MORTENSEN, CLAYTON 195 25 3 2 LEACH, BRENT 196 12 7 1 ROBINSON, SHANE 197 19 11 2 ESCALONA, SERGIO 8th Round 198 29 18 2 EGBERT, JACK 199 28 18 2 NUNEZ, JHONNY 200 9 8 2 ATKINS, MITCH 201 9 14 1 CARSON, MATT 202 9 13 1 EVANS, TERRY 203 4 9 1 MORSE, MIKE 204 9 2 1 GORECKI, REID 205 14 5 2 MORENO, EDWIN 206 10 2 2 VALDEZ, LUIS 207 7 28 2 LEROUX, CHRISTOPHER 208 23 6 2 MANUEL, ROBERT 209 17 16 2 HUGHES, DUSTY 210 13 24 2 CLAGGETT, ANTHONY 211 16 20 1 DELLUCCI, DAVID 212 1 9 2 GARATE, VICTOR 213 21 23 1 TREANOR, MATT 214 30 13 2 MOSEBACH, ROBERT 215 22 19 2 AXFORD, JOHN 216 25 22 2 RICHARDSON, DUSTIN 217 12 1 2 LOPEZ, WILTON 9th Round 218 29 15 2 STROP, PEDRO 219 28 25 1 QUIROZ, GUILLERMO 220 18 1 1 BOONE, AARON 221 24 10 2 TAKAHASHI, KEN 222 3 2 1 CANIZARES, BARBARO 223 10 3 2 SCHLICHTING, TRAVIS 224 7 12 2 HACKER, ERIC 225 23 11 1 HOOVER, PAUL 226 17 19 1 CORPORAN, CARLOS IRBL # 847 3-3-10 5 227 13 5 2 DELACRUZ, EULOGIO 228 16 21 1 RODRIGUEZ, GUILLERMO 229 1 17 2 GABINO, ARMANDO 230 21 26 2 MURPHY, BILL 231 22 3 2 SCHMIDT, JASON 232 12 18 2 WHISLER, WES 10th Round 233 29 5 2 SILVA, WALTER 234 28 6 2 VIOLA, PEDRO 235 24 1 2 BROCAIL, DOUG 236 3 28 1 HAYES, BRETT 237 7 25 2 STARK, DENNY 238 17 28 2 TAYLOR, GRAHAM 239 13 17 2 MORILLO, JUAN 240 16 10 2 SWITZER, JON 241 21 9 2 SEGOVIA, ZACK 242 22 15 2 RUPE, JOSH 243 12 3 1 JONES, MITCH 11th Round 244 29 5 2 LOPEZ, ARTURO 245 24 23 1 SARDINHA, DANE 246 3 10 1 GREEN, ANDY 247 7 30 2 ISRINGHAUSEN, JASON 248 17 11 1 TRACY, ANDY 249 16 21 2 EATON, ADAM 250 22 24 2 TOWERS, JOSH 251 12 30 2 BRADFORD, CHAD 12th Round 252 29 16 2 MARTE, VICTOR 253 24 27 2 PERALTA, JOEL 254 3 22 1 BROWN, DUSTY 255 7 30 2 THAYER, DALE 256 17 8 1 TAGUCHI, SO 257 16 9 2 COLOME, JESUS 258 12 13 2 RODRIGUEZ, FERNANDO 13th Round 259 24 21 2 WALKER, JAMIE 260 3 9 1 PADILLA, JORGE 261 16 27 2 RUSCH, GLENDON 262 12 13 2 DAVIDSON, DANIEL 14th Round 263 12 28 2 KORONKA, JOHN 15th Round 264 12 15 1 RICHARDSON, KEVIN 16th Round 265 12 8 2 WADDELL, JASON -------------------------------- LEGEND: # : draft pick number NT : new (IRBL) team OT : old (DMB) team T : player type: 1 : batter; 2 : pitcher IRBL # 847 3-3-10 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 6 hours and 20 minutes this year ending at 2:20 pm (ET). The 265 draft picks averaged 1.4 minutes per pick setting a record for the lowest average time per pick. The draft would have been completed even faster if I did not have to take time out to help 4 managers correct their mIRC settings to connect to the correct IRC server. Up until now, it has been optional to do a pre-test but next year, I will ask every manager to schedule an appointment prior to the draft date to verify with me that thewy are configured correctly to get to the IRBL chatroom. My thanks to John Mattfeld (who assisted me in person) and Ricky Diaz (who helped remotely with the teams who had written lists). The averages for past years have been: 2010 1.4 min/pick for 265 picks 2009 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: 24 --> via IRC (mostly) 3 --> in person (BRE, RAN, YAN) 3 --> via written list (NAT, IND, DIA) Thanks to everyone else who helped by drafting for an extra team or participating speedily and efficiently. ...................................... IRBL # 847 3-3-10 7 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. ...................................... These teams were being run as a temporary general manager (TGM) only by the indicated person (they do not play those team's home series): DODGERS * : Pete McClymont (TGM) REDS * : George P. Widenor (TGM) MARLINS : John Parker (TGM) ATHLETICS : Gerry McDonald (TGM) BLUE JAYS : Chip Hopkins (TGM) These teams were being run as a full temporary manager (TM) only by the indicated person (they play those team's home series): RANGERS : John Mattfeld (TM) ROYALS : Don Tobin (TM) TWINS : George P. Widenor (TM) ORIOLES : Ricky Diaz (TM) RAYS : Marc Schlotthauer (TM) * : pre-season only ...................................... The newsletter (LRD) after the trading deadline will contain guidelines and forms to fill out for your team season instructions. IRBL # 847 3-3-10 8 ...................................... DEADLINES: Mar. 21 - Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Apr. 4 - Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 15 - First series of 2010 season ...................................... Files included on LRD # 847 --------------------------- IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters IRBLRULE.TXT --> IRBL Rules NEWSL847.xxx --> Newsletter # 847 MANAGERS.TXT --> Manager Address List PLAYERUF.Y09 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK