------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 915 ***************** 3-2-13 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...................................... PLAYER TRANSACTIONS: The NATIONALS released ALEX CORA, ELMER DESSENS, SCOTT PROCTOR, BRETT TOMKO. The INDIANS traded BARRY ENRIGHT to the PADRES for GRAHAM GODFREY. The RED SOX traded NICK SWISHER, JOHN AXFORD, CLAYTON MORTENSEN, MARK ROGERS to the RAYS for GARRETT JONES, JOSE LOBATON, SCOTT DIAMOND, JOEL PERALTA. The REDS traded PAUL KONERKO to the RED SOX for JAMEY CARROLL, TONY GWYNN. The ORIOLES traded ADRIAN BELTRE, ERVIN SANTANA to the RED SOX for JACOBY ELLSBURY, ALEX WHITE. The ORIOLES traded MICHAEL BOURN to the PIRATES for NORICHIKA AOKI. The ANGELS traded SHANE ROBINSON to the PADRES for HUMBERTO QUINTERO. The DODGERS traded EMMANUEL BURRISS, ALBERTO GONZALEZ, COLBY RASMUS, CHARLIE MORTON, ERIC STULTS to the RED SOX for JORDANY VALDESPIN, FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ, EDINSON VOLQUEZ. The PADRES traded PETER BOURJOS, JOSH DONALDSON, GORKYS HERNANDEZ, DEVIN MESORACO, JEAN SEGURA to the ATHLETICS for CARLOS BELTRAN, RYAN DOUMIT, JED LOWRIE, KEVIN JEPSEN. The GIANTS traded BEN SHEETS to the RAYS for JESSE CHAVEZ, TODD REDMOND. The ORIOLES released ANTHONY ORTEGA. The RAYS traded ADAM KENNEDY, SCOTT DOWNS, HIROKI KURODA to the PADRES for CODY RANSOM, DEREK HOLLAND, HENRY A. RODRIGUEZ, JOSH TOMLIN. ...................................... Please contact me immediately if you find any errors on the draft results, cross-reference rosters or the DMB IRBL player files. ...................................... 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 IRBL # 915 3-2-13 2 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 are being run as a temporary general manager (TGM) only by the indicated person (they do not play those team's home series): ASTROS : John Parker (TGM) CUBS : Carmen Corica (TGM) NATIONALS : Gerry McDonald (TGM) ROYALS : Don Tobin (TGM) TIGERS : Chuck Hixson (TGM) BLUE JAYS : Chip Hopkins (TGM) These teams are being run as a full temporary manager (TM) by the indicated person (they play those team's home series): PADRES : John Mattfeld (TM) ORIOLES : Ricky Diaz (TM) RAYS : Ian Roach (TM) (1) (1) : Jim Lee (TGM, off-season only) Ian Roach (TM, during season) ...................................... The newsletter (LRD) after the trading deadline will contain guidelines and forms to fill out for your team season instructions. ...................................... DEADLINES: Mar. 10 - Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Mar. 24 - Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 3 - First series of 2013 season ...................................... Files included on LRD # 915 --------------------------- IRBL # 915 3-2-13 3 IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters NEWSL915.xxx --> Newsletter # 915 PLAYERUF.Y13 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK