------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 934 ***************** 2-16-14 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **** YASIEL PUIG: #1 Pick in 40th Annual IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft **** # NT OT T PLAYER --- -- -- - ------------------- 1st Round 1 19 3 1 PUIG, YASIEL 2 10 22 1 BOGAERTS, XANDER 3 3 28 2 FERNANDEZ, JOSE 4 4 3 2 RYU, HYUN-JIN 5 20 27 1 ARENADO, NOLAN 6 16 30 1 MYERS, WIL 7 7 12 2 COLE, GERRIT 8 21 25 2 WALKER, TAIJUAN 9 1 7 2 WACHA, MICHAEL 10 25 10 2 WHEELER, ZACK 11 30 21 2 GAUSMAN, KEVIN 12 2 5 1 GYORKO, JEDD 13 23 14 2 GRAY, SONNY 14 14 28 1 YELICH, CHRISTIAN 15 24 20 2 SALAZAR, DANNY 16 9 25 1 MILLER, BRAD 17 11 23 1 CASTELLANOS, NICK 18 8 9 1 RENDON, ANTHONY 19 27 6 1 HAMILTON, BILLY 20 6 17 1 ARCIA, OSWALDO 21 28 7 1 WONG, KOLTEN 22 17 11 1 ASCHE, CODY 23 5 10 1 D'ARNAUD, TRAVIS 24 12 2 2 WOOD, ALEX 25 12 19 1 DAVIS, KHRIS 26 15 9 2 ROARK, TANNER 27 29 16 2 VENTURA, YORDANO Bonus Round 28 26 2 1 GATTIS, EVAN 29 19 1 2 OBERHOLTZER, BRETT 30 3 1 2 COSART, JARRED 2nd Round 31 19 7 2 MARTINEZ, CARLOS 32 13 25 1 ZUNINO, MIKE 33 3 8 1 LAKE, JUNIOR 34 10 25 1 FRANKLIN, NICK 35 4 10 1 LAGARES, JUAN 36 20 28 1 OZUNA, MARCELL 37 16 29 1 DAVIDSON, MATT 38 7 22 1 BRADLEY, JACKIE 39 19 18 2 JOHNSON, ERIK 40 25 27 1 DICKERSON, COREY 41 14 25 2 PAXTON, JAMES 42 21 19 1 GENNETT, SCOOTER 43 1 22 2 WEBSTER, ALLEN 44 14 29 1 OWINGS, CHRIS 45 30 28 1 MARISNICK, JAKE 46 5 1 1 GROSSMAN, ROBBIE 47 11 1 1 VILLAR, JONATHAN 48 23 7 2 MANESS, SETH 49 24 17 1 PINTO, JOSMIL 50 9 11 2 PETTIBONE, JONATHAN IRBL # 934 2-16-14 2 51 28 10 1 FLORES, WILMER 52 8 21 1 SCHOOP, JONATHAN 53 27 5 2 ERLIN, ROBBIE 54 6 26 1 GOINS, RYAN 55 17 12 1 SANCHEZ, TONY 56 14 14 1 CHOICE, MICHAEL 57 2 7 2 SIEGRIST, KEVIN 58 15 25 2 MEDINA, YOERVIS 59 12 15 2 COTTS, NEAL 60 29 25 2 MAURER, BRANDON 3rd Round 61 26 13 1 GREEN, GRANT 62 22 23 2 RONDON, BRUCE 63 3 17 2 THIELBAR, CALEB 64 10 18 1 SEMIEN, MARCUS 65 13 21 1 URRUTIA, HENRY 66 4 4 1 NOONAN, NICK 67 20 9 2 JORDAN, TAYLOR 68 16 2 1 BETH~COURT, CHRISTIAN 69 7 18 1 PHEGLEY, JOSH 70 25 28 1 DIETRICH, DEREK 71 21 28 1 LUCAS, ED 72 22 11 1 HERNANDEZ, CESAR 73 1 15 2 TEPESCH, NICK 74 14 19 2 NELSON, JIMMY 75 30 1 1 STASSI, MAX 76 11 17 1 HICKS, AARON 77 11 22 2 WORKMAN, BRANDON 78 23 18 2 RIENZO, ANDRE 79 24 16 1 TEJADA, MIGUEL 80 9 26 1 PILLAR, KEVIN 81 28 19 1 GINDL, CALEB 82 8 7 2 LYONS, TYLER 83 27 30 2 ROMERO, ENNY 84 6 6 1 ROBINSON, DERRICK 85 17 1 2 CHAPMAN, KEVIN 86 18 13 1 HARRIS, BRENDAN 87 5 5 2 SMITH, BURCH 88 15 15 1 GARCIA, LEURY 89 12 14 1 FREIMAN, NATE 90 29 3 2 WITHROW, CHRIS 4th Round 91 26 13 2 KOHN, MICHAEL 92 19 30 2 COLOME, ALEX 93 3 17 2 PRESSLY, RYAN 94 10 9 2 KARNS, NATHAN 95 13 5 1 MEDICA, TOMMY 96 4 15 2 ORTIZ, JOE 97 20 24 2 NUNO, VIDAL 98 16 1 2 FIELDS, JOSH 99 7 19 2 HAND, DONOVAN 100 25 26 2 NOLIN, SEAN 101 21 17 2 ALBERS, ANDREW 102 22 19 1 HALTON, SEAN 103 1 29 2 HOLMBERG, DAVID 104 14 9 2 KROL, IAN 105 30 15 1 MCGUINESS, CHRIS 106 2 20 1 RAMIREZ, JOSE 107 11 21 2 MCFARLAND, T.J. 108 23 12 2 PIMENTEL, STOLMY 109 24 13 1 JIMENEZ, LUIS D. IRBL # 934 2-16-14 3 110 9 26 2 WAGNER, NEIL 111 28 10 1 DEN DEKKER, MATT 112 8 10 2 GERMEN, GONZALEZ 113 27 25 1 ALMONTE, ABRAHAM 114 6 30 1 BECKHAM, TIM 115 17 4 2 DUNNING, JAKE 116 18 10 2 RICE, SCOTT 117 5 30 1 KIERMAIER, KEVIN 118 15 15 1 BELTRE, ENGEL 119 14 10 2 BLACK, VIC 120 29 18 1 GONZALEZ, MIGUEL ANT 5th Round 121 26 24 2 CLAIBORNE, PRESTON 122 19 10 1 TOVAR, WILFREDO 123 3 11 2 MARTIN, ETHAN 124 10 9 1 WALTERS, ZACH 125 13 19 2 WOOTEN, ROB 126 4 12 2 CUMPTON, BRANDON 127 20 18 2 PETRICKA, JAKE 128 16 1 2 CISNERO, JOSE 129 7 1 2 CLEMENS, PAUL 130 25 24 1 ALMONTE, ZOILO 131 21 11 2 GARCIA, LUIS 132 22 24 1 MURPHY, JR 133 1 17 2 GIBSON, KYLE 134 14 2 1 TERDOSLAVICH, JOEY 135 30 3 2 MAGILL, MATT 136 2 2 2 HALE, DAVID 137 11 8 2 RONDON, HECTOR 138 23 4 1 ADRIANZA, EHIRE 139 24 4 1 PEREZ, JUAN C. 140 9 5 1 FUENTES, REYMOND 141 8 12 1 LAMBO, ANDREW 142 27 1 1 KRAUSS, MARC 143 6 8 1 WATKINS, LOGAN 144 17 1 2 ZEID, JOSH 145 18 1 1 CROWE, TREVOR 146 5 28 2 FLYNN, BRIAN 147 15 7 2 GAST, JOHN 148 18 4 2 HEMBREE, HEATH 149 29 28 2 CAMINERO, ARQUIMEDES 6th Round 150 26 27 2 BETTIS, CHAD 151 19 13 2 SHOEMAKER, MATT 152 3 15 1 ADDUCI, JIM 153 13 5 1 DECKER, JAFF 154 4 17 1 COLABELLO, CHRIS 155 20 22 2 BRITTON, DRAKE 156 16 19 2 HELLWEG, JOHNNY 157 7 17 2 TONKIN, MICHAEL 158 25 15 1 CHIRINOS, ROBINSON 159 21 15 2 WOLF, ROSS 160 22 20 2 LEE, C.C. 161 1 4 1 KIESCHNICK, ROGER 162 14 7 2 BUTLER, KEITH 163 2 8 2 FUJIKAWA, KYUJI 164 11 24 1 ADAMS, DAVID 165 23 10 1 CENTENO, JUAN 166 24 1 1 CLARK, CODY 167 9 1 2 LO, CHIA-JEN 168 8 18 2 WEBB, DANIEL IRBL # 934 2-16-14 4 169 27 7 1 CURTIS, JERMAINE 170 6 6 1 LUTZ, DONALD 171 17 17 1 BERNIER, DOUG 172 12 23 2 ALVAREZ, JOSE 173 5 3 2 GARCIA, ONELKI 174 12 18 2 TRONCOSO, RAMON 175 29 7 2 BLAZEK, MICHAEL 7th Round 176 26 29 2 DELAROSA, EURY 177 19 12 2 IRWIN, PHIL 178 3 3 2 DOMINGUEZ, JOSE 179 13 21 1 ISHIKAWA, TRAVIS 180 4 29 1 WILSON, JOSH 181 20 29 2 SPRUILL, ZEKE 182 16 22 2 WILSON, ALEX 183 7 13 2 BRASIER, RYAN 184 25 29 1 MARTE, ALFREDO 185 21 18 2 LEESMAN, CHARLIE 186 22 16 2 DWYER, CHRIS 187 1 9 2 DAVIS, ERIK 188 14 9 1 KOBERNUS, JEFF 189 2 22 2 WRIGHT, STEVEN 190 11 24 2 MARSHALL, BRETT 191 24 29 2 ROE, CHAZ 192 9 11 1 RUPP, CAMERON 193 8 28 1 SKIPWORTH, KYLE 194 27 14 1 PETERSON, SHANE 195 17 2 1 CUNNINGHAM, TODD 196 18 6 2 PARTCH, CURTIS 197 12 24 2 DALEY, MATT 8th Round 198 26 24 1 JOSEPH, CORBAN 199 19 19 2 BURGOS, HIRAM 200 3 15 1 BUTLER, JOEY 201 13 13 1 NAVARRO, EFREN 202 4 13 2 ROTH, MICHAEL 203 20 29 2 BREWER, CHARLES 204 16 4 2 KICKHAM, MIKE 205 7 6 2 CHRISTIANI, NICK 206 25 25 1 SUCRE, JESUS 207 21 13 2 BUCKNER, BILLY 208 22 11 2 RAMIREZ, J.C. 209 1 24 2 CABRAL, CESAR 210 14 6 1 SOTO, NEFTALI 211 2 28 2 AMES, STEVE 212 11 16 2 JOSEPH, DONNIE 213 9 8 2 ROSSCUP, ZACH 214 8 13 2 RASMUS, CORY 215 27 21 2 BELFIORE, MIKE 216 17 1 2 MARTINEZ, DAVID 217 18 28 2 OLMOS, EDGAR 218 12 6 1 MILLER, CORKY 9th Round 219 26 11 2 ROBLES, MAURICIO 220 3 12 2 JOHNSON, KRIS 221 13 29 2 LANGWELL, MATT 222 4 13 2 BOSHERS, BUDDY 223 20 18 2 CASTRO, SIMON 224 16 10 2 BURKE, GREG 225 21 12 2 REID, RYAN 226 22 8 2 PUTNAM, ZACH IRBL # 934 2-16-14 5 227 1 2 1 GOSSELIN, PHILIP 228 14 6 2 FREEMAN, JUSTIN 229 2 4 1 TANAKA, KENSUKE 230 11 14 1 MONTZ, LUKE 231 8 23 2 REED, EVAN 232 17 19 1 PRINCE, JOSH 233 18 1 2 DE LEON, JORGE 234 12 25 2 LAFROMBOISE, BOBBY 10th Round 235 12 29 1 GOSEWISCH, TUFFY 236 13 7 1 WIGGINTON, TY 237 4 17 2 MARTIS, SHAIRON 238 20 7 1 PEREZ, AUDRY 239 16 3 1 BUSS, NICK 240 21 5 2 HYNES, COLT 241 22 18 2 HEATH, DEUNTE 242 14 20 2 GUILMET, PRESTON 243 8 12 2 WELKER, DUKE 244 17 11 1 SUSDORF, STEVE 245 18 17 2 ROBERTSON, TYLER 246 18 22 2 DELATORRE, JOSE 11th Round 247 3 29 1 HINSKE, ERIC 248 13 8 2 CAMP, SHAWN 249 4 21 2 CLARK, ZACH 250 20 25 1 BANTZ, BRANDON 251 16 10 2 BYRDAK, TIM 252 21 8 2 LIM, CHANG-YONG 253 22 4 1 MONELL, JOHNNY 254 3 7 2 MARTE, VICTOR 12th Round 255 3 13 1 HAWPE, BRAD 256 20 13 2 STANGE, DANIEL 257 16 21 1 JOHNSON, DAN 258 21 14 2 OKAJIMA, HIDEKI 259 22 22 1 DIAZ, JONATHAN 260 3 30 1 GIMENEZ, CHRIS 13th Round 261 3 11 1 ORR, PETE 262 20 13 1 COUSINS, SCOTT 263 16 7 1 JOHNSON, ROB 264 22 28 1 HILL, KOYIE 265 3 7 1 PETERSON, BROCK 14th Round 266 3 28 1 BROWN, JORDAN 267 20 5 1 ROBINSON, CHRIS 268 12 28 1 DIAZ, MATT 15th Round 269 3 26 1 NICKEAS, MIKE 270 20 18 1 SANCHEZ, ANGEL 271 12 28 1 VELAZQUEZ, GIL 16th Round 272 3 10 2 HENN, SEAN 273 20 1 1 PAGNOZZI, MATT 274 12 24 2 BOOTCHECK, CHRIS 17th Round 275 3 30 1 GUZMAN, FREDDY 276 20 20 1 SANTOS, OMIR 277 12 27 2 KENSING, LOGAN 18th Round 278 12 8 2 TAKAHASHI, HISANORI IRBL # 934 2-16-14 6 ------------------------------- LEGEND: # : draft pick number NT : new (IRBL) team OT : old (DMB) team T : player type: 1 : batter; 2 : pitcher IRBL # 934 2-16-14 7 ...................................... PLAYER TRANSACTIONS: The ROYALS released MANNY ACOSTA. The INDIANS released BRIAN BIXLER, BARRET BROWNING, CHRIS J85 CARPENTER. ...................................... Please call me immediately if you find any errors on the draft results, cross-reference rosters or the DMB IRBL player files. ...................................... Last year, for the first time ever, the draft started early at 7:45 am. This year, for the first time ever, the draft spontaneously started the day before as the managers with the first 7 picks decided to announce their picks (in order) early (initiated by John Mattfeld at 6:26 am when he announced the #1 pick in the draft for the BREWERS as Yasiel Puig). The draft continued at 8:00 am on Sunday with pick # 8. For the purposes of the following calculations, I considered the draft as officially starting at 8:00 am. The draft took 7 hours and 10 minutes this year ending at 3:10 pm (ET). The 278 draft picks averaged 1.5 minutes per pick (1/10 of a minute slower than last year). Thanks to Ricky Diaz for drafting for multiple teams and handling the teams with written lists (assisted by John Mattfeld at Ricky's house) which was a big help in keeping the draft moving at a quick pase. The averages for past years have been: 2013 1.5 min/pick for 278 picks 2013 1.4 min/pick for 273 picks 2012 1.5 min/pick for 283 picks 2011 1.5 min/pick for 260 picks 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 IRBL # 934 2-16-14 8 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: 27 --> via IRC 1 --> in person (YAN) 2 --> via written list (IND, CAR) Note: The ATH and ORI switched to written lists during the draft ...................................... 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 are being run as a temporary general manager (TGM) only by the indicated person (they do not play those team's home series): GIANTS : Frank Kelley (TGM) ASTROS : John Parker (TGM) MARLINS : Ian Roach (TGM) NATIONALS : Gerry McDonald (TGM) PHILLIES : John Parker (GM) ATHLETICS : Al Fabrizio (GM) TWINS : Chuck Hixson (TGM) BLUE JAYS : Chip Hopkins (TGM) IRBL # 934 2-16-14 9 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) CARDINALS : Bill Mattfeld (TM) CUBS : Carmen Corica (Mgr) (1) ROYALS : Ricky Diaz (TM) RAYS : Ian Roach (TM) (1) : Jim Lee (TGM, off-season only) Carmen Corica (Mgr, during season) ...................................... 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 2014 season ...................................... Files included on LRD # 934 --------------------------- IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters NEWSL934.xxx --> Newsletter # 934 PLAYERUF.Y14 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK