------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 767 ***************** 1-6-07 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...................................... PLAYER TRANSACTIONS: The WHITE SOX released JOHN FLAHERTY, RAFAEL PALMEIRO, PASQUAL COCO. The CARDINALS released JEFF BAGWELL, BRET BOONE, JUSTIN LEONE, BRIAN MYROW, DARREN DREIFORT, STEVE REED. The PADRES traded BRIAN MEADOWS to the ANGELS for NEIFI PEREZ. The DODGERS traded DEREK JETER to the CUBS for JOHNNY DAMON, FELIPE LOPEZ. The TIGERS released SUN-WOO KIM, JULIO SANTANA, TIM WORRELL. The ROCKIES traded JAVY LOPEZ to the PHILLIES for JOSE HERNANDEZ. The WHITE SOX traded WHITE SOX' 1ST round pick, WHITE SOX' 2ND round pick to the ROCKIES for JOE CREDE, DAVID WEATHERS. The BRAVES traded TODD GREENE, JOHN MABRY, RANDY WOLF, BRAVES' 2ND round pick, BRAVES' 3RD round pick to the CARDINALS for BRAD AUSMUS, PEDRO FELIZ, D'ANGELO JIMENEZ. The ROYALS traded RON MAHAY to the ROCKIES for HENRY BLANCO. The DODGERS traded BILL MUELLER, DODGERS' 2ND round pick, DODGERS' 3RD round pick to the EXPOS for MELVIN MORA. The MARLINS traded GEOFF BLUM to the PHILLIES for DAN KOLB. The NATIONALS released MARQUIS GRISSOM, FRANK MENECHINO, JOHN FRANCO, SHIGETOSHI HASEGAWA, STEVE KARSAY, KIRK RUETER. The ROYALS released KELLY DRANSFELDT, KEVIN CASH, MATT ERICKSON, JASON GRABOWSKI, VAL PASCUCCI, SCOTT ATCHISON, JEFF NELSON, BRANDON PUFFER, JERIOME ROBERTSON. The METS traded VICENTE PADILLA to the CUBS for BRIAN SCHNEIDER. The BLUE JAYS released LENNY HARRIS, RAUL MONDESI, CURTIS PRIDE. The CUBS released MATT CEPICKY, JEFFREY HAMMONDS, ALEX PRIETO, BRIAN J. ANDERSON, CHAD BENTZ, TROY BROHAWN, ANTHONY FERRARI, SHANE REYNOLDS, JOSE SANTIAGO, RYAN SNARE, STEVE STEMLE. The ROCKIES released ORLANDO PALMEIRO. ...................................... The following teams are without permanent managers: NATIONALS : Don Tobin (TGM) IRBL # 767 1-6-07 2 ATHLETICS : (need volunteer) RANGERS : John Mattfeld (TM) ORIOLES : Ricky Diaz (TGM) BLUE JAYS : Chip Hopkins (TGM) MARLINS : John Parker (TGM) DIAMONDBACKS : Jim Lee (TGM) DEVIL RAYS : Marc Schlotthauer (TM) A volunteer is needed to handle the ATHLETICS to handle release players before draft and draft for the team. If you can also prepare team season instructions and monitor player usage, please let me know. You will get a credit LSP for the off-season player management and drafting and another credit LSP for preparing the season instructions and monitoring team usage. ...................................... New manager addresses: ROCKIES Wing Lee 1381 Cambridge Rd San Marino, CA 91108 626-375-5250 (cell) 310-662-6263 (work) MARINERS Pete McClymont Kyalami Buckland Brewer Bideford, Devon EX39 5LT, United Kingdom 011-44-01-237-451570 I have included an updated IRBL Manager Address List. ...................................... 2007 IRBL dues: All managers have paid their dues and are eligible to make trades. ...................................... Final Penalty Summaries: Below are the final lists of penalties and credits that will be applied to the team draft order. TOT=PUP+LSP TEAM MANAGER --- --- --- ---- ------- 19 19 PHILLIES J.Parker 11 11 TWINS D.Manel 4 4 ROYALS M.Aleprete 10 3 7 DODGERS M.McGuinness 3 3 RED SOX F.Hopkins 2 2 CUBS G.P.Widenor 1 1 WHITE SOX C.Hopkins 1 1 PADRES A.Cristiani 1 1 MARINERS P.McClymont IRBL # 767 1-6-07 3 1 1 GIANTS M.Mayko 1 1 CARDINALS D.Tobin 1 1 BREWERS J.Mattfeld Legend: TOT: Total penalties PUP: Player Usage Penalties LSP: Late Series Penalties ...................................... The following is the revised team draft order (counting LSP's, PUP's and credits but not counting trades): Note: Due to the penalty totals and the team positions, the PHILLIES and TWINS were dropped from the Preliminary Round to the First Round and the DODGERS were dropped from the First Round to the Second Round) FIRST ROUND SECOND ROUND 1 INDIANS 32 INDIANS 2 RANGERS 33 RANGERS 3 CARDINALS-1 34 CARDINALS-2 4 METS 35 METS 5 PIRATES 36 PIRATES 6 NATIONALS 37 NATIONALS 7 ATHLETICS 38 ATHLETICS 8 PADRES-1 39 PADRES-2 9 ASTROS 40 DODGERS-1 10 ROYALS-1 41 ROYALS-2 11 TWINS-P 42 ASTROS 12 CUBS-1 43 CUBS-2 13 BLUE JAYS 44 BLUE JAYS 14 RED SOX-1 45 RED SOX-2 15 TWINS-1 46 TWINS-2 16 ANGELS 47 ANGELS 17 YANKEES 48 YANKEES 18 PHILLIES-P 49 DIAMONDBACKS 19 MARINERS-1 50 MARINERS-2 20 PHILLIES-1 51 PHILLIES-2 21 DIAMONDBACKS 52 BRAVES 22 BRAVES 53 MARLINS 23 MARLINS 54 ORIOLES 24 GIANTS-1 55 GIANTS-2 25 ORIOLES 56 DEVIL RAYS 26 BREWERS-1 57 BREWERS-2 27 WHITE SOX-1 58 WHITE SOX-2 28 DEVIL RAYS 59 ROCKIES 29 ROCKIES 60 TIGERS 30 TIGERS 61 REDS 31 REDS Additional rounds will be identical to the Second Round. The teams that were lowered are noted by a dash and a number indicating the round the pick originated from. IRBL # 767 1-6-07 4 Please note that the differences in the draft order between the first and second rounds are due to how the penalty points are applied (refer to IRBL Rule # 13D4). If you find any mistakes in the penalties list or the team draft order, please let me know by Jan. 14th and I will make the necessary corrections. The team draft order will become final (mistakes included) after Jan. 14th. ...................................... DEADLINES: Jan. 21 - Trading and player release deadline (6 pm, EST) Feb. 11*- 2007 Draft (start 8 am, ET) Mar. 4*- Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Mar. 18*- Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 1*- First series of 2007 season *will slip one week for every Sunday the draft continues beyond Feb. 11 ...................................... Files included on LRD # 767: --------------------------- DRAFTINF.Y07 --> Player Usage Form for all players eligible to be drafted (extra details) DRAFTPUF.Y07 --> Player Usage Form for all players eligible to be drafted IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters MANAGERS.TXT --> Manager Address List NEWSL767.xxx --> Newsletter # 767 PLAYERUF.Y07 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK