Strat
Newsletter, December 27, 2008
OFF-SEASON SCHEDULE:
January 9 |
Pre-draft trade deadline (roster re-balance deadline) (any trades made after this are considered to take place after the draft) Excess draft picks above 35 total players and picks are forfeited (this ensures that each team will be at 35 players at the “end” of the draft) |
by January 15 |
Newsletter and website updated |
January 24 |
Draft Begins: 2-week online draft officially starts at 8AM CT No draft picks may be posted prior to the official start DUES AND FEE BALANCES MUST BE PAID PRIOR TO SELECTING Ballpark effect changes are also due prior to first selection for each team |
During Draft |
Website updated as time permits |
February 8 |
Draft Ends: Completion of the draft in-person and via online chat in the afternoon on the Sunday 1-week after the Super Bowl (15 days after the official online draft start) |
NOTES:
Contact Info: New
work email address for Adam A: Adam.Arnett@mosaic.com;
also note that Rich D. has formally taken over from Win as the primary manager
for CHI, with Win staying on in a smaller role.
Fines: CRC
and STS: $5 each for late protect lists.
2009 Draft Order:
1 Langley CIA
2 Jefferson Park JEF
3 Burbank BUR
4 Columbus COL
5 Chicago CHI
6 North Dallas NDF
7 Detroit DET
8 Santa Fe SFE
9 Tampico TAM
10 Dublin DUB
11 St. Paul STS
12 Dyersville DYE
13 Chainsaw CSW
14 California CAL
15 SSB SSB
16 Anarchy City ACC
17 Nimrod NIM
18 Streator SRD
19 Caracas CRC
20 Tombstone HUC
DUES AND TRADE FEES MUST BE PAID BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR
DRAFT. Dues
for 2009 are $40. As per the rules if you have traded one of your top 3 picks
for 2010 or 5 or more picks total, you will also be assessed the $20 prize
money portion of the dues for 2010.
Trade
fees and totals are listed at the bottom of this newsletter. You can pay
on-line via PayPal. I have a PayPal account and that is my preferred method of
payment. I suggest anyone who does not have an account sign up at www.paypal.com. Using PayPal you can pay with
funds either from a checking account or from a credit card. Either way, please
direct payment to LPrezdente@hotmail.com.
If paying via Credit Card, indicate that it is for a Service. If you do not
want to use PayPal, then send a check to me (Dennis Martin) at: 502 Percy St, Oxnard, CA 93033-7100.
If
payment in full of all dues and trade fees has not been received by the time
your first pick comes up in the 2009 draft, then you will forfeit that pick.
The only exceptions are those teams that will have negative balances or
balances under $10 after prize money is applied. If you pay early, make sure
that you include enough to cover any excess trading that you might do between
now and the January 9 deadline (i.e. if you pay your current balance as of now
and then make a dozen trades in the next 5 weeks, so as to run your balance
back over $10, then you will have to submit a second payment).
BALLPARK CHANGES DUE PRIOR
TO BEGINNING YOUR DRAFT. 11 out of the 20 teams are eligible to change their park this year: COL
(Frank), CSW (RickG), ACC (Rob), CIA (Scott), DYE
(Jim), HUC (Doug), JEF (Steve), NDF (AdamA), BUR
(Wes), CAL (Greg), and DUB (AdamS). The other 9 teams
are locked into existing leases and cannot make changes. The current effects
and lease info along with the rules for making changes are posted at http://www.lprezdente.net/baseball/2009/season/ParkEffects.htm
35-MAN
ROSTER SIZE SET AT JANUARY 9 DEADLINE. Any team that has more than
35 total players and picks after the January 9 trade deadline will forfeit
their lowest picks until they are down to 35 total. As
it stands right now, DUB (AdamS), CRC (Alan), COL (Frank), and BUR (Wes) are
the only teams over the limit. DUB has 21 players and 15 picks while CRC, COL, and BUR have 20 players
and 16 picks, so that is 36 total for each of them. The picks that all 4 of
them stand to lose are all in the 15th round, however.
There are just three teams under the limit: NIM
(20+14) and SRD (19+15) each with 34 total, and CHI
(20+13) with 33.
The other 13 teams currently stand at 35 players+picks and so have nothing to worry about unless
they make an imbalanced trade between now and the January 9 deadline.
Taxi Draft Set As of December
22: In addition to the 400 players
that were protected on regular rosters, there were 75 players that were kept on
taxi squads. That means that there will be 25 picks in the taxi draft following
the completion of the regular draft. The number allotted to each team and the
order is fixed immediately following the taxi transaction deadline on December
22 and prior to the application of any post-protect trades.
TRADES FOR 2009 SEASON (New since previous newsletter on 12/17/08 up to 12/22 Protect List Deadline):
1. to
CRC: Carroll, CRC-15
to DET: CRC-10
2. to
CIA: Beckett, Wood (Taxi), CRC-1
to SRD: Liriano, Maybin (Taxi), Morales (Taxi), CAL-8
3. to CAL: N. Feliz (Taxi),
JEF-2/10
to JEF: Iwamura, SRD-7/10
4. to CAL: K. Greene, COL-15
to COL: CRC-9
POST-PROTECT TRADES FOR 2009 (up to 12/27/08):
1. to
DUB: Derosa, SRD-5/10
to SRD: Smoak, DUB-1/10
New
since previous newsletter on 12/17:
2. to
CIA: CRC-8
to CRC: TAM-9, DET-11
TRADE FEES, FINES, and DUES (with total up to 12/27/08):