Draft . . . The Aftermath

From the Commissioner:

Dear Owners,

I just wanted to thank everyone for an enjoyable draft this year. It was nice to see everyone laughing and having a good time with it. There were a few moments in particular that I will remember for a long time.

Anyway, special thanks to Cliff and Colleen for hosting - Colleen's cooking was delicious and their new great room was a perfect fit for our large group. Cliff, please pass on a special thanks to your wife from all of us.

Also, thanks to Tom for filling in for Don on short notice. It is good to know that we can always count on Tom! Don, I couldn't properly convey how hard Tom worked to do a good job for you. His bidding war with Pfeiffer for Lyle Overbay's services was particularly noteworthy... and amusing.

Okay, so where do we stand now? We will have our first transaction deadline on Tuesday April 14th at 11PM Eastern. Current standings will determine the replacement priority. The only exception being for three players acquired during the auction on Saturday (Joe Koshansky, Dusty Brown and Chad Cordero). These three players did not make an American League Major League roster, and will receive the lowest priority for replacements during the first two transaction periods (regardless of their owner's place in the standings). Please send me several players of interest in priority order if at all possible, as I am sure we will have many requests for the same players.

Please see the attached rosters and let me know if you see any errors. I am in the process of loading the teams onto the website (approx 40% done), and will hopefully finish tonight or tomorrow night.

That's all. Good luck to everyone!

DS

End of Season Results

To everyone - Congrats on a great season! The final AL Central playoff game did have an effect on the standings as it allowed the Chilis to move up into 3rd place. This left the Pretzels and Presleys in a 4th place tie. Those three teams had been in a virtual deadlock for days.

Anyway, we have had a number of ties over the last several seasons. So, I went back to the Roto Baseball 2007 book's first level method of tie breaking (comparing Pretzels and Presleys head to head across all 10 categories). Presleys was ahead in 6 of the 10 categories, so Presleys holds onto 4th place with Pretzels slipping to the lovely 5th slot.

To make things more interesting, the Vagrants failed to achieve the minimum total innings pitched for the entire season. Our rules require a team to achieve 1,000 innings pitched over the course of the season in order to receive standings points for ERA and WHIP. Vagrants only managed 714.3 innings pitched. So, Vagrants have dropped 22 points in the standings from 7th place to 11th place after getting no points for those categories.

	2008 Final Standings	(Post - IP Requirement Mod) **FINAL**
	Team Name	Batting	Pitching	Total
1	Hong Kong Phooey	57.0	57.0	114.0
2	Fort Hunt Federals	47.0	32.5	79.5
3	Chili Con Carnage	33.0	42.0	75.0
4	Memphis Presleys	45.0	28.0	73.0	**
5	Twisted Pretzels	37.0	36.0	73.0	**
6	St. Louis Browns	26.5	41.0	67.5
7	Los Loco Gringos	16.5	42.5	59.0
8	Dons	33.0	23.0	56.0
9	Brave Astronauts	31.0	16.0	47.0
10	WizNatsSkins	24.0	19.5	43.5
11	Virginia Vagrants	27.0	10.5	37.5
12	MLR Mashers	13.0	20.0	33.0
**	Presleys beats Pretzels 6-4 on Category based Tie Break

Overall Standings

I have gone back and adjusted the standings posts to reflect the standings as noted on the website for that particular week. In this post (dated in October to keep it at the top), overall standings will be updated on a [relatively] regular basis, shortly after the commissioner posts the weekly transactions. Normal procedures will involve the posting of the transactions, then the weekly standings and then the updating of the overall standings post.

Standings as of 9:00pm - September 30, 2008

Rank		Team		Batting	Pitching	Total		Dif	Behind
1		Hong Kong Phooey		57	58	115		0	0
2		Fort Hunt Federals		47	33.5	80.5		0.5	34.5
3		Chili Con Carnage		33	40.5	73.5		-1.5	41.5
3		Twisted Pretzels		37	36.5	73.5		0	41.5
5		Memphis Presleys		45	27	72		0	43
6		St. Louis Browns		25.5	39	64.5		6	50.5
7		Virginia Vagrants		29	32.5	61.5		-1.5	53.5
8		Los Loco Gringos		17	42.5	59.5		-3	55.5
9		Dons		33	24	57		1	58
10		Brave Astronauts		30.5	16	46.5		-4	68.5
11		WizNatsSkins		24	19.5	43.5		3.5	71.5
12		MLR Mashers		12	21	33		-1	82
		Batting Breakdown
		Team		BA	Pts	Dif
1		Twisted Pretzels		0.2787	12	0
2		Fort Hunt Federals		0.2754	11	2
3		Chili Con Carnage		0.2738	10	0
4		Hong Kong Phooey		0.2734	9	-2
5		Memphis Presleys		0.2713	8	0
6		Virginia Vagrants		0.2704	7	1
7		St. Louis Browns		0.2703	6	3
8		MLR Mashers		0.27	5	0
9		Brave Astronauts		0.2689	4	-3
10		WizNatsSkins		0.2677	3	1
11		Dons		0.2655	2	-2
12		Los Loco Gringos		0.2603	1	0
		Team		HR	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		213	12	0
2		Memphis Presleys		203	11	0
3		Dons		180	10	2
4		Brave Astronauts		178	8.5	-1
5		Los Loco Gringos		178	8.5	-1
6		Twisted Pretzels		171	7	0
7		Fort Hunt Federals		166	6	0
8		Chili Con Carnage		157	5	0
9		WizNatsSkins		152	4	1
10		St. Louis Browns		150	3	1
11		Virginia Vagrants		148	2	-2
12		MLR Mashers		146	1	0
		Team		R	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		956	12	0
2		Dons		927	11	0
3		Fort Hunt Federals		865	10	0
4		Memphis Presleys		849	9	0
5		Twisted Pretzels		846	8	0
6		Virginia Vagrants		806	7	0
7		Chili Con Carnage		803	6	0
8		Brave Astronauts		786	5	0
9		WizNatsSkins		775	4	1
10		Los Loco Gringos		754	2.5	-1.5
11		St. Louis Browns		754	2.5	0.5
12		MLR Mashers		705	1	0
		Team		RBI	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		871	12	0
2		Memphis Presleys		852	11	0
3		Fort Hunt Federals		827	10	0
4		Twisted Pretzels		814	9	0
5		Brave Astronauts		796	8	0
6		Dons		792	7	0
7		St. Louis Browns		768	6	0.5
8		Chili Con Carnage		761	5	-0.5
9		WizNatsSkins		730	4	1
10		Los Loco Gringos		723	3	-1
11		Virginia Vagrants		712	2	0
12		MLR Mashers		690	1	0
		Team		SB	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		191	12	0
2		Virginia Vagrants		157	11	0
3		Fort Hunt Federals		119	10	0
4		WizNatsSkins		113	9	0
5		St. Louis Browns		95	8	0
6		Chili Con Carnage		94	7	0
7		Memphis Presleys		85	6	0
8		Brave Astronauts		80	5	0
9		MLR Mashers		79	4	0
10		Dons		75	3	1
11		Los Loco Gringos		74	2	-1
12		Twisted Pretzels		50	1	0
		Pitching Breakdown
		Team		ERA	Pts	Dif
1		Virginia Vagrants		3.48	12	0
2		Hong Kong Phooey		3.68	11	1
3		Chili Con Carnage		3.68	10	-1
4		Twisted Pretzels		3.78	9	0
5		Fort Hunt Federals		3.88	8	0
6		Los Loco Gringos		4.11	7	0
7		WizNatsSkins		4.39	6	0
8		Dons		4.54	5	0
9		MLR Mashers		4.55	4	0
10		St. Louis Browns		4.55	3	1
11		Memphis Presleys		4.66	2	-1
12		Brave Astronauts		4.86	1	0
		Team		K	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		1104	12	0
2		Chili Con Carnage		1008	10.5	-0.5
3		Twisted Pretzels		1008	10.5	0.5
4		St. Louis Browns		972	9	0
5		Los Loco Gringos		966	8	0
6		Fort Hunt Federals		943	7	0
7		Memphis Presleys		939	6	0
8		Dons		894	5	0
9		MLR Mashers		885	4	0
10		WizNatsSkins		767	3	0
11		Brave Astronauts		699	2	0
12		Virginia Vagrants		630	1	0
		Team		S	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		82	12	0
2		St. Louis Browns		70	11	0
3		Brave Astronauts		56	10	0
4		Los Loco Gringos		54	8.5	-0.5
5		Virginia Vagrants		54	8.5	0.5
6		Memphis Presleys		47	7	0
7		Dons		42	6	0
8		WizNatsSkins		34	4.5	-0.5
9		Fort Hunt Federals		34	4.5	0.5
10		Twisted Pretzels		28	3	0
11		Chili Con Carnage		23	2	0
12		MLR Mashers		5	1	0
		Team		W	Pts	Dif
1		Hong Kong Phooey		97	12	0
2		Los Loco Gringos		86	11	1
3		St. Louis Browns		84	10	0
4		MLR Mashers		83	9	-1
5		Memphis Presleys		81	8	1
6		Fort Hunt Federals		80	7	-1
7		Chili Con Carnage		77	6	0.5
8		Twisted Pretzels		76	5	-0.5
9		WizNatsSkins		66	4	0
10		Dons		65	3	0
11		Brave Astronauts		51	2	0
12		Virginia Vagrants		39	1	0
		Team		WHIP	Pts	Dif
1		Chili Con Carnage		1.29	12	0
2		Hong Kong Phooey		1.3	11	1
3		Virginia Vagrants		1.3	10	-1
4		Twisted Pretzels		1.31	9	0
5		Los Loco Gringos		1.32	8	1
6		Fort Hunt Federals		1.32	7	-1
7		St. Louis Browns		1.35	6	0
8		Dons		1.37	5	0
9		Memphis Presleys		1.38	4	0
10		MLR Mashers		1.4	3	0
11		WizNatsSkins		1.42	2	0
12		Brave Astronauts		1.53	1	0

Trading Deadline and Roster Expansion

The Commissioner wanted to remind everyone that the trade deadline for our league is August 31st. If you are working on a trade and want to get it in for this season, please submit it to the Commissioner before midnight on Sunday August 31st.

Secondly, roster expansion starts Monday, September 1st at 7AM. I have included the rules for roster expansion here, let me know if you have any questions about it.

XIII. SEPTEMBER ROSTER EXPANSION
If it chooses, a team may expand its roster for the pennant drive by calling up one additional player after September 1 from the free agent pool, its own reserve list, or its own farm system.

If the player to be added is already part of your roster this will be treated as a regular move. If the player to be acquired is unowned the players' salary will be $.25.

The order in which players may be acquired will be as follows:
September 1: Players may be acquired starting this date from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. During this time the lowest team in the standings wishing to acquire an unowned player will receive that player if a conflict arises.
September 2 on: After 10:00 a.m. Sept. 1 player acquisition will once again be first come, first served.

Please Note: Players called up from your minors after Sept. 1 do not NEED to be activated.

Minor League Players Protected

PLAYER	TEAM	SAL		OWNED BY
Nick Adenhart	LOS	$0.08		Phooeys
Eric Duncan	NYY	$0.08		WizNatSkins
Nolan Reimold	BAL	$0.08		WizNatSkins
Trevor Crow	CLE	$0.07		WizNatSkins
Evan Longoria	TAM	$0.08		Chilis
Daniel Bard	BOS	$0.06		Chilis
Jeff Clement	SEA	$0.08		Presleys
Luke Hochevar	KAN	$0.08		Presleys
Reid Brignac	TAM	$0.08		Pretzels
Travis Snider	TOR	$0.07		Pretzels
Jeff Niemann	TAM	$0.06		Pretzels
Adam Russell	CWS	$0.08		Mashers
Bill Rowell	BAL	$0.08		Astronauts
Lars Anderson	BOS	$0.07		Astronauts
Carlos Triunfel	SEA	$0.06		Astronauts
Terry Evans	LAA	$0.06		Vagrants
Adam Miller	CLE	$0.08		Browns
Kevin Whelan	NYY	$0.08		Browns
Ryan Sweeney	OAK	$0.08		Federals
Belbino Feurmajor	TOR	$0.08		Dons
Jake McGee	TAM	$0.06		Dons