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July 23

COPPERFIELDS reserve A Almanza, activate C Capuano.

July 24

RUFFINS reserve S Rolen, activate M Bradley.

July 25

HOT SLUDGE SUNDAE reserve E Garabito, activate E Chavez.

PICTS reserve T Redman, activate M Grissom.

STONES reserve J Repko, activate E Alfonzo.

July 27

RUFFINS reserve L Walker, activate N Johnson.

July 28

DEM REBELS reserve B Backe, activate K Wells.

July 29

COPPERFIELDS reserve J Werth, activate P Polanco.

DA PAUL MEISTERS reserve J Cruz, activate M Byrd.

KENNDOZA LINE trade R Weeks, JD Closser, V Diaz, R Madson, and M Hinkley to STONES for J Edmonds, D Miller, A Pettitte, B Penny, and J Valverde.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve H Carrasco and M Belisle.

STONES reserve A Gonzalez, activate C Harville, J Lehr, and J Repko.

July 30

COPPERFIELDS reserve J Santana, activate V Zambrano.

DOORMATTS reserve J Vargas, activate W Rodriguez.

DOORMATTS sign M McBride (.05), reserve J Eischen, waive T Wigginton.

RUFFINS reserve J Fogg, activate S Chacon.

RUFFINS claim S Torres on waivers, reserve R Seanez, waive D Graves.

RUFFINS claim T Linden on waivers, reserve him, waive T Self.

RESERVOIR DOGS reserve R Durham, activate A LaRoche.

RESERVOIR DOGS reserve JR Phillips, activate B Ausmus.

HOT SLUDGE SUNDAE sign D Eveland (.05), reserve him, waive M Remlinger.

HOT SLUDGE SUNDAE reserve R Langerhans, activate R Hill.

HOT SLUDGE SUNDAE reserve R Drese, activate R White.

STONES reserve D Bell, activate D Cruz.

STONES reserve R Bottalico, activate J De la Rosa.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve D Ardoin, activate R Fick.

KENNDOZA LINE sign A Machado (.06), reserve him, waive J Jennings.

PICTS sign S Munter (.05), reserve him, waive R Cedeno.

PICTS reserve J Foster, activate J Borowski.

PICTS reserve D Relaford, activate J Dubois.

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Free Agent Bids and Waiver Claims

Trade Deadline

The CFCL trade deadline is Noon on Monday August 1.  This is 21 hours after the MLB interleague trade deadline (3:00 PM Central on Sunday July 31). 

All CFCL trades must be reported, along with all corresponding moves, by Noon next Monday.  The “all corresponding moves” part means that if you make trades on Monday you must:  1) be at or under the salary cap ($3.50), 2) have 23 active players that fit the position requirements, and 3) have no more than 17 players on your Reserve List.

IFAB Day

Monday August 1 is also IFAB (Interleague Free Agent Bidding) Day.  All players who come to the NL between now and Monday will be eligible for bidding (assuming they all make it onto the TQS Free Agent list).  Remember, bidding is not limited to players who just came over in trades.  Players who are currently in the free agent pool are also eligible for bidding on IFAB Day.

The deadline for IFAB Day bids is 4:00 PM Central on Monday August 1.  Note that this is 4 hours after the CFCL trade deadline – this will give everyone a chance who made trades on Monday morning a chance to calculate room remaining under the salary cap, etc.

If I get the chance, I will publish current salary levels and FAAB balances for all teams on the website on Saturday or Sunday.  If you want to be proactive, check the Excel rosters in the Download Center to make sure what I have down as your FAAB balance matches what you think it is.  Remember, you can hover your cursor over the cell that contains your FAAB balance and a list will display showing all the free agents you’ve acquired during the year and what you paid for them.

Workday

The previous two years we've been lucky in that the CFCL Trade Deadline and IFAB Day fell on the weekend.  That meant that I was free most of the day to check e-mail, send out updates, verify associated moves, etc.  This year, the big day falls during the week when I've got that, you know, job thing keeping me busy.

I'll try my best to post updates about trades as they are made, but I'd advise everyone to take extra care to make sure they've got their transactions in order.  Make sure you include all necessary associated moves, are under the salary cap, don't overspend your available FAAB, etc.  Chances are good that I won't be able to respond quickly if any of your moves are invalid, and I definitely won't be able to track you down via phone.  Likewise, I'll be sticking strictly to the deadlines -- your trades/bids/moves must be in and complete by the appropriate deadline or they're no good. 

Ryno

When Darryl Kile passed away in the middle of the season a few years ago, I printed a recap of his CFCL career in the weekly report.  Now, on a much happier occasion as one of my all-time favorite players prepares to enter the Hall of Fame, I have the chance to do the same for Ryne Sandberg.

The Numbers

The Chronology

1984

Draft Day, 1984:  Drafted by David's Copperfields (.34D)

1985

Roster Freeze Day, 1985:  Resigned by David's Copperfields (.34C)

1986

Roster Freeze Day, 1986: Signed to 4-year guaranteed long term contract by David's Copperfields (.49G)

At the time, this was the longest contract in CFCL history.  The 4-year length has since been matched by Vladmir Guerrero (Copperfields) and Albert Pujols (DoorMatts).

1987

Roster Freeze Day, 1987:  Resigned by David's Copperfields (.49F)

December 30, 1987:  Traded by David's Copperfields with Ron Darling, Rick Aguilera, and Shane Rawley to David's Ruffins for John Shelby, Gerald Young, and RJ Reynolds.

This was mainly a dump of Sandberg's salary/contract on my part, but given what else I gave up, you'd have thought I'd get something of value in return...

1988

Roster Freeze Day, 1988:  Resigned by David's Ruffins (.49E)

1989

Roster Freeze Day, 1989:  Released by David's Ruffins (.05 buyout penalty)

Draft Day, 1989:  Drafted by McGuire's Picks (.22D)

July 25, 1989:  Traded by McGuire's Picks to David's Copperfields for Tom Foley and their 1990 1st round Minor League Draft Pick.

Ok, I make up for not getting much for Sandberg in the 1987 trade by not giving up much to get him back a couple years later...

1990

February, 1990:  Traded by David's Copperfields to Eric's Lambchops for Todd Benzinger. 

Ooops, there I go again.  Sandberg was coming off a good year and I swap him for Todd Benzinger?

Roster Freeze Day, 1990: Resigned by Eric's Lambchops (.22C).

Winter 1990-91:  Traded by Eric's Lambchops to Dem Rebels.

One of the great mysteries of the CFCL.  The details of this trade seem to have vanished from the CFCL archives.  All that is known is that Sandberg finished the 1990 season on the Lambchops' roster and appears in the Rebels' roster cut form at the beginning of 1991.  It's not known what the Rebels gave up to get Sandberg from the Chops, but as both owners have served on the Executive Committee during their tenures, it would have been easy for one of them to slip into the Records Room and erase the report of the trade if it was particularly embarrassing to them...

1991

Roster Freeze Day, 1991:  Signed to 2-year guaranteed long term contract by Dem Rebels (.22E).

1992

Roster Freeze Day, 1992:  Resigned by Dem Rebels (.27B)

August 8, 1992:  Traded by Dem Rebels to David's Ruffins for Anthony Young and Mike Sciocia.

Interesting...  Anthony Young was the subject of a bit of intrigue between the Rebels and Ruffins during the 1992 Draft.  It was near the end of the Draft and the Ruffins had one pitching slot left and just a few cents to spend.  They desperately wanted hotshot young Mets' pitcher Anthony Young to fill that slot.  The bidding progressed beyond what the Ruffins had available to spend, seemingly cutting off the chance for them to own Young.  However, a quick huddled conference between Ruffin GM Dave Holian and Head Rebel Rich Bentel led to an arrangement.  The Rebels would continue bidding on Young with the understanding that if they got him they could trade him to the Ruffins immediately following the Draft.

The plan worked, with the Rebels drafting Young for .14.  The trade was consummated when the Draft was over and the Ruffins had their prize of Anthony Young.  After all that hoopla, the Ruffins ended up sending Young back to the Rebels later in the season, after he had compiled a 4.29 ERA and 2 wins as a Ruffin.

What's this all got to do with Sandberg?  Well, nothing, really, but I'm on a Historian Roll and the trade the Ruffins and Rebels worked out is fascinatingly incredible.  Along with Young, the Ruffins got minor leaguer Wil Cordero and the Rebels' 1st round Rotation Draft pick in 1993.  What did the Rebels get?  Dave Righetti, who ended up having a pretty poor season.  Oh, and one minor league throw-in - the skinny younger brother of a Dominican pitcher for the Dodgers.  Kid by the name of Pedro Martinez.

Ok, back to Ryno...

October 1, 1992:  Released by David's Ruffins after playing out contract.

1993

Draft Day, 1993:  Drafted by Twin Picks (.33D)

1994

Roster Freeze Day, 1994:  Released by Twin Picks when they withdrew from the league.

Draft Day, 1994:  Drafted by Da Paul Meisters (.22D)

July 19, 1994:  Waived by Da Paul Meisters (Sandberg retired)

A sad day.  Surprising, though understandable considering the numbers Sandberg was putting up (see the stats complied for the Meisters in the chart above.

1995

Sandberg did not play (retired)

1996

Draft Day, 1996:  Drafted by Six Packs (.18D)

1997

Draft Day, 1997:  Resigned by Six Packs (.18C)

July 8, 1997:  Traded by Six Packs with Rob Nen, Kirk Rueter, and Bernard Gilkey to Dem Rebels for Butch Huskey, Al Martin, Brooks Kieschnick and a 4th round Rotation Draft pick in 1998.

September 2, 1997:  Traded by Dem Rebels to David's Copperfields for their 15th round Rotation Draft pick in 1998.

Rich proves once again what a great guy he is.  Here's what I wrote in the weekly report when this one was announced:  "The Rebels did a good deed for CFCL history by sending retiring second baseman Ryne Sandberg to the Copperfields for a mere 15^th Round Draft Pick. Observers of this year’s pennant race may be scratching their collective heads at this one, as it’s doubtful Ryno will have a much of impact on the Copperfield’s pennant drive. What the trade does, though, is allow Sandberg to end his CFCL career where he started it back in 1984. That year, he was drafted by the Copperfields in the CFCL’s inaugural draft for .34. A couple years later, he was signed to a three-year guaranteed contract for a whopping .49. Financial considerations eventually forced the Coppers to deal him to the Ruffins, but they’re happy to bring him back for the last month of his stellar career."  Thanks Rich.  I don't know if I said it at the time, but this meant a lot to me.  And you didn't even require Pedro Martinez in exchange...

October 7, 1997:  Released by David's Copperfields as part of Winter Waivers after Sandberg announced his retirement.

Hometown Discount Watch

In 2006, the teams that finished in 5^th-12^th place in 2005 will receive a budget of up to .06 to use toward reacquiring players who had played out their option with the team (B-contract players). The exact amount each team receives will be based on how far behind the 5^th place team they are at the end of the year, in terms of a percentage of the 5^th place team's point total.