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August 21

LAMBCHOPS reserve M Murton, activate D Easley.

August 22

RUFFINS reserve T Walker, activate L Walker.

DEM REBELS reserve J Brower, activate M Wuertz.

August 23

DA PAUL MEISTERS reserve L Bigbe, activate J Cruz.

August 24

RUFFINS reserve J Castillo, activate A Perez.

COPPERFIELDS reserve C Vargas, activate H Bell.

PICTS reserve M Hampton, activate E Astacio.

August 26

RUFFINS reserve M Bradley, activate J Piedra.

August 27

COPPERFIELDS reserve C Reitsma, activate O Saenz.

COPPERFIELDS reserve S Eyre, activate C Vargas.

COPPERFIELDS sign H Luna (.05), reserve him, waive J Broxton.

COPPERFIELDS sign T Wigginton (.05), reserve him, wavie G Aquino.

DEM REBELS claim E Chavez on waivers, release E Byrnes.

SPLENDID SPLINTERS reserve B Bonds, activate J Francoeur.

SPLENDID SPLINTERS reserve S Mitre, activate A Benetiz.

KENNDOZA LINE reserve A Ramirez, activate J Vazquez.

RUFFINS sign W Ohman (.05), reserve R Tejeda, waive T Hollandsworth.

PICTS reserve T Armas, activate M Edwards.

PICTS reserve M Grissom, activate C Qualls.

DA PAUL MEISTERS reserve T Perez, activate C Guzman.

DA PAUL MEISTERS reserve R Colon, activate J Grabow.

DA PAUL MEISTERS reserve Z Duke, activate R Ledee.

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Free Agent Bids and Waiver Claims

That Time of Year

Next Thursday is September 1, which means two things:

Rosters can expand by one player.  You can activate a player from your Reserve List on Thursday (Noon deadline) or on any subsequent Friday (effective for Saturday's games) through the rest of the season.  The extra player can also be a free agent acquired during the regular Friday transactions, but keep in mind that free agents acquired during September receive a B contract (unless the bid is .25 or more).

In order to accommodate the extra player, the salary cap increases to 3.60.

Keep in mind that it's the ACTIVE ROSTER only that expands on September 1 – your full roster can still only be 40 players total.  This means that if you activate a 24^th player for September Roster Expansion, you're limited to 16 players on reserve.  Keep this in mind if you bid on free agents next Friday – don't assume you have an extra roster spot to play with and can acquire a player without waiving or releasing someone to make room.

Eye on the Record Book

This is also the time of year when we take a look to see if any seasonal records are in jeopardy.

On the Offensive side, not a single record appears to be in danger of falling.  In fact, the category-leading Copperfields will be hard-pressed to snag even as much as half the Stolen Bases that the Bald Eagles racked up in 1988.

So, given the apparent drop-off in offense this year, we ought to see some Pitching records fall, right?  You bet your bippy...

The seasonal ERA record of 2.82 is probably out of the Ruffins' reach (they're at 3.28 as of this writing), but five solid weeks could lower their WHIP of 1.17 to the record of 1.15 that the Copperfields set in 1992.

The Ruffin pitchers would have to have a breakdown of Epic Proportions in order to avoid topping the 2004 Stones' record in K:BB ratio.  The record is 2.95, and the Ruffins are all the way up at 3.24.  Of course, looking at the Ruffin Reserve List during the course of the year, the terms "Ruffins" and "breakdown" seem to be going hand-in-hand, so you never know...

The 2003 Lambchops hold the record for Quality Starts in a season with 108, and that one also seems destined to fall.  Da Paul Meisters already have 96, which means they'd only need to average just over 2 QS a week.  Shouldn't be a problem. 

Not quite such a sure thing, but still very doable, the Reservoir Dogs are poised to break the record of 160 HoSv, currently held by the 2004 Da Paul Meisters.  Hmmm.... I wonder if a team has ever set the record in QS (or Wins) in one season, then set a new record in HoSv (or Saves) the very next year (or vice versa)?  Quite a turn-around.  Anyway, the Dogs need to average just over 7 HoSv the rest of the way in order to break the old record.

In terms of point totals, the Reservoir Dogs are well ahead of the record of 104.5 Total Points set by the Stones last year, and they're just under the record of 58 Offensive Points that the Dogs themselves set in 2003.  On the pitching side, the Ruffins are just short of the 2003 Lambchops' record for 57 Pitching Points, but looking at the categories, it doesn't appear the points they'll need are available.

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.