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Click here for a copy of this report in Word for Windows format January 23 None Click here for updated
rosters in Excel format. Winter Waivers And so ends another season of Winter Waivers.
Ten teams took part in the off-season claimfest, with 28 players finding
new homes – at least until roster cut day in March. Here’s the full break down of who claimed whom over the past few weeks. Players marked with an asterisk (*) were claimed by more than one team.
Draft Day 2007 While Sunday April 1 wasn’t
a unanimous choice for Draft Day, it does appear to be the date that will ensure
us the highest possible attendance. While
the start time is not definite, it would probably be safe to assume we’ll get
started around We’ll have potentially three owners traveling in for the Draft, and since they’ll be making travel plans we should consider this date pretty solid. Location-wise, we will most likely be at Rich’s office in Oak Brook (across the parking lot from the building we’ve used the past few Drafts. 2007 Rule Changes We’ve already approved one set of rule changes for the coming year, and we have a few other issues to consider – a change in stat services, having owners enter their own transactions at the stat service website. Discussion on these topics continues on the Forum, and the Executive Committee will be taking all the various input, making recommendations, and issuing a ballot sometime before pre-season activities fire up in earnest. If you have anything you’d like to suggest, now’s the time to do it. 2007 Entrance Fee One of the items that will be on the upcoming ballot will be
the proposal to increase the yearly Entrance Fee by $5.
This is an automatic item as per the Escalator Clause in the
Constitution. The clause states: Every
other year the league as a whole shall vote on whether to increase the Entrance
Fee by $5. A Yea vote from 75% of
the franchises is required in order to adopt the increase.
If the increase is not adopted in a particular year, the vote will be
repeated each subsequent year until the increase is approved. We’ve voted on an increase prior to the past three seasons, and the scheduled fee increase proposal was voted down all three times -- which means we’ll vote again prior to this season. If approved the full $60 increase would go toward the prize pool, which would increase the prize for first place by $30, from $468 to $498. Complicating this matter is the possible change in stat services, which could mean an increase in the amount each team needs to contribute to pay for the service, so the total fee increase could end up being more than just $5 per team. No need to respond right now – we’ll vote on this via
e-mail later. In the meantime,
though, you can start giving it some thought. First Pitch Forum - League Gathering? It’s been something of a mini-CFCL tradition in recent years for some owners to go to Ron Shandler’s First Pitch Forum in early spring, and then meet for food and drinks afterwards. This year the forum is scheduled for Saturday March 10 at I’m not sure if I’ll be able to attend this year, but if I do I would definitely be interested in meeting before or after with any owners who are going to be there. If you’re thinking about going (or are interested in getting together with any owners who are), let me know and I’ll keep everyone who’s interested in the loop. For information about the forums, visit: http://www.firstpitchforums.com X-Contracts Explained This is the time of year when questions start popping up
about X-contract players -- how they're handled and what the options and
requirements are for them. A couple years ago I wrote a long explanation
detailing how everything works and the reasoning behind it, and if you find
yourself wondering about that type of thing, you can still
find it online here. In fact it
wouldn’t be a bad idea to go ahead and read the explanation whether you
currently have questions or not. If
I get basic questions about X-contracts via e-mail, I generally just respond
with the link above. No offense
intended, but most questions are already answered in that explanation. In terms of this year, here are the players currently on X contracts and the MINIMUM salary/contract they must be signed to in order to be retained. These contracts would be through 2008. They can, of course, be signed longer than that, for an additional .05 per year.
Note that the 2007 salaries and contracts are exactly the same as they would have been had the player been signed to a long-term contract of 3 or more years in 2006 instead of an X contract. The X option gave their owners an additional season to evaluate the player and decide about committing to him long-term. The trade off for that benefit was relinquishing the chance to sign the player to a shorter contract through 2007. In coming weeks, I’ll write about those players who are eligible to be signed to X contracts this year and their owners’ various options.
Hometown Discount Watch In 2007, the teams that finished in 5th-12th place in 2006 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 5th place team they are at the end of the year, in terms of a percentage of the 5th place team's point total.
Based on the 2006 standings and point totals, here are the teams that will receive a Home Town Discount Budget, the amount of their budget, and the players who are eligible for a discount.
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