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Click here for a copy of this report in Word for Windows format March 8 COPPERFIELDS trade A Heilman (.07C) to RUFFINS for O Vizquel (.12C). March 13 RUFFINS trade J Sanchez (.06W) to GRAGING BULLS for their 6th round Rotation Draft pick in 2007 and Dem Rebels’ 14th round Rotation Draft pick in 2007. March 14 PICTS trade J Suppan (.03C) and their 7th, 8th, and 13th round Rotation Draft picks in 2007 to DEM REBELS for P Feliz (.08E), their 8th round Rotation Draft pick in 2007, and Kenndoza Line’s 13th round Rotation Draft pick in 2007. March 19 DOORMATTS trade C Zambrano (.30D) and their 7th round Rotation Draft pick in 2007 to DEM REBELS for D Weathers (.08D) and their 2nd round Rotation Draft pick in 2007. Click here for updated
rosters in Excel format. Roster Cuts Roster cut worksheets have been e-mailed to all owners and are also available in the Download Center. The deadline for roster cuts is 6:00 PM on March 26. All teams must reduce their rosters to 15 or fewer players and submit the names of the players being kept to the League Secretary by this date. Any rosters not received by March 26 will be reduced to 15 by a random method determined by the Executive Committee. We'll Be Right Back... Before we get to the information about the cuts, we’ve got a brief commercial interruption. As reported in earlier messages, all CFCL fees must be paid by the time your cuts are received. So if you haven't sent in a check yet PLEASE be sure to do so before the 27th. I’ve already received payment from Bob, Matt B., Teddy, Matt G., Kenn, and Eric -- thanks for being proactive, guys! As a reminder, the fees are $103.50 per team this year, which covers stat service, trophy, the banquet, and prizes. Make checks out to David Mahlan and send them to: Those of you out there who have (or want to sign up for) Paypal accounts can send me your fee payment via e-mail. EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOTE: First, you must make the payment from a bank account, not with a credit card or debit card. Second, I do not have a Paypal account, so Paypal will have to cut a check and mail it to me to cover your fees. There’s a $1.50 per check charge for this service, which you’ll need to reimburse me for – I’m willing to make that payment option available, but I don’t want to be the one paying for it. If you’re going to go the Paypal route, please send a payment of $105 to [email protected]. We now return to our regularly-scheduled report. Cuts - The Gory Details The roster cut sheets are (I think) fairly self-explanatory, and almost everyone’s been through the process at least once, so I won’t go into a lot of detail about how to fill out the form. However, there are a number of things you should be careful to keep in mind when making your cuts. I’ve compiled those reminders and a number of other details into a separate document I creatively titled Roster Cut Instructions. For old pros and young renegades alike, the temptation will be to dive right in to your cuts, but I encourage everyone to at least take a quick glance at the instructions so you’re aware of all the requirements and implications of your decisions. Submitting Your Cuts When you e-mail your cuts,
make sure you put ROSTER
CUTS in the subject line – that way I will know not to open
your message until I’ve submitted my cuts to Rich. Send in your cuts as soon as
possible. I have to have them
by MARCH 26 or we'll make your cuts for you.
As a reminder, your cuts are considered final as of the time you
send them – that means no trades are allowed between MARCH 26 and the
end of the Draft. Once you
mail in your cuts, your roster is frozen, so if you’re working on any
last-minute blockbusters, make sure they’re completed and noted on your
roster cut sheet before you send it. Once protected lists have been submitted, they cannot be changed, even for moving players between Active and Reserve Lists. EXCEPTION: Changes may be made at the Draft ONLY to reserve players who were sent to the minors or placed on the DL between the time cuts were submitted and the start of the Draft. You cannot move players from your Reserve List to your Active Roster after your cuts are submitted. National League Opening Day Rosters Draft Day (April 1) is the day
before Opening Day, so the official National League rosters probably won't
be set before the Draft. Every
team will probably have a few borderline players who still might get sent
down to the minors before Opening Day.
Remember, you can download the 2007 Spring Training Rosters from the Download Center. This spreadsheet has up-to-date information about which players have been sent down by their NL team. Pre-Season Calendar Along with Draft Day, here’s a list of other important dates you should know:
So Long TQStats, Here We Come Sportsline! It was with bittersweet emotions that I sent off an e-mail to TQS this afternoon, canceling our membership for the 2007 season, requesting a refund, and essentially ending a relationship we’ve had for the past 9 seasons. After kicking around the idea of using a stat service for several years, and usually deciding against it because we were unwilling to relinquish control, the CFCL’s hand was forced when it turned out that League Secretary Mahlan had a second child scheduled to arrive shortly before Opening Day 1998. The league spent the 1997-98 off-season performing an extensive search for a suitable service and finally settled on Total Quality Stats as a perfect fit. Of all the services we considered back then, I think TQS is the only one still in business, so from that standpoint we certainly made the correct decision. There were little hiccups along the way, but overall the CFCL was very pleased with the service we received from TQS. Unfortunately, recent changes to the system have once again forced our hand. Performance problems during the 2006 season, the elimination of some key features for 2007, and a general concern about the stability of the new platform all combined to drive us away. In a nostalgic moment this afternoon I decided to take a stroll down memory lane and was able to track down an archived version of one of our early TQS websites. Remember this? It’s tough saying goodbye to TQS after all this time, but the excitement about what our new provider has to offer will hopefully ease the pain. It may take a few days until the Sportsline site is up and ready for business, especially with everything else that’s going on in the CFCL world this week, but my plans are to have the basics ready by the time roster cuts are submitted and, of course, full rosters loaded by the morning of Opening Day. I’m sure there will be a learning curve for all of us, and I certainly beg your patience as I try to get comfortable with a whole new system after 9 years with TQS’s delightful and defunct transaction editor. I’ll ask everyone to take extra special care to check things out on the new site once it’s ready and let me know ASAP if you notice anything amiss. We won’t know for certain whether we made the “right choice” until the season is well underway, but I’m feeling pretty good about it right now. If only I felt as good about my draft-prep situation…
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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