RML News

We have a date for the Unowned Player Draft. It will be held on January 18th. As usual, Lloyd will be hosting it and it's slated to start at noon. Anyone near or willing to travel to NE Ohio is welcome to join the fun of processing all the draft lists. I'll let you know when it's safe to send your draft lists to both Lloyd and myself.

Before that happens, we'll have our second trading period starting on January 1st... running through February 1st.

Also, Michael Grimm as decided to change his team name from the Indians to the River Cats. I've made the change to all the relevant files and in the manager directory.

Free Agent Draft Results

Eight players changed teams and four teams answered bids to retain their players. Here are the details:

Andriese, Matt (former team: Firebirds) - Acquired by the Pilots for 70K
Hamels, Cole (former team: Whales) - Acquired by the Stars for 185K
Hernandez, Enrique (former team: Firebirds) - Acquired by the Dodgers for 106K
Longoria, Evan (former team: Whales) - Acquired by the Reds for 165K x 2
McCann, Brian (former team: Colt .45s) - Acquired by the Gypsies for 46K
Pillar, Kevin (former team: Bandits) - Acquired by the Expos for 133K
Pina, Manny (former team: Gypsies) - Acquired by the Grays for 57K
Simmons, Andrelton (former team: Colt .45s) - Acquired by the Whales for 110K

Aguilar, Jesus (Monarchs) - Matched a 35K bid from the Whales
Duffy, Danny (Yellow Jackets) - Matched a 95K bid from the Whales
Maybin, Cameron (Whales) - Matched a 78K bid from the Gypsies
McHugh, Collin (Monarchs) - Matched an 85K bid from the Whales

These players received no active bids and will stay put at what they were originally offered:

Barraclough, Kyle (Twins)
Bour, Justin (Twins)
Cabrera, Melky (Colt .45s)
Chacin, Jhoulys (Stars)
Conley, Adam (Monarchs)
Difo, Wilmer (Monarchs)
Flores, Wilmer (Browns)
Forsythe, Logan (Whales)
Freese, David (Grays)
Gausman, Kevin (Colt .45s)
Goins, Ryan (Knights)
Holland, Derek (Stars)

The 'RML Master Roster' and 'Player/Money Totals' files in the downloads area have been updated to reflect this draft's results.

World Series Update

The Highlanders are your 2019 RML champions... after sweeping the Pilgrims in the World Series. Dale will have a detailed writeup about the series shortly.

Congrats to both teams on great seasons!

Lists are finalized

All payrolls are now done and all lists have been finalized... including

• Master Roster
• Player/Money Totals
• Free Agent List
• Unowned Players List
• Minor League Cuts

Concerning the preliminary free agent that was recently posted, the four Colt .45s' players being offered free agency were mistakenly marked as retaining answering rights when they do not. That's been corrected in the current file.

A few additions have been made to the list of unowned players.

Our 2019 World Series is scheduled to be played this weekend, so we'll be getting those results soon.

Also, Mark Berokoff has changed the name of his new team from the Athletics to the Dodgers. All changes have been made in the current files.

Tentatively Updated Lists

I know everyone is wanting to see the post-payoll lists, so I've added the following files to the downloads section:

1. Free Agent List
2. Unowned Players List
3. Master Roster
4. Player/Money Totals

Keep in mind that these are not finished products. I'm still finalizing payrolls in a couple of cases and there will be some additions and updates to these lists in the coming days.

World Series and more

Congrats to the Highlanders and the Pilgrims for advancing to the World Series.

As soon as the final couple payrolls come in, the updated Unowned Player Draft list will become available... as well as the Free Agent Draft list and updated player/money totals.

File Updates

The RML Master Roster and Current Money Totals files in the dropdown have been updated to include all trades and payrolls submissions for 5 teams.

November 2nd Edit:

1. RML usage limits for the coming season have been added to the master roster file for both pitchers and hitters.
2. A couple corrections in both of the new files (team change from a recent trade and a couple money balance corrections for teams I've already notified about the changes) have been made.
3. The player/money file now includes 6 teams post payroll submission.

Last Minute Trades

These are the final 3 deals made before the trading deadline:

To Gypsies: 40K

To: Highlanders: OF Kevin Kiermaier

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To Browns: 35K

To Yellow Jackets: RHP Adam Plutko

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To Expos: 1B Tyler Nevin and RHP Alex Wilson

To Highlanders: 4K

Browns / Pilots Trade

To Browns: 38K

To Pilots: 3B Matt Thaiss

Gypsies / Reds Trade

To Gypsies: 35K

To Reds: OF Delino Deshields

Captains / Grays Trade

To Captains: RHP Blake Treinen and RHP Blayne Enlow

To Grays: LHP Jarlin Garcia.

Highlanders / Pilots Trade

To Highlanders: 4K

To Pilots: OF Mark Zagunis

Browns / Grays Trade

To Browns: 45K

To Grays: RHP Josh James

Gypsies / Knights Trade

To Knights: RHP Jordan Lyles

To Gypsies: 50K

Pilgrims / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Pilgrims: 1B Evan White and 25K

To Yellow Jackets: LHP Sean Newcomb

Captains / Colt .45s / Grays 3-Way Trade

To Captains: 3B Cavan Biggio

To Colt 45s: OF Eddie Rosario

To Grays: 2B Kolten Wong

Twins / YellowJackets Trade

To Twins: 3B Travis Shaw

To Yellow Jackets: LHP Brad Hand

Bandits / Knights Trade

To Bandits: RHP Justin Verlander, RHP Hansel Robles and 75K

To Grays: LHP Brett Anderson, RHP Nate Pearson and RHP Emerson Hancock

Highlanders / Mudhens Trade

To Highlanders: RHP Johnny Barbato

To Mudhens: 10K

RML Update

The updated Current Money Totals file in the Downloads dropdown now reflects finish money, debits/credit from trades, bonus money and playoff earnings. It's even more up to date than the file I sent out last night.

They don't include any player totals for major leaguers or minor leaguers. Note, the Pelicans and River Dogs info (which is highlighted) in both of these files reflects the fact that they've already submitted their 2020 payrolls.

Which reminds me that payrolls for the 2020 season are due by thew end of the day on November 9th... as are our $10 annual league dues (which need to be sent to Lloyd if it's in the form of a check... or to me if you'd like to pay in some other manner... they I'll forward it to Lloyd).

Just so the playoffs don't drag on too long, let's set a deadline for this current round at the end of October... the same date that our current trading period ends.

Also, the Gray have advanced to the AC championship game by eliminating the Blaze in 5 games.

Grays / Twins Trade

To Grays: LHP Hyun-jin Ryu, OF Corey Dickerson, and 1B David Freese

To Twins: 2B Jurickson Profar, 1B Ryan O'Hearn, RHP Trevor Williams, OF Cristian Pache, OF Greg Deichmann, SS Oslevis Basabe and 40K

Mudhens / Pilots Trade

To Mudhens: RHP Eli Morgan, RHP Tyler Phillips and OF Josh Stowers

To Pilots: RHP Chris Archer

Grays / River Dogs Trade

To Grays: RHP Roberto Osuna and 25k

To River Dogs: OF Alexander Canario, C Ivan Herrera and RHP Brennan Malone

Bandits / Grays Trade

To Bandits: LHP Robbie Ray, RHP Yusmeiro Petit and 30K

To Grays: SS Cole Tucker, OF Cristian Pache and OF Yusniel Diaz

Blaze / Expos Trade

To Blaze: 2B Brian Dozier

To Expos: 1B CJ Cron

Blaze / Mudhens Trade

To Blaze: 2B Tommy La Stella

To Mudhens: OF Leury Garcia

Pilots / River Dogs Trade

To Pilots: LHP David Price

To River Dogs: RHP Luis Ortiz, RHP Nick Pivetta and 3B Jeimer Candelario

Grays / River Dogs Trade

To Grays: RHP Steven Strasburg

To River Dogs: RHP Brusdar Graterol and SS Wander Javier

Grays / Monarchs Trade

To Grays: RHP Hansel Robles

To Monarchs:  3B Keoni Cavaco and RHP Tommy Mace

Blaze / Pelicans Trade

To Blaze: 10K

To Pelicans: RHP Ryan Brasier

Gypsies / River Dogs Trade

To Gypsies: 1B Joey Votto

To River Dogs: LHP David Price and RHP Aaron Brooks