Bandits / Grays Trade

To Bandits: 3B Justin Turner, 2B Kolten Wong, RHP Edwin Diaz and 40K

To Grays: SS Brady House, SS Jordan Lawlar, 2B Robert Moore, SS Ha-Seong Kim, LHP Thomas White, SS Jordan Westburg and RHP Hansel Robles

Colt .45s / Pilots Trade

To Colt .45s: 2B Jonathan Schoop

To Pilots: SS Jeremy Pena

Highlanders / Pilots Trade

To Highlanders: OF Starling Marte and 80K

To Pilots: C Andrew Knizner, 1B Yoshitomo Tsutsugo and SS Orlando Arcia

Files Updates

The Master Roster and Current Money Totals files in the Downloads area have been updated to reflect the first nine days of trading and all the roster updates that have been submitted.

Bandits / Pilots Trade

To Bandits: 60K

To Pilots: RHP Chris Rodriguez and C Riley Adams

Grays / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Grays: Taj Bradley and 40K

To Yellow Jackets: OF Andrew Benintendi

Grays / Pilots Trade

To Grays: RHP Tyler Rogers

To Pilots: RHP Seth Johnson and C Austin Allen

Highlanders / Pilots Trade

To Highlanders: RHP Kevin Gausman, RHP Ryan Tepera, RHP Dylan Floro and 1B Colin Moran

To Pilots: RHP Sam Bachman, LHP, Kris Bubic, RHP Dennis Santana, C Ian Moller, 3B Jose Miranda and 90K

Pilots / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Pilots: OF Nick Plummer and 30K

To Yellow Jackets: OF Odubel Herrera

Gypsies / Pilots Trade

To Gypsies: LHP Clayton Kershaw

To Pilots: LHP Bruce Zimmermann

Expos / Pilots Trade

To Expos: 3B Brian Anderson

To Pilots: LHP Tuckeer Davidson and OF Hudson Haskin

First Trading Period begins soon

Our First Trading Period open/close dates are back to normal in 2021... meaning it will begin on September 1st and run through October 31st.

Trades are not official until September 1st even if they are 'agreed upon by both teams' or 'reported' prior to that date.

Trading concludes

Now that trading and all in-season transactions have concluded, here's a recap of what occurred.

These are the 3 teams that each added a player from the free agent pool:

1. Mudhens - Reddick, Josh (40K)
   
2. Stogies - Gonzalez, Marwin (40K)
   
3. Pilots - Maybin, Cameron (40K)
   

The above players must be thrown back into the free agent pool at season's end.

There were also 3 teams that had to cut a player to get down to the 30-man limit.

• Gray - Murphy, JR
• Whales - Vargas, Ildemaro
  
• Captains - Lakins, Travis
  

The online master roster and player/money totals files have been updated.

Gypsies / Whales Trade

To Gypsies: RHP Chris Martin

To Whales: RHP Rafael Montero, 2B Scott Kingery and 176K

Grays / Pilots Trade

To Grays: OF Tim Locastro

To Pilots: 3B Christopher Morel

Grays / Twins Trade

To Grays: RHP Dylan Lesko

To Twins: OF Jorge Soler

Gypsies / Pilots Trade

To Gypsies: SS Niko Goodrum

To Pilots: 25K

Expos / Pilots Trade

To Expos: 10K

To Pilots: OF Shin-Soo Choo

Knights / Stogies Trade

To Knights: RHP Yohan Ramirez

To Stogies: 20K

Grays / Mudhens Trade

To Grays: OF Andrew Stevenson

To Mudhens: RHP Eddy Yean and LHP Adam Macko

Browns / Grays Trade

To Browns: RHP Matt Wisler and OF Lazaro Montes

To Grays: RHP Jesse Hahn

Files have been updated

The online versions of the master roster and player/money totals files have been updated to reflect the minor league draft.

Captains / Knights Trade

To Knights: RHP Robert Dominguez

To Captains: RHP Richard Rodriguez

Captains / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Captains: 2B DJ LeMahieu

To Yellow Jackets: 3B Cavan Biggio, SS Edmundo Sosa and OF Luis Matos

Expos / Twins Trade

To Expos: 1B Mitch Moreland

To Twins: LHP Alex Vesia and C Dillon Dingler

Pilots / Twins Trade

To Pilots: RHP Zack Grienke

To Twins: SS Owen Miller, LHP Zack Thompson and RHP Alec Mills

Minor League Cuts

The Stars have made the following minor league cuts (at the expense of a bonus point):

Dominguez, Seranthony (RHP)
Hamels, Cole (LHP)
Peacock, Brad (RHP)
Supak, Trey (RHP)
Yates, Kirby (RHP)

Playball!

Mark has sent out the Playball LZP file, so he 2021 RML season is now underway.

The RML Playing Schedule (under the Current Season dropdown) has been updated for the 2021 season. From there you can click on individual teams and get a quick look at just their schedule.

2021 Playing Schedule

Block #   |   Dates in Strat's Schedule   |   Our Start/Due Dates
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Block 1   |   March 29 - April 28         |   April 1 - April 28
Block 2   |   April 29 - May 29           |   May 1 - May 28
Block 3   |   May 30 - June 29            |   June 1 - June 28
Block 4   |   June 30 - July 29           |   July 1 - July 28
Block 5   |   July 30 - August 29         |   August 1 - August 28
Block 6   |   August 30 - September 27    |   September 1 - September 28

Files Updated

The Master Roster and Player/Money Totals files in the Downloads area have been updated.

Waiver draft results

Edited: 2021-03-01

These are the final official results with positions included... and Kintzler's first name corrected. I don't know how I got it wrong in the initial posting considering when he was on my team last year. All bids are 15k unless otherwise denoted.

These results are also listed in the Waiver Draft forum of our message board.

First round:
TinCaps: OF Myles Straw (20k)
River Dogs: OF Daz Cameron
Dodgers: C Tony Wolters (35k)
Expos: OF Shin-Soo Choo (40k)
Pelicans: 1B Carlos Santana (40k)
Mudhens: SS Elvis Andrus (40k)
Whales: RHP Trevor Williams (30k)
Captains: OF JD Martinez (40k)
Gypsies: Pass
Knights: RHP Eric Yardley
Grays: Pass
Highlanders: Pass
Bandits: 2B Josh Harrison (40k)

Second round:
Dodgers: RHP Cole Sulser
Pelicans: RHP Brandon Kintzler
Mudhens: C Elias Diaz
Whales: OF Justin Upton
Gypsies: 2B Freddy Galvis
Knights: LHP Wes Benjamin
Grays: LHP Justin Wilson
Highlanders: RHP Tanner Roark

Third round:
Pelicans: OF Ben Gamel
Knights: LHP Wandy Peralta
Grays: C Francisco Cervelli
Highlanders: RHP Joey Gerber

Fourth round:
Highlanders: RHP Tyler Zuber

Master Roster download updated

The online version of the master roster has been updated to reflect the most recent player cut(s) and some updated player info (Real Team, DOB, etc) for 3 teams.

Files Updated

The online versions of the Master Roster and Player/Money Totals files have been updated to reflect the end of the waiver cut-down date.

All players listed in the master roster as being on team Z-Unowned are the players eligible for the Waiver Draft.

Final Carded Cuts

The TinCaps cut the following pair of carded players: RHP Paul Fry and RHP Phillips Valdez.

Both are being added to the waiver draft pool.

Carded cuts

The following carded cuts have been made ahead of the deadline:

INF Mike Freeman (Yellow Jackets), OF Jorge Bonifacio (River Dogs) and OF Daz Cameron (Pilgrims).

These players will be added to the waiver draft pool.

As soon as the waiver cutdown deadline passes, the master roster and player totals files will be updated.

Mudhens / Pilots Cuts

Mudhens cut OF Josh Reddick.

Pilots cut RHP Jimmy Herget and RHP Ryan Thompson.

Browns / Pilots Trade

To Browns: 25K

To Pilots: RHP Dylan Floro

Browns / Mudhens Trade

To Browns: OF Nomar Mazara

To Mudhens: 6K

Knights / Monarchs Trade

To Knights: RHP Richard Rodriguez

To Monarchs: OF Antonio Cabello and 50K

Gypsies / Highlanders Trade

To Gypsies: 19K

To Highlanders: OF Yoshitomo Tsutsugo

Bandits / Browns Trade

To Bandits: 2B Starlin Castro

To Browns: 25K

Highlanders / Pelicans Trade

To Highlanders: 8K

To Pelicans: RHP Chance Adams and SS Aramis Ademan

Browns / Mudhens Trade

To Browns: 8K

To Mudhens: OF Eli White

Mudhens / Pilots Trade

To Mudhens: RHP Casey Sadler, 2B Yunior Severino and 2B Luis Santana

To Pilots: RHP Cam Bedrosian

Grays / Pilots Trade

To Grays: 10K

To Pilots: RHP Ryan Tepera

Blaze / Pilots Trade

To Blaze: OF Brett Phillips

To Pilots: 5K

Browns / Mudhens Trade

To Browns: C Andrew Knapp and RHP Tom Hatch

To Mudhens: LHP Matt Boyd and C Zack Collins

Bandits / Highlanders Trade

To Bandits: LHP Zach Britton and 1B Rowdy Tellez

To Highlanders: SS Felnin Celesten, SS Carlos Colmenarez and SS Wilman Diaz

Pilgrims / River Dogs

To Pilgrims: RHP Marcus Stroman and 20K

To River Dogs: 1B Evan White.

Highlanders / Pilots Trade

To Highlanders: 25K

To Pilots: 2B Richie Palacios and RHP Rogelio Armenteros

Browns / Grays Trade

To Browns: OF Aristides Aquino

To Grays: 30K

Browns / Pilots Trade

To Browns: OF JD Davis, RHP Yimi Garcia and 30K

To Pilots: OF Starling Marte

Grays / Monarchs Trade

To Grays: C Salvador Perez and OF Aristides Aquino

To Monarchs: RHP Dellin Betances, 1B Rhys Hoskins and C Gary Sanchez

Grays / Twins Trade

To Grays: 50K

To Twins: RHP Trevor Cahill

Pilots / Stars Trade

To Pilots: OF Tim Locastro

To Stars: C Luis Torrens.

Bandits / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Bandits: C Yasmani Grandal

To Yellow Jackets: LHP Robbie Ray, C Mitch Garver and RHP Jacob Nix

Bandits / Whales Trade

To Bandits: OF Teoscar Hernandez

To Whales: OF David Dahl and 2B Ryan McMahon

Master Roster Updated

The Master Roster file in the downloads dropdown has been updated... and will be again after the Unowned Player Draft.

Bandits / Highlanders Trade

To Bandits: SS Xander Bogaerts

To Highlanders: SS Orlando Arcia, SS Roderick Arias, OF Cristian Vaquero, and SS Cristian Hernandez.

Grays / Mudhens Trade

To Grays: RHP Sonny Gray

To Mudhens: LHP Kyle Freeland, SS Estiven Machado, and RHP Matt Canterino

Express / Pilots Trade

To Expos: C Jacob Nottingham

To Pilots: C Israel Pineda

Pilots / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Pilots: OF Kevin Kiermaier

To Yellow Jackets: RHP Travis MacGregor, OF Magnueris Sierra and 75k

Monarchs / Pilots Trade

To Monarchs: LHP Jordan Montgomery, 3B Miguel Andujar, RHP Craig Stammen and RHP Rowan Wick

To Pilots: C Kurt Suzuki and LHP Zach Thompson

Highlanders / Pilots Trade

To Highlanders: C Ian Moller, OF Ethan Wilson and SS Marcello Mayer

To Pilots: LHP Brad Hand and SS Owen Miller

Highlanders / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Highlanders: RHP Brandon Workman

To Yellow Jackets: 42K

Monarchs / Mudhens Trade

To Monarchs: 3B Kyle Seager and SS Leury Garcia

To Mudhens: SS Anthony Volpe, OF Estevan Florial and RHP Joe Boyle

Unowned Player Draft date set

The date for our Unowned Player Draft has been set for Saturday, January 23rd.

Don't send your draft lists just yet. Once I get the draft lists finished for the Blaze and Colt .45s and once Lloyd finishes his Pelicans' list, I'll let you know it's safe to start sending in your lists... which need to go to me and to Lloyd.

The deadline for submitting your lists is Thursday (January 21st) evening at midnight EST.

Free Agent Draft Results

Here’s how the 2020 Free Agent Draft played out for the 24 players in the pool:

10 free agents were retained without getting any active bids:
Givens, Mychal (Yellow Jackets) - 60K
Gonzalez, Giovanny (Pelicans) - 80K
Hernandez, Enrique (Dodgers) - 106K
Kemp, Tony (River Dogs) - 25K
Kipnis, Jason (Monarchs) - 60K
Panik, Joe (Dodgers) - 40K
Petit, Yusmeiro (Bandits) - 79K
Renfroe, Hunter (River Dogs) - 38K
Soria, Joakim (Colt .45s) - 105K
Turner, Justin (Grays) - 132K

2 teams matched bids and retained their players:
Seager, Kyle (Mudhens) match a 132K bid
Watson, Tony (Pelicans) match a 101K bid

3 free agents without answering rights were selected away from their original teams:
Hernandez, Cesar (old team: Knights) - 121K to the Reds
Maldonado, Martin (old team: Bandits) - 91K to the Gypsies
Workman, Brandon (old team: Highlanders) - 39K to the Yellow Jackets

9 free agents with answering rights changed teams due to bids not being answered:
Aguilar, Jesus    (old team: Monarchs) 132K to the Reds
Altuve, Jose (old team: Mudhens) 203K x 3 to the Browns
Cahill, Trevor (old team: Monarchs) 80K to the Grays
Calhoun, Kole (old team: Pilots) 174K to the Grays
Donaldson, Josh    (old team: Bandits) 182K x 3 to the Captains
Hicks, Aaron (old team: Monarchs) 167K to the Gypsies
Hosmer, Eric (old team: Monarchs) 166K to the Grays
Perez, Oliver (old team - Pelicans) 101K to the Reds
Suero, Wander (old team: Monarchs) 30K to the Yellow Jackets

Grays / Pilots Trade

To Grays: C Austin Allen

To Pilots: 2B Yunior Severino and 5K

Gypsies / Pilots Trade

To Gypsies: 20K

To Pilots: OF Magneuris Sierra and RHP Casey Sadler

Gypsies / Reds Trade

To Gypsies: 10K

To Reds: INF Kyle Farmer

Gypsies / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Gypsies: 10K

To Yellow Jackets: LHP Jon Lester

Pilots / Twins Trade

To Pilots: SS John Aiello and RHP Trent Denholm

To Twins: 1B Mitch Moreland

Grays /Whales Trade

To Grays: RHP Alex Cobb

To Whales: LHP Kevin Smith, RHP Andrew Dalquist, RHP Tyler Dyson and RHP Michael King

Expos / Whales Trade

To Expos: RHP Charlie Morton

To Whales: 3B Elehuris Montero, RHP Adonis Medina, OF Sammy Siani and 25K

Grays / Pilots Trade

To Grays: RHP Michael King

To Pilots: 25K

Highlanders / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Highlanders: LHP Brad Hand

To Yellow Jackets: OF Kevin Kiermaier

Highlanders / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Highlanders: OF Mitch Haniger and 1B Rowdy Tellez

To Yellow Jackets: 1B Anthony Rizzo, OF Ryan McKenna and 30K

Pilots / River Dogs Trade

To Pilots: RHP Tyler Kinley

To River Dogs: OF Cole Tucker

Grays / River Dogs Trade

To Grays: 3B Eugenio Suarez and RHP Edwin Diaz

To River Dogs: RHP Forrest Whitley, OF Yusniel Diaz, RHP Josh James, and RHP Hunter Brown

River Dogs / Twins

To River Dogs: RHP Nick Bitsko, SS Logan Davidson, 1B Will Craig, SS Micker Adolfo, OF Dylan Crews and SS Osiris Johnson

To Twins: LHP Framber Valdez and RHP Tyler Mahle

Grays / Pilots Trade

To Grays: 10K

To Pilots: 2B Luis Santana

Expos / Grays Trade

To Expos: OF Sammy Siani, 1B Blaze Jordan and 40K

To Grays: OF Joey Gallo

Grays / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Grays: OF Marcell Ozuna

To Yellow Jackets: SS Marcus Semien and OF Corey Dickerson

Knights / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Knights: 25K

To Yellow Jackets: RHP Emilio Pagan

Gypsies / Whales Trade

To Gypsies: SS Andrelton Simmons and 20K

To Whales: LHP John Means, RHP Charlie Morton and RHP Alex Cobb

Captains / Pilots Trade

To Captains: OF Ramon Laureano, RHP Robert Dominguez and OF Luis Matos

To Pilots: 1B Colin Moran, RHP Dean Kremer and OF Oscar Mercado

Highlanders / Twins Trade

To Highlanders: OF Drew Waters and SS Owen Miller

To Twins: LHP Rich Hill

Blaze / Knights Trade

To Blaze: LHP Dallas Keuchel

To Knights: 2B Luis Garcia, SS Ronnie Mauricio and LHP Jay Groome

Browns / Captains Trade

To Browns: RHP Spencer Turnbull

To Captains: RHP Alex Colome and 25K

Captains / Pilots Trade

To Captains: RHP Pedro Baez

To Pilots: RHP Michael King

Pilots / Reds Trade

To Pilots: C Tucker Barnhart

To Reds: OF DJ Stewart

Knights / Pilots Trade

To Knights: RHP Jon Gray and OF Griffin Conine

To Pilots: RHP Pedro Baez and 3B JD Davis

Pilots / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Pilots: RHP Kevin Gowdy and RHP Craig Stammen

To Yellow Jackets: OF Joc Pederson

Grays / Pilots Trade

To Gray: 20K

To Pilots: SS Livan Soto and RHP Owen White

Expos / Grays Trade

To Expos: OF Charlie Blackmon and 30K

To Grays: RHP Matt Wisler and RHP Forrest Whitley

Pilots / Stars Trade

To Pilots: 3B Miguel Andujar, SS Cole Tucker and C Connor Wong

To Stars: LHP Brett Anderson, RHP Seth Lugo and SS Tyler Wade

Captains / Knights Trade

To Captains: OF Mark Canha, LHP Drew Pomeranz

To Knights: RHP Eric Pardinho, C Diego Cartaya, RHP Blake Cederlind

Colt .45s / Pilots Trade

To Colt .45s: 1B Ronald Guzman, 2B Keston Hiura, OF Brayan Buelvas, SS Alex De Jesus

To Pilots: RHP Kevin Gausman, 1B Mitch Moreland, 2B Jonathan Schoop

Starting Pitcher Usage for 2021

Here is prorated starting pitcher usage chart for the coming season (which uses standard rounding):

Real GS -> RML GS

4 -> 11

5 -> 14

6 -> 16

7 -> 19

8 -> 22

9 -> 24

10 -> 27

11 -> 30

12 -> 32

13 -> 35

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Pitchers need 4+ starts to be carded as a starting pitcher, so for pitchers carded as relievers that happen to have 1-3 starts:

1 -> 3

2 -> 5

3 -> 8

First Trading Period date announced

We're going to open the first trading period on September 30th. Since it's getting off to a later start than normal, it's going to end a little later than normal. This year it'll be ending on midnight of November 7th.

Files have been updated

The RML Master Roster and Current Money Totals files have been updated in the Downloads area including the results of the in-season trading period.

Blaze / Grays Trade

To Blaze: OF AJ Pollock and RHP Matthew Thompson

To Grays: OF Charlie Blackmon

Highlanders / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Highlanders: LHP Justin Wilson

To Yellow Jackets: OF Brock Deatherage and 15K

Pilots / TinCaps Trade

To Pilots: OF Joc Pederson

To TinCaps: LHP Devin Smeltzer, OF Michael Siani, LHP Joey Cantillo, 2B Kendall Simmons and 15K

Pilots / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Pilots: RHP Peter Lambert and OF DJ Stewart

To Yellow Jackets: 30K

TinCaps / Yellow Jackets Trade

To TinCaps: OF TJ Friedl,  RHP Junior Santos and 15K

To Yellow Jackets: RHP Andrew Cashner

Pilots / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Pilots: OF Griffin Conine and C Austin Allen

To Yellow Jackets: RHP Hector Neris and 24K

Grays / Twins Trade

To Grays: SS Marcus Semien and 3B Justin Turner

To Twins: 3B Gio Urshela, SS Dansby Swanson, SS Bryson Stott and C Ronnier Quintero

Highlanders / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Highlanders: RHP Craig Kimbrell

To Yellow Jackets: RHP Mychal Givens and 3B Brandon Howlett

In-Season Trading

Our in-season trading period will be starting on June 1st. Please report all trades to Mark.

Here are the particulars from our Constitution:

Beginning with the 2019 RML season, there will be an in-season trading period in June.

Trades can be made during the month of June, from the 1st to the 26th, to take effect during the July block.

Trades would not have to be "even." To compensate for "uneven" trades, teams may select from the unowned players to fill their playing roster back up to 30.

Teams must cut down to 30 if they end up with more. These moves would be made on June 27th.

"Added" players may not be retained at the conclusion of the season--they will go back into unowned when the season ends.

Players "cut" for June trades are not "pick-up-able" by others on the 27th.

"Added" players must be paid their minimum RML salary, based on experience, for the rest of the season.

Teams needing “added” players will pick them up in reverse standing order as of the end of the June block.

Tie-breaker will be worst division record.

Teams may have more than 45 minor leaguers after the June trading period is completed.

Files have been updated

The Master Roster and Player/Money Totals files in the Downloads dropdown have been updated to reflect today's Minor League Draft.

Draft results can be found on the Message Board under the Minor League Draft forum and/or you can download a file containing the results... also in the Downloads dropdown.

Draft Order and Linear Pick Numbers

Here's the draft order for the 2 linear rounds of the upcoming Minor League Draft. This year there were 2 ties and they were broken by Lloyd.

Team (Linear Picks)
Pilots (1, 25)
Captains (2, 26)
River Cats (3, 27)
TinCaps (4, 28)
Mudhens (5, 29)
Expos (6, 30)
Whales (7, 31)
River Dogs (8, 32)
Pelicans (9, 33)
Dodgers (10, 34)
Knights (11, 35)
Twins (12, 36)
Bandits (13, 37)
Colt .45s (14, 38)
Monarchs (15, 39)
Reds (16, 40)
Blaze (17, 41)
Browns (18, 42)
Gypsies (19, 43)
Stars (20, 44)
Yellow Jackets (21, 45)
Grays (22, 46)
Pilgrims (23, 47)
Highlanders (24, 48)

Third Trading Period Ends

Not a lot of activity in our 3rd and final trading period. Actually, no activity at all... not a single trade was made.

Next up is the 'Final Rosters Set' date (March 7th). This will be your final chance to make cuts, though each carded cut will cost you a bonus point.

If you'd like to cut multiple minor leaguers, it will cost you a bonus point for the whole group of them you're cutting.

Files Updated

The Master Roster and Money Totals files in the Downloads area have been updated through the Waiver Draft.

Edited on February 25th: I don't know why the new files didn't get uploaded properly to the Downloads area initially, but they are now the new files.

Waiver Draft Results

Round 1:
Pilots - Pannone, Thomas (LHP) - 15K
Captains - Pence, Hunter (OF) - 40K
TinCaps - White, Tyler (1B) - 20K
Pelicans - Chavez, Jesse (RHP) - 40K
Dodgers - Pass
Colt .45s - Osuna, Jose (1B) - 25K
Gypsies -Pass
Stars - Alvarado, Jose (LHP) - 25K
Highlanders - Dietrich, Derek (2B) - 40K

Round 2:
Dodgers - Miller, Andrew (LHP) - 15K
Gypsies - Miller, Brad (3B) - 15K
TinCaps - Farmer, Buck (RHP) - 15K
Pelicans - Avila, Alex (C) - 15K
Stars - Minter, AJ (LHP) - 15K

Round 3:
Pelicans - Watson, Tony (LHP) - 15K
Dodgers - Upton, Justin (OF) - 15K
Stars - Smyly, Drew (LHP) - 15K

Round 4:
Pelicans - Strop, Pedro (RHP) - 15K
Dodgers - Gennett, Scooter (INF) - 15K

Round 5:
Pelicans - Albers, Matt (RHP) - 15K
Dodgers - Rondon, Hector (RHP) - 15K

Round 6:
Pelicans - Perez, Oliver (LHP) - 15K

A couple more cuts

The following players have been cut and will be added to the ever-growing waiver list:

OF Pablo Reyes and 2B Scooter Gennett.

Additional Cuts

The following players have been cut and will be added to the Waiver List:

OF Justin Upton and 1B Tyler White

RML Update

Now that we are post-second trading period, I've posted the following updated files:

• Master Roster
• Player/Money Totals
• 2020 Waiver Availables.

The following carded players have been cut and are now included in the 2020 Waiver Availables list:

RHP Clay Buchholz, RHP Antonio Senzatela, OF Dwight Smith Jr, RHP Matt Andriese, C Tomas Nido

Captains / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Captains: 25K

To Yellow Jackets: OF Steven Duggar

Captains / Pilots Trade

To Captains: 20K

To Pilots: OF Adam Engel

Waiver List

The Waiver Availables file in the Downloads area has been updated to include all the recent cuts.

Grays / Mudhens Trade

To Grays: C Kevan Smith

To Mudhens: C Manny Pina and 10K

Grays / Monarchs Trade

To Grays: LHP Tyler Skaggs

To Monarchs: RHP Jhoulys Chacin and 10K

Highlanders / River Dogs Trade

To Highlanders: RHP Oscar de la Cruz

To River Dogs: 20K

Pilots / River Dogs Trade

To Pilots: RHP Kyle Funkhouser

To River Dogs: 10K

River Dogs' Cuts

The River Dogs have cut left handed pitchers Zach Duke and Gregory Soto.

Both will be added to the Waiver List.

Gypsies / Pilots Trade

To Gypsies: 20K

To Pilots: C  Willians Astudillo

Pilots / TinCaps Trade

To Pilots: C Raudy Read

To TinCaps: 10K

Roster Cuts

The Twins have cut OF Carlos Gonzalez and the Expos have cut RHP Hector Velazquez.

Both will be added to the Waiver List.

Added to Waiver List

The Twins have cut Justin Bour (1B) and his name has been added to the Waiver Availables list.

Pilots / River Dogs Trade

To Pilots: OF Michael Siani

To River Dogs: 28K

Pilots / Twins Trade

To Pilots: C Tomas Nido

To Twins: LHP Jose Suarez

TinCaps / Twins Trade

To TinCaps: SS Gabriel Arias, LHP Alex Wells, RHP Luis Frias, SS Termarr Johnson and 50K

To Twins: 3B Justin Turner

Pilots / TinCaps Trade

To Pilots: LHP Taylor Rogers

To TinCaps: OF Tyler Naquin, OF Kameron Misner, 3B Wyatt Mathisen, and 75K

Colt .45s / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Colt .45s: 90K

To Yellow Jackets: 2B Harold Castro and OF Griffin Conine

Grays / Pilots Trade

To Grays: 10K

To Pilots: LHP Tim Mayza

Browns /Twins Trade

To Twins: 22K

To Browns: OF Austin Dean

The post-Draft Report

The Unowned Player Draft went fairly smoothly this afternoon. The results are posted on the Message Board (Unowned Player Draft forum, 2020 Unowned Player Draft topic).

All in all, 124 players were selected for a total of 9,443K. The biggest spenders were the Expos and Dodgers... doling out 946K and 878K respectively. The TinCaps nabbed 13 players.. most of any team.

Coincidentally, there was a tie at the co-highest bid... made on Luis Arraez at 303K... by the Captains and the TinCaps. The Captains narrowly edged out the TinCaps in the tiebreaker by being #2 in reverse finish order to the #4 TinCaps. Zach Pleasac drew the other co-highest bid at 303K by the Dodgers.

The Master Roster and Player/Money Totals files have been uploaded to the website and include the results of the draft. In addition to the money totals being updated, the player totals have also been updated in the Player/Money Totals file.

Trading will remain open until February 1st and the final day to cut players without penalty is February 8th.

This year's Waiver Draft will be held on February 22nd. The deadline for submitting lists is Friday the 21st at midnight. Since the Blaze will not be participating, you can start sending your draft lists to me anytime. I'm not anticipating a lot of action since most teams are either maxed out or currently over the limit of players.

The Pelicans have cut Adrian Sampson, so he'll join the leftovers from the Unowned Draft in the Waiver Availables list... which has incidentally just been posted in the Downloads section.

Colt .45s / Highlanders Trade

To Colt .45s: RHP Sam Coonrod, RHP Josh Staumont and 170K

To Highlanders: RHP Brandon Workman

Browns / TinCaps Trade

To Browns: 3B Maikel Franco

To TinCaps: RHP Adam Kloffenstein and 60K

Browns / Captains Trade

To Browns: OF Jarren Duran, LHP Matthew Liberatore, 3B Nolan Gorman and 3B Bobby Dalbec

To Captains: 2B Jonathan Villar and 3B Anthony Rendon

Twins / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Twins: LHP Tim Cate, RHP Kevin Ginkel, RHP Luis Frias

To Yellow Jackets: RHP Corey Kluber

Highlanders / Twins Trade

To Highlanders: 15K

To Twins: RHP Shaun Anderson

Grays / Stars Trade

To Grays: SS Didi Gregorius and RHP Jhoulys Chacin

To Stars: RHP Mike Foltynewicz and SS Cole Tucker

Files Updated

The Master Roster and Player/Money Totals files in the downloads section have been updated.

Keep in mind... in the Player/Money Totals file, the player totals haven't been updated to reflect trades. I'm only going to update those numbers again after trading ends. But, the money totals are current through all trades posted below this.

Grays / TinCaps Trade

To Grays: RHP Mike Foltynewicz, RHP Dellin Betances, and 30K

To TinCaps OF Jhon Torres, 3B Hudson Potts, RHP Mason Denaburg, C Drew Romo and LHP Brock Burke

Grays / Pilots Trade

To Grays: 3B Hudson Potts and 126K

To Pilots: LHP Brett Anderson

Bandits / Expos Trade

To Bandits: OF Michael Gugliotti

To Expos: RHP Jaime Barria

Second Trading Period Opening Flurry

To River Dogs: C Cam Gallagher, 3B Joe Rizzo and 60K

To Yellow Jackets: C Buster Posey

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The Highlanders: Ken Giles and 60K

To River Dogs: 2B Shed Long, RHP Zack Littel and LHP Gregory Soto

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To River Dogs: RHP Adam Civale, LHP Alex Young, RHP Tyler Ivey, LHP Lewis Thorpe, 2B Luis Rengifo and 100K

To Pilots: LHP Clayton Kershaw and OF Avisail Garcia

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To Highlanders: LHP Rich Hill

To Yellow Jackets: C Austin Allen, OF DJ Stewart and 60K

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To Pilots: OF Kole Calhoun and C Tony Wolters

To TinCaps: C Jake Rogers, 1B Matt Thaiss, SS Willi Castro, RHP Bryan Abreu, RHP Beau Burrows, SS Braden Shewmake and 45K

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 / Yellow Jackets 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

Blaze / Highlanders Trade

To Blaze: RHP Ryan Brasier, RHP Adbert Alzolay, OF Maurice Hampton and SS Lucius Fox

To Highlanders: LHP Zack Britton

Pilots / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Pilots: 3B Hudson Potts

To Yellow Jackets: RHP Peter Lambert

Knights / Pilots Trade

To Knight: LHP Drew Pomeranz

To Pilots: RHP Stephen Kolek

Browns / Indians Trade

To Browns: 57K

To Indians: C Grayson Greiner

Master Roster updated

The RML Master Roster file in the Downloads dropdown has been updated to include 2 new columns showing contract status for the upcoming season. Highlighted cells in those 2 columns indicate an expired contract.

It has also had the new 'Bats' column fixed. Hopefully they are all correct now.

RML Update

Now that we've re-instating league dues, the preferred method of paying them is to mail a $10 check to Lloyd (made out to him personally) at his address listed in the Manager Directory. The deadline is November 9th.

We now have a 'Rule Change and Voting' committee that will be in charge of those areas... including making the rules governing rule changes and voting. The 3-member committee consists of Dave Scott (Twins), Mike Borzenski (Mudhens) and George Calage (Reds). They're going to be monitoring the message board rule change forum, but you can and should interact with them concerning your ideas too.

The first playoff LZP has been sent, so we can get the wildcard series started. The matchups are: Monarchs at Blaze in the AC and Reds at Yellow Jackets in the NC. These results are due to be reported to Mark by October 15th.

Several files in the downloads dropdown have been updated (and they were also included earlier today in a group email). The files are:

1. Preliminary unowned player list complete with usage and OPS numbers for all players and a position summary for each player from baseball-reference.com.
2. A new 'current player / money totals' file in a new format. I converted it into a spreadsheet since it lends itself better to that format. I'm not going to updating the player totals until after payrolls are submitted in November. Only money is being updated actively for now.
3. The RML master roster file which I've added 15 columns to the right of the historical columns. Most of the new columns are self explanatory, but here's an explanation of some things that might not be. Some players in the 'Protected Rate' column are highlighted. Those are the players eligible for long term contracts. A small number of players in the 'Minimum Offer' column are highlighted. Those are the players who were in contracts needing to be bought out because they aren't carded, with the number being the amount necessary to buy them out. The 'Position(s)' column is taken from baseball-reference.com (an asterisk before a position means they played 2/3 of their teams games at that position; everything after the slash means they played less than 10 games at those positions (I think D must mean DH). Finally, as a reminder (even though this isn't new), in the 'Ct' column (usually showing the length of a contract), there are some players showing a 'P'. That means the player was an in-season pickup that must be given back after the season ends.

In all of these files, I've named the active sheet using the date it was last modified. You can find this date in the lower left corner as the sheet name (today's files have their sheets named 2019-10-06).

2019 League Average OPS

Depending on which source you're using, there was a little disagreement in the league average OPS for the 2019 season. ESPN listed it as .757, while others (including Baseball-Reference) listed it as .758.

So, I decided to make an exact calculation using the following:

(42040 Hits + 15895 BB + 1984 HBP) / (166651 AB + 15895 BB + 1984 HBP + 1150 SF) = .32270 OBP

72469 TB / 166651 AB = .43485 SLG

Using standard rounding gives us a .758 (which was .75755 before rounding) league average OPS.

Hitters at or below .633 will be considered unlimited.

Pitchers at or above .808 will be considered unlimited.

Thanks to the message board posts for reminding me to post this.

Pilots / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Yellow Jackets: 14K

To Pilots: Zack Granite

Expos / Pilots Trade

To Expos: RHP Matt Wisler

To Pilots: 5K

Bandits / Knights Trade

To Bandits: RHP Sergio Romo and 25K

To Knights: 1B Lewin Diaz

Captains / Pilots Trade

To Captains: OF Jo Adell and 3B Brian Dalbac

To Pilots: RHP Zach Davies, RHP Hector Neris, RHP Seth Lugo, OF Yadiel Hernandez, and OF Josh Stowers

Expos / Highlanders Trade

To Expos: OF Chad Pinder and 5K

To Highlanders: SS Lucius Fox and OF Brock Deatherage

Indians / Yeallow Jackets Trade

To Indians: RHP DeMarcus Evans and 20K

To Yellow Jackets: RHP Daniel Hudson

Highlanders / Pilots Trade

To Highlanders: LHP Kris Bubic, RHP Trevor Stephan, 1B Tyler Nevin and 35K

To Pilots: LHP Alex Young

Browns / Indians Trade

To Browns: OF Will Benson, SS Sergio Alcantera and 15K

To Indians: 2B Adam Frazier and OF Myles Straw

Browns / Pilots Trade

To Browns: 2B Franklin Barreto and RHP Slade Cecconi

To Pilots: OF Tyler Naquin

Expos / Knights Trade

To Expos: OF Mallex Smith, LHP Daniel Norris, LHP Ryan Borucki, RHP Jose DeLeon and RHP Michael Grove

To Knights: LHP Dallas Keuchel

Expos / Pilots Trade

To Expos: C Wilson Ramos

To Pilots: RHP Matt Festa and LHP Jose Suarez

Updates Completed

The 'behind the scenes' software version updates to the message board and to certain website files has been successfully completed.

Everything should be just as it was before the updates.

Website Updates in Progress

Our webhost is going to be updating the version of PHP our website can use in the not too distant future, so right now our message board software is being updated to the latest version... as well as some of the files for the main website.

During this period, the message board won't be accessible.

When everything is successfully completed, you shouldn't notice any differences with either the website or the message board. Everything being done is behind the scenes.

I'll make a post here once these updates are completed.

Pilots / Reds Trade

To Pilots: 3B Wyatt Mathisen and RHP Tyler Phillips

To Reds: OF Brett Gardner

Grays / Mudhens Trade

To Grays: RHP Scott Oberg

To Mudhens: C Alejandro Kirk and SS Terrin Vavra

Mudhens / Pilots Trade

To Mudhens: OF Chris Shaw

To Pilots: LHP Drew Smyly

Grays / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Grays: SS Dansby Swanson, OF AJ Pollock, 10K

To Yellow Jackets: OF JD Martinez, SS Brandon Crawford, 1B Justin Smoak

Pelicans / Reds Trade

To Pelicans: 3B Todd Frazier

To Reds: SS Freddy Galvis

Captains / Pilots Trade

To Captains: OF Domingo Santana

To Pilots: P Peter Lambert, 19K

Highlanders / Pilots Trade

To Highlanders: SS Aramis Ademan, 90K

To Pilots: SS Jose Iglesias

A Flurry of Trades to Kick-Off the Off-Season

I will fairly regularly post and updated Master Roster (look for the "as of" date at the top) and Current Money totals on the dropdowns as trades occur. Note: on the Current Money Totals, the money will be correct; I won't be adjusting player numbers until the end of trading and just prior to payroll time.

To Pilots: OF Jarrod Dyson, C Tyler Flowers

To Firebirds: 62K

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To Pilots: 3B/OF Brian Anderson

To Stars: SS Amed Rosario

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To Pilots: 1B/DH Miguel Cabrera

To Gypsies: 20K

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To Pilots: C Wilson ramos

To Grays: OF Alexander Canario, 8K

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To River Dogs: OF Mike Siani, 2B Max Schrock

To Pilots: OF Brett Gardner

No More Trades to Report

No late minute deals.

River Dogs-Grays Trade

To River Dogs: P Kyle Funkhouser, 3B Lucas Erceg, P Andrew Miller

To Grays: 1B Justin Smoak, 70K

Grays-Bandits Trade

To Bandits: 1B Brandon Belt

To Grays: 1B Ryan O'Hearn, OF Julio Rodriguez, SS Robert Puason

Bandits-Pilots Trade

To Bandits: C Mitch Garver, 1B Ryan McMahon

To Pilots: P Beau Burrows, 3B Bobby Dalbec

Browns-Bandits Trade

To Browns: OF Victor Robles, P Tony Santillan

To Bandits: P German Marquez

Highlanders-Whales Trade

To Whales: LHP Mark Grace

To Highlanders: 3B Brandon Howlett

Knights-Grays Trade

To Grays: OF JD Martinez

To Knights: OF Trejyn Fletcher, SS Orelvis Martinez, LHP Reid Detmers

Whales-Yellow Jackets Trade

To Whales: OF Scott Schebler, OF Daniel Johnson, 25K

To Yellow Jackets: P Craig Stammen

Gypsies-Captains Trade

To Gypsies: P Tony Watson

To Captains: 25K

Pilots-Yellow Jackets Trade

To Yellow Jackets: 1B Rowdy Tellez

To Pilots: P Jordan Montgomery, SS Willi Castro

Indians-Yellow Jackets Trade

To Indians: P Sandy Gaston, 1B Pedro Castellanos

To Yellow Jackets: 1B Edwin Encarnacion

Pilots-Highlanders Trade

To Pilots: P Aaron Civale

To Highlanders: P Ryan Brasier

First Trade of the New Mid-Season Trading Period

To Expos: OF Manuel Margot

To Pilots: 1B Tyler Nevin, P Eli Morgan

Edit: Minor leaguer Eli Morgan, not Phillies LHP Adam Morgan as originally noted.

League Cloud Information

Laegue ID: 2019RM

League #: 666

League Access Code: 50433

Final Roster Cutdown

Back from spring training to announce the following:

Bandits cut LHP Brent Suter to get down to 30. They also cut minor leaguers P Ariel Miranda and P Marcos Molina.

New Patch

New patch to load from Strat--will show up as game version 2019g.

No More Trades

There were no further trades to announce.

Pilots-Browns Trade

To Browns: UT Kevin Newman

To Pilots: 25K

Pilots-Whales Trade

To Pilots: SS Jeremy Eierman, SS Aramis Ademan

To Whales: 75K

2019 Waiver Draft

Here are the results of the Waiver Draft. First round number in parentheses is if more than 15K was paid:

Pilots: Jose Rondon, Drew Pomeranz

Indians: Jose Briceno, Neil Walker

Knights: Bryan Holoday, Ryan Goins

Captains: Evan Gattis (40), Hector Neris

Expos: Blaine Hardy (20), Roenis Elias

Whales: David Hess, Spencer Kieboom, Noe Ramirez, Chris Martin, Jace Peterson, Aaron Altherr, Matt Wieters

Athletics: Wei-Yin Chen, Tony Sipp

River Dogs: Jefry Rodriguez, Andrew Romine

Colt .45s: Pass, Brian McCann, Albert Pujols, Mark Trumbo

Gypsies: Pass, Jordan Lyles, Delino Deshields

Grays: Pass, Andrew Miller

Waiver Draft Cuts

The following cuts have been made prior to the waiver draft:

Pilgrims: 1B Eric Thames

Highlanders: OF Carlos Tocci

Pilots: P Warwick Saupold, UT Kaleb Cowart, OF Victor Reyes

Gypsies: SS Jose Rondon, P David Hess

Captains: P Chad Kuhl

Knights: P Juan Minaya

Reds: OF Johnny Field, P Jake Thompson, 3B Jhoan Urena

Browns: P Jordan Zimmermann

Twins: P Jason Hammel

Monarchs: P Homer Bailey, P Sam Freeman, P Brandon Kintzler

Pilgrims-Firebirds Trade

To Firebirds: 1B Greg Bird

To Pilgrims: 1B Eric Thames, 20K

Browns-Pilots Trade

To Browns: OF Alek Thomas, OF Tyler Naquin, 35K

To Pilots: OF Manual Margot

Pilots-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: UT Alex Blandino

To Pilots: 15K

Grays-Blaze Trade

To Grays: SS Brandon Crawford, OF Craig Gentry

To Blaze: OF Travis Jankowski, 21K

Grays-Pilgrims Trade

To Pilgrims: SS Adeiny Hechavarria

To Grays: 30K

Pilots-Grays Trade

To Pilots: 2B Josh Harrison

To Grays: SS Christopher Torres, 25K

Blaze-River Dogs Trade

To River Dogs: UT Ehire Adrainza

To Blaze: 32K

Pilots-Gypsies Trade

To Pilots: C Max Stassi, UT Niko Goodrum

To Gypsies: 132K

Expos cut P Danny Barnes

He will be added to the waiver draft eligible list.

Pilots-Colt .45s Trade

To Pilots: P Jon Gray

To Colt .45s: 182K

Highlanders-Pilots Trade

To Highlanders: P Jonny Venters, P Adbert Alzolay

To Pilots: P Nick Kingham

River Dogs-Pilots Trade

To River Dogs: P Ariel Jurado, P Corey Oswalt, P Paul Sewald

To Pilots: 100K

Highlanders-Pilots Trade

To Highlanders: OF Carlos Tocci

To Pilots: 1K

Pelicans-Pilots Trade

To Pelicans: OF Nick Williams, 55K

To Pilots: P Eric Skogland, C John Hicks, P Andrew Moore

River Dogs Cut Neil Walker

He will added to the players available in the Waiver Draft. That List is now posted in the Downloads section of the website.

Highlanders-River Dogs Trade

To River Dogs: P Zack Duke

To Highlanders: 14K

Dodgers-Captains Trade

To Captains: OF Franchy Cordero

To Dodgers: 60K

Grays-Dodgers Trade

To Grays: OF Jorge Soler

To Dodgers: P Joe Ross, 30K

Highlanders-Dodgers Trade

To Highlanders: SS Jose Iglesias

To Dodgers: P Sam Freeman, 70K

Yellow Jackets-Dodgers Trade

Mudhens-Captains Trade

To Mudhens: OF Nomar Mazara

To Captains: SS Tim Anderson

River Dogs-Grays Trade

To Grays: P Yu Darvish, P Sean Doolittle

To River Dogs: P Tyler Mahle, SS Chris Seise, 30K

Browns-Pilots Trade

To Browns: 3B Matt Duffy

To Pilots: OF Nick Williams

Highlanders-River Dogs Trade

To Highlanders: P Max Scherzer

To River Dogs: P Stepen Strasburg, OF Bradley Zimmer

Browns-River Dogs Trade

To Browns: OF Starling Marte, P Alex Colome

To River Dogs: P Domingo Acevedo, OF Hunter Renfroe, C Andy Yerzy

River Dogs-Yellow Jackets Trade

To River Dogs: OF Avisail Garcia, C Miguel Amaya, OF Sam Hilliard, 100K

To Yellow Jackets: OF Marcell Ozuna, C Jonathan Lucroy

Mudhens-Highlanders Trade

To Mudhens: P Thomas Hatch, 40K

To Highlanders: 3B Christian Villanueva

Free Agent Draft

Rick Porcello stays with the Colt. 45s as they match a one-year offer of 201K.

Gio Gonzalez moves to the Bandits for one year at 201.

Carlos Santana stays with the Whales who match  a one-year offer of 182.

David Price goes to the Gypsies for one year at 162.

Adam Jones goes to the Pelicans for one year at 161.

The Mudhens pick up Kenley Jansen for one year at 135.

The Knights retain Alex Gordon by matching a one-year offer at 125.

The Colt .45s retain Jed Lowrie for one year by matching an offer of 130K.

Tony Wolters moves to the Yankees on a bid of 63K.

Congratulations to League Champion Reds

The Reds and Grays went to seven games to determine the League Championship.

Congratulations to George and Steve on great seasons.

One More Trade

Mudhens working on payroll inquired about a trade. I discovered the confirmation e-mail in my junk mail file.

To Indians: OF Adam Duvall

To Mudhens: 15K

Grays-Colt .45s Trade

In the last trade of the first trading period

To Grays: P Blake Treinen, P Trevor Williams

To Colt .45s: Of Steven Piscotty, P Joakim Soria

Grays-Captains Trade

To Grays: UT Ben Zobrist

To Captains: 3B Nolan Gorman

Yellow Jackets-Yankees Trade

To Yellow Jackets: P Tim Cate

To Yankees: OF Jon Jay

Yellow Jackets-Highlanders Trade

To Yellow Jackets: P Wade Davis, 22K

To Highlanders: P Michael Baumann

Pe;icans-Grays Trade

To Grays: SS Chris Seise

To Pelicans: 3B Tim Beckham, P Ricardo Sanchez

Knights-Highlanders Trade

To Knights: P Domingo German

To Highlanders: P Ryan Pressly

Browns-Indians Trade

To Indians: P Miguel Diaz

To Browns: 20K

Expos-Grays Trade

To Expos: P Kenta Maeda, SS Chris Taylor, SS Yu Chang, P Carson Fulmer, OF Michael Gigliotti

To Grays: P Chris Sale

Pilots-Highlanders Trade

To Pilots: P Ariel Jurado, P Corey Oswalt

To Highlanders: P Alex Wilson, 85K

Pelicans-Indians Trade

To Pelicans: C John Hicks

To Indians: OF Jeisson Rosario

Mudhens-Yankees Trade

To Yankees: 1B Matt Davidson

To Mudhens: 20K

Grays-Blaze Trade

To Grays: P David Price, P Kenley Jansen

To Blaze: SS Nick Allen

Athletics-Whales Trade

To Athletics: C James McCann, P Felix Pena

To Whales: C Yan Gomes

Knights-Gypsies Trade

To Knights: P Blake Parker

To Gypsies: 15K

Yankees-Gypsies Trade

To Yankees: P Adam Cimber

To Gypsies: 15K

Expos-Gypsies Trade

To Expos: P JT Chargois, P Hector Velasquez

To Gypsies: 20K

Expos-Browns Trade

To Expos: P Zach Eflin

To Browns: UT Adam Frazier, 20K

Knights-Pelicans Trade

To Pelicans: SS Errol Robinson, P Alex Faedo, 50K

To Knights: P Logan Allen

Grays-Yellow Jackets Trade

To Grays: P Ervin Santana

To Yellow Jackets: 5K

Expos-Yellow Jackets Trade

To Expos: P Ryan Madson

To Yellow Jackets: 15K

Yankees-Yellow Jackets Trade

To Yankees: 1b/OF Eric Thames

To Yellow Jackets: 20K

Knights-Yellow Jackets Trade

To Knights: 1B JD Davis

To Yellow Jackets: 20K

Unlimited OPS for RML 2019

Major League average OPS ended up at .727.

So, RML unlimited for hitters is .602 or below. For pitchers, .777 or higher.

Pilots-Yankees Trade

To Yankees: INF Cory Spangenberg

To Pilots: 25K

Pilots-Browns Trade

To Pilots: OF Domingo Santana

To Browns: 35K

Browns-Pilgrims Trade

To Browns: 1B Wilmer Flores, OF Billy McKinney, 5K

To Pilgrims: SS JP Crawford

Grays-Captains Trade

To Captains: C Will Smith, P Peter Lambert, 3B Eduardo Nunez, OF Calvin Mitchell, SS Brady McConnell

To Grays: C Wilson Ramos

Browns-Blaze Trade

To Browns: 1B Matt Thaiss, P Andrew Heaney. 30K

To Blaze: 3B Nick Senzel

Blaze-Yellow Jackets Trade

To Yellow Jackets: P Rich Hill

To Blaze: 60K

Pilots-Yellow Jackets Trade

To Pilots: P Trevor Rosenthal

To Yellow Jackets: 12K

Browns-Pilots Trade

To Browns: OF Austin Slater, 22K

To Pilots: P Anthony DeSclafani

Pilots-Reds Trade

To Pilots: P Matt Moore

To Reds: 1K

Captains-Yellow Jackets Trade

To Captains: 2B Kolten Wong, OF Josh Naylor

To Yellow Jackets: OF Scott Schebler

Browns-Yellow Jackets Trade

To Browns: 1B Wil Myers, 75K

To Yellow Jackets: P Madison Bumgarner

Colorful Trade: Browns-Grays

To Grays: P Jonathan Holder

To Browns: SS Noelvi Marte, 25K

Grays-Gypsies Trade

To Grays: OF Chris Taylor, SS Tim Beckham

To Gypsies: OF Odubel Herrera

Indians-Grays Trade

To Indians: OF Adolis Garcia, P Edward Cabrera

To Grays: P Jared Hughes, P James Pazos

Blaze-Yellow Jackets Trade

To Yellow Jackets: P Danny Duffy, 60K

To Blaze: P Yonny Chirinos

Pilots-Reds Trade

To Reds: INF Tyler Saladino

To Pilots: 6K

Knights-Pilots Trade

To Pilots: 3B Matt Duffy, OF Chris Shaw, P Matt Wisler, P Paul Sewald, SS Christopher Torres, C Garrett Stubbs

To Knights: OF Mark Canha, P Luke Weaver, P Ian Anderson

Yellow Jackets-Highlanders Trade

To Yellow Jackets: 3B Mike Moustakas, P Ty Blach, SS carter Kieboom, 35K

To Highlanders: P Jose Leclerc

Knights-Browns Trade

To Browns: P Zach Eflin, 30K

To Knights: 3B Matt Duffy, P Tanner Dodson

Yellow Jackets-Pilots Trade

To Yellow Jackets: 2B Kolten Wong

To Pilots: P Mike Mayers, P Daulton Jefferies

Pilots-Mudhens Trade

To Pilots: OF Victor Reyes

To Mudhens: OF Zach watson

Blaze-Pilots Trade

To Pilots: P Alex Cobb

To Blaze: 17K

Expos-Highlanders Trade

To Expos: 2B Brian Dozier

To Highlanders: P Stephen Strasburg

Browns-Yellow Jackets Trade

To Browns: P Chase Anderson, 45K

To Yellow Jackets: 1B Wil Myers, OF Evan White

Browns-Pilots Trade

To Browns: INF Ronald Torreyes, P Yency Almonte, P Caleb Smith, OF Hunter Renfroe, 45K

To Pilots: 1B Ronald Guzman, 2B Keston Hiura

Pilots-Stars Trade

To Stars: C Noah Naylor, C Will Banfield

To Pilots: 2B Kolten Wong, OF Hunter Renfroe, 2B Cory Spangenberg

Pilgrims-Pilots Trade

To Pilgrims: SS Jorge Polanco

To Pilots: OF Brett Phillips, C Jacob Nottingham, 20K

Grays-Pilots Trade

To Grays: P Joakim Soria

To Pilots: P Duane Underwood, OF Alexander Canario, 12K

Twins-Pilots Trade

To Twins: OF Anfernee Grier, OF Jimmy Herron

To Pilots: 2B Starlin Castro

Captains-Pilots Trade

To Captains: OF Josh Stowers, P Shane McClanahan, 15K

To Pilots: OF Ramon Laureano

Pilots-Monarchs/Yellow Jackets Trade

To Monarchs/Yellow Jackets: P Mike Leake, 24K

To Pilots: OF Carlos Tocci, P Lewis Thorpe, SS Kevin Newman, INF Tyler Wade, P Nick Burdi, P Trevor Stephan

Yankees-Pilots Trade

To Yankees: DH Evan Gattis, P Clayton Richard, P Max Povse, P Tim Cate, P Robert Stephenson

To Pilots: 80K

Pilots-Highlanders Trade

To Pilots: SS Jorge Polanco

To Highlanders: P Thomas Hatch, P Kyle Muller, OF Austin Beck, 35K

Knights-Rockhounds/Pilots Trade

To Knights: OF Albert Almora, P Matt Manning

To Rockhounds/Pilots: 1B Ryan McMahon, 2B Franklin Barretto, P Adbert Alzolay, P Jose Mujica

Indians-Rockhounds/Pilots Trade

To Indians: P AJ Puk, P Joey Wentz, P Dinelson Lamet, C Anthony Siegler

To Rockhounds/Pilots: C Mitch Garver, OF Tyler Naquin

It is Opening Day

Happy new RML year everybody!

Here's to a fun and competitive season.

Captains-Grays Trade

One trade during the third trading period.

To Grays: P Jacob DeGrom, P Gregory Infante

To Captains: P Santiago Casilla, P Rafael Montero, P Reynaldo Lopez, P Ian Clarkin, 3B Colin Moran, P Dakota Hudson, OF Julio Pablo Martinez

2018 Waiver Draft Results

Indians (75K): INF Max Moroff, P Derek Law, OF Gorkys Hernandez, P Eddie Butler, C Rene Rivera

Expos (15K): C Tomas Telis

Knights (30K): P Paul Sewald, P Ryan Pressly

Captains (55K): P Joe Smith (40K), P Tony Watson

Monarchs (15K): P Tyler Olson

Rockhounds (60K): INF Kaleb Cowart, OF Jose Osuna, P Alex Wilson, P Warwick Saupold

Bandits (50K): P Peter Moylan (20K), OF Gregor Blanco, INF Sean Rodriguez

Yankees (35K): OF Alex Presley (20K), P Alec Asher

Gypsies (30K): P Tony Zych, INF Kelby Tomlinson

Twins (40K): 2BH Brandon Phillips (40K)

Grays (45K): P Brian Duensing, P Brett Cecil, 1B Adam Lind

Stars (20K): P Kirby Yates (20K)

Whales (40K): Daniel Nava (40K)

Browns (15K): P Donnie Hart

Grays-Rockhounds Trade

To Grays: P Robbie Ray, P Addison Reed

To Rockhounds: P Luke Weaver, OF Jo Adell, P Luis Ortiz

Rockhounds-Monarchs Trade

To Rockhounds: P Mike Leake, P A.J. Puk, P Enny Romero, 50K

To Monarchs: P Ervin Santana, P Justin Wilson

Grays-Monarchs Trade

To Grays: 2B Josh Harrison, C Chris Gimenez, P Peter Lambert

To Monarchs: C Yadier Molina

Pilgrims-Dodgers Trade

To Pilgrims: P Adam Warren, P Felipe Rivero

To Dodgers: P Brad Kintzler, P Tyler Duffey, 100K

Monarchs-Highlanders Trade

To Monarchs: P Enny Romero, INF Tyler Wade

To Highlanders: OF Mikie Mahtook

Browns-Monarchs Trade

To Browns: 1B Yordan Alvarez, P Mike Montgomery, 25K

To Monarchs: OF Josh Reddick

Browns-Grays Trade

To Grays: 1B Rhys Hoskins, P Brandon Finnegan, P Tyler Mahle, SS Wander Javier, SS J.J. Hardy

To Browns: SS Trevor Story, 50K

Browns-Monarchs Trade

To Browns: P Jonathan Holder, 20K

To Monarchs: OF Mikie Mahtook

Browns-Monarchs Trade

To Browns: 1B Wil Myers

To Monarchs: 3B J.D. Davis, SS Kevin Newman, P Josh Fields

Browns-Pilgrims Trade

To Browns: OF Nick Williams, OF Manuel Margot, 100K

To Pilgrims: 1B Paul Goldschmidt

Browns-Athletics Trade

To Browns: 1B Yuliesky Gurriel, 20K

To Athletics: P Tanner Roark

Rockhounds-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: 2B DJ LeMahieu

To Rockhounds: OF Albert Almora, P Matt Manning, 1B Casey Gillaspie, P Jon Harris, 30K

Waiver Draft Order

The following is the order for the waiver draft. Remember, you cannot participate in the waiver draft unless you have less than 30 major leaguers on your roster, and you can't draft more than the number of spots you have available.

1. Indians

2. Expos

3. Athletics

4. Knights

5. Pelicans

6. Captains

7. Monarchs

8. Colt .45s

9. Dodgers

10. Mudhens

11. Pilgrims

12. Rockhounds

13. Bandits

14. River Dogs

15. Yankees

16. Gypsies

17. Twins

18. Grays

19. Stars

20. Whales

21. Browns

22. Highlanders

23. Reds

24. Blaze

Monarchs-Twins Trade

To Monarchs: 2B Logan Forsythe

To Twins: UT Hernan Perez

Monarchs-Yankees Trade

To Monarchs: C Chris Gimenez

To Yankee: 15K

Yankees-Bandits Trade

To Bandits: P Jesse Hahn, P Buddy Boshers

To Yankees: 30K

Browns-Whales Trade

To Whales: OF Jacoby Ellsbury, 15K

To Browns: 2B Keston Hiura

Dodgers-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: P Ryan Madsen

To Dodgers: OF Christin Stewart, 40K

Highlanders-Monarchs Trade

To Highlanders: OF Johan Mieses

To Monarchs: 7K

Highlanders-Monarchs Trade

To Highlanders: P Wade Davis

To Monarchs: SS Logan Warmoth and 125K

Indians-Highlanders Trade

To Indians: 1B/DH Albert Pujols

To Highlanders: 10K

Strike Another From Unowned Eligibles

Thanks to eagle-eyed league champion Mike Gullo: Fernando Rodriguez has been struck from the eligibles list--he didn't play in The Show in 2017.

Change has been made to the "2018 Unowned Eligibles" list in the "Downloads" dropdown. Announcement on acceptance of lists after Christmas.

A Couple of Changes to Unowned List

I have made a couple of changes to the "2018 Unowned Eligibles" list in the Downloads dropdown after some eagle-eyed catches from the constituency:

Matt Albers and Ryan Pressly were moved from the hitters list to the pitchers list, where they belong; and A.J. Pierzynski has been removed--he didn't play last year.

Blaze Win World Series

Congratulations to the Blaze for taking the World Series in five games.

And to the Reds for a great season.

River Dogs-Indians Trade

To River Dogs: P Matt Cooper, 3B Brandon Dixon

To Indians: 20K

Yankees-Indians Trade

To Yankees: OF Enrique Hernandez

To Indians: P Phil Maton

Twins-River Dogs Trade

To Twins: OF Willie Calhoun, P Merandy Gonzalez, C Tomas Nido

To River Dogs: 1B Joey Votto

RML Playoffs News

Divisional Series results are in.

In the American Conference, the Blaze defeated the Twins and the Highlanders topped the Dawgs.

In the National Conference, the Reds beat the Red Sox and the Browns beat the Whales.

On to the Conference Championship round: Browns v. Reds in the National and Blaze v. Highlanders in the American.

Congrats to Dave Scott (Twins), Chris Beddick (in his swan song with the Dawgs), Tristan Traviolia (Red Sox) and Randy Shavis (Whales) on great seasons.

Indians-Yankees Trade

To Yankees: P Keury Mella, P Yeudy Garcia

To Indians: 20K

Indians-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: 3B Patrick Leonard, 2B Eliezer Alvarez

To Indians: 51K

Yankees-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs:  C Kevin Plawecki

To Yankees: 15K

RML Playoffs--Wild Card Series

The Browns and Twins come out of the wild card series and advance to the Division Series. Congrats to the Yankees and Gypsies on fine seasons.

One week remains in the first trading period.

Highlanders-Indians Trade

To Highlanders: 1B Anthony Rizzo, 36K

To Indians: P Michael Kopech, 2B Luis Urias, OF Will Benson, P Keegan Akin

Twins-Knights Trade

To Twins: SS Logan Davidson, 3B Adrian Rondon, INF Mauricio Dubon

To Knights: P Jake Arrieta

Twins-Monarchs Trade

To Twins: P Tim Adleman, P Dylan Covey

To Monarchs: 15K

Gypsies-Monarchs Trade

To Gypsies: 2B Ryan Brett

To Monarchs: 8K

Monarchs-Blaze Trade

To Monarchs: P George Knotos

To Blaze: 3B Pablo Sandoval, 30K

Highlanders-Stars Trade

To Highlanders: SS Jorge Polanco

To Stars: P Patrick Corbin

Yankees-Gypsies Trade

To Yankees: P Matt Andriese

To Gypsies: 10K

Monarchs-Yankees Trade

To Yankees: OF Marten Gasparini

To Monarchs: 8K

Monarchs-Pelicans Trade

To Pelicans: P Seung-hwan Oh

To Monarchs: 25K

Monarchs-Browns Trade

To Browns: SS JJ Hardy

To Monarchs: 1K

Red Sox Name Change

Tristan Traviolia has re-named the Red Sox the Hollywood Stars (STR).

Bandits-Colt .45s Trade

To Colt .45s: SS Andrelton Simmons, 20K

To Bandits: P Jordan Hicks, P Brendon Little, SS Cole Tucker

River Dogs-Bandits Trade

To River Dogs: P Clayton Kershaw

To Bandits: OF Victor Robles, P Franklin Perez, P Beau Burrows, P Tony Santillan, P Jake Woodford, P Juan Hillman

Gypsies-Colt .45s Trade

To Colt .45s: P Justin Grimm

To Gypsies: 10K

Gypsies-Indians Trade

To Indians: OF JaCoby Jones

To Gypsies: 10K

Monarchs-Expos Trade

To Expos: OF Joey Rickard

To Monarchs: 18K

RML Unlimited OPS for 2018

Unlimied OPS for next year:

Hitters: .625

Pitchers: .800

Monarchs-Reds Trade

To Reds: P Erasmo Ramirez

To Monarchs: OF TJ Friedl, 20K

Monarchs-Knights Trade

To Knights: P Jerad Eickhoff

To Monarchs: 25K

Monarchs-Yankees Trade

To Yankees: OF Jay Bruce

To Monarchs: 35K

Monarchs-Indians Trade

To Monarchs: P Chase Anderson, OF Avisail Garcia

To Indians: OF Luis Robert, C Chance Sisco, OF Zack Granite, P David Peterson, P Jake Junis

Whales-Boomers Trade

To Whales: 1b Joe McCarthy, P Daniel Mengden

To Boomers: P Grayson Long

Pelicans-Monarchs Trade

To Pelicans: C Cameron Rupp

To Monarchs: P Erasmo Ramirez

Gypsies-Whales Trade

To Whales: OF Jarrett Parker

To Gypsies: 20K

Monarchs-Gypsies Trade

To Monarchs: P Jonathan Holder

To Gypsies: 30K

Yankees-Gypsies Trade

To Yankees: INF Taylor Motter

To Gypsies: 15K

Gypsies-Reds Trade

To Reds: OF Nick Markakis

To Gypsies: 70K

Monarchs-Gypsies Trade

To Gypsies: 1B Logan Morrison, P Alex Meyer

To Monarchs: P Jerad Eickhoff, OF Zach Granite

Dodgers-Monarchs Trade

To Dodgers: 3B Ke'Bryan Hayes, OF Franchy Cordero

To Monarchs: P Alex Meyer

Monarchs-Colt .45s Trade

To Monarchs: 3B Hudson Potts, 20K

To Colt .45s: P AJ Griffin

Monarchs-Yankees Trade

To Monarchs: OF Carlos Tocci, 25K

To Yankees: P Joe Biagini

Captains-Monarchs Trade

To Captains: P Michael Feliz

To Monarchs: 45K

River Dogs-Monarchs Trade

To River Dogs: 3B Yandy Diaz

To Monarchs: 75K

Boomers-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: P trevor Rosenthal, OF Isiah Gilliam, OF Jon Jay, OF Luis Robert

To Boomers: P Brent Honeywell, P Zach Eflin, UT Allen Cordoba

Monarchs-Yankees Trade

To Monarchs: P David Peterson, P Ryne Stanek, P Adam Ravenelle

To Yankees: P Kendall Graveman, P Wade LeBlanc

Knights-Yankees Trade

To Yankees: INF Ryan Goins

To Knights: P Thomas Szapucki

Monarchs-Indians Trade

To Monarchs: P Mike Leake

To Indians: P Adalberto Mejia, 2B Brandon Drury, OF Phillip Ervin

Expos-Monarchs Trade

To Expos: OF Adam Frazier, SS Fernando Tatis, Jr., P Forrest Whitley

To Monarchs: 3B Travis Shaw, P Wade Davis

Monarchs-Gypsies Trade

To Monarchs: C Cameron Rupp, P Kendall Graveman, P Seung-hwan Oh

To Gypsies: 230K

New Owner for Athletics

We have a new owner for the Athletics. Please welcome Dave Hodges, who will begin playing the A's games on or about Aug 1 with the beginning of the new block.

2017 Minor League Draft

Draft Results are posted on the message board.

Playing Schedule: Block due dates

• Block 1- Due April 27 (even though some block 1 series run through May 2 in the schedule)

• Block 2- Due May 27 (even though some block 2 series run through June 3 in the schedule)

• Block 3- Due June 27 (even though some block 3 series run through July 4 in the schedule)

• Block 4- Due July 27 (even though some block 4 series run through August 3 in the schedule)

• Block 5- Due August 27 (even though some block 5 series run through September 2 in the schedule)

• Block 6- Due September 27

Play Ball!

Good luck to Everyone. Have a Great Season and Have Fun!!!

New Owner for Dodgers

Welcome the new owner of the Dodgers: Allen Harris.

New Manager for Red Sox

We have a new manager for the Red Sox. Welcome to Tristan Traviolia.

Whales-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: P Craig Kimbrel, P Zach Eflin, 1B Josh Naylor, OF Alex Kirilloff, 1B Tyler White, SS Fernando Tatis

To Whales: P Jon Lester, 1B Chris Carter, P Brett Cecil

Browns-Monarchs Trade

To Browns: P Brandon Finnegan, OF Domingo Santana

To Monarchs: 1B Wil Myers, P Daniel Coulombe

Highlanders-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: 1B Chris Carter

To Monarchs: OF Andrew Toles

Highlanders-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: P Brett Cecil

To Highlanders: 35K

Blaze-Red Sox Trade

To Red Sox: OF Tommy Pham

To Blaze: 20K

Dawgs-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs:  OF Max Kepler

To Dawgs: 3B Josh Lowe, 2B Joey Wendle, OF Wuilmer Becerra

Whales-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: OF Albert Almora, OF Jay Bruce, P Aaron Nola

To Whales: OF Adam Eaton, P Zach Eflin, 80K

Twins-Monarchs Trade

To Twins: P Steven Wright

To Monarchs: P Tim Adleman, P Brian Miller, 65K

Rockhounds-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: P Jon Lester, UT Adam Frazier, 32K

To Rockhounds: SS Amed Rosario, P Ian Anderson, INF Brad Miller, 3B David Thompson, P Steven Brault

Athletics-Monarchs Trade

To Athletics: P Liam Hendriks

To Monarchs: 35K

Monarchs-Red Sox Trade

To Red Sox: P Tyler Lyons

To Monarchs: 40K

Knights-Expos Trade

To Knights: C Austin Romine

To Expos: 20K

Gypsies-Blaze Trade

To Gypsies: INF Tim Beckham

To Blaze: 20K

Blaze-Monarchs Trade

To Blaze: P A.J. Schugel

To Monarchs: 100K

Expos-Monarchs Trade

To Expos: P Cody Anderson

To Monarchs: 20K

Highlanders-Monarchs Trade

To Highlanders: OF Bradley Zimmer

To Monarchs: OF Wuilmer Becerra, 3B Paul DeJong, P Peter Lambert, P Adalberto Mejia

Browns-Monarchs Trade

To Browns: P Matt Boyd

To Monarchs: 40K

Pilgrims-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: P Dylan Bundy, P Joe Biagini

To Pilgrims: OF Manny Margot

Red Sox-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: P Steven Wright

To Red Sox: 146K

Red Sox-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: P A.J. Schugel

To Red Sox: 72K

Browns-Red Sox Trade

To Browns: P Hector Neris

To Red Sox: 92K

Athletics-Mudcats Trade

To Mudcats: SS Jordy Mercer

To Athletics: 20K

Athletics-Twins Trade

To Athletics: OF Yasmany Tomas, SS Miguelangel Sierra

To Twins: 1B Joey Votto

Boomers-Browns Trade

To Boomers: SS Adeiny Hechavarria

To Browns: OF Josh Reddick

Twins-Monarchs Trade

To Twins: SS Marcus Semien

To Monarchs: 3B Yandy Diaz

Rockhounds-Yankees Trade

To Yankees: P Taylor Rogers

To Rockhounds: P Victor Alcantara, P Ricardo Pinto

Yankees-Gypsies Trade

To Yankees: SS Alexei Ramirez

To Gypsies: OF Peter O'Brien, 10K

Free Agent Draft

Four players have changed teams.

J.J. Hardy was signed away from the Colt .45s by the Monarchs for 2x80

The Gyspsies picked up two: Zack Greinke from the Rockhounds for 3x233; and Troy Tulowitzki from the Pilgrims for 3x226.

David Ortiz of the Rockhounds was the only player who was bid on by more than one team. He has been signed by the Blaze for one year at 314K.

Pilgrims-Dawgs Trade

T Pilgrims: 3B Miguel Sano, P Youki Toussaint

To Dawgs: OF Odubel Herrera

River Dogs-Reds-Mudcats Trade

To River Dogs: 3B Eugenio Suarez

To Reds: P Jason Hammel, P Brad Brach

To Mudcats: P Chase Anderson, P Dan Hudson, P Yeudy Garcia, 3B Kean Wong

Blaze-Monarchs Trade

To Blaze:  1B Matt Thaiss, P Logan Shore

To Monarchs: P Brandon Finnegan

This trade has been restructured to send Logan Shore to the Blaze. Originally, it was Zack Burdi, but the Monarchs owned Nick Burdi, who has been returned to the Monarchs. Zack Burdi is unowned.

Monarchs-Highlanders Trade

To Monarchs: SS Marten Gasparini

To Highlanders: 6K

Reds-Highlanders Trade

To Reds: P R.A. Dickey, P Brad Ziegler

To Highlanders: 2K

Yankees-Highlanders Trade

To Yankees: P Victor Alcantara, P Miguel Almonte, P Tim Cooney, C John Ryan Murphy, OF Peter O'Brien

To Highlanders: 30K

Boomers-Monarchs Trade

To Boomers: P Williams Perez

To Monarchs: 10K

Mudcats-Browns Trade

To Mudcats: P Aaron Blair, OF Anthony Alford, 3B Cheslor Cuthbert

To Browns: SS Jonathan Villar, 25K

Reds-Monarchs Trade

To Reds: P Matt Garza

To Monarchs: 1K

Dawgs-Pilgrims Trade

To Dawgs: 2B Ian Kinsler

To Pilgrims: )F Lewis Brinson. SS Christian Arroyo, P Cody Reed (Ariz)

Mudhens-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: OF Joey Rickard, OF Domingo Santana,

To Mudhens: C Bryan Holaday, P Brian Flynn, INF Nick Franklin, 20K

Mudcats-Monarchs Trade

To Mudcats: P Nick Tropeano, P Ben Lively, 1B Sam Travis, SS Delvin Perez

To Monarchs: 3B Ke'Bryan Hayes, 2B Josh harrison, 40K

Highlanders-Pelicans Trade

To Pelicans: P Martin Perez, P Dan Jennings, OF Leonardo Molina, P Kodo Medeiros

To Highlanders: P Zack Duke, INF Chad Pinder, 16K

Boomers-Blaze Trade

To Boomers: P Trevor Rosenthal

To Blaze: 30K

Yankees- Mudcats Trade

To Yankees: P Bartolo Colon, OF Cole Calhoun

To Mudcats: P David Paulino, 3B KeBryan Hayes, SS Ryan Mountcastle, P Nick Neidert, 1B James Loney, 40K

Yankees-Highlanders Trade

To Yankees: C Jason Castro

To Highlanders: 3B Mike Moustakas

Blaze-Boomers Trade

To Blaze: P Zach Britton

To Boomers: OF Seth Beer, P Alex Faedo, P Tristan Beck

Mudhens-Highlanders Trade

To Mudhens: P Will Harris

To Highlanders: OF Yasiel Puig

Monarchs-Mudcats Trade

To Mudcats: OF Preston Tucker

To Monarchs: 2B Joey Wendle

Mudcats-Expos Trade

To Mudcats: Billy Hamilton

To Expos: Danny Espinosa

Wild Card Series

In the Wild Card Series, the Knights and the Blaze move on to the Divisional Series.

The Knights defeated the Yankees in four games, while the Blaze and Mudhens went five.

Browns-Monarchs Trade

To Browns: C Travis d'Arnaud

To Monarchs: 40K

Expos-Blaze Trade

To Expos: 3B Travis Shaw

To Blaze: P Jose Fernandez

Browns-Blaze Trade

To Browns: 2B Dustin Pedroia

To Blaze: P George Kontos

Unlimited OPS

The Major League average OPS for the 2016 season was .739.

Therefore, the RML unlimited cut-offs for next year:

Hitters .614 or lower

Pitchers .789 or higher

Gypsies-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: OF Juan Lagares, C Bryan Holaday, P Dillon Gee

To Gypsies: 80K

Blaze-Yankees Trade

To Blaze: P Brady Singer

To Yankees: P Michael Wacha

Blaze-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: P Nick Tropeano

To Blaze: 40K

Highlanders-Blaze Trade

To Highlanders: INF Enrique Hernandez

To Blaze: 10K

Reds-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: 1B Mark Teixiera

To Reds: 1K

Reds-Monarchs Trade

To Reds: P Travis Wood, P Kevin Quackenbush

To Monarchs: 30K

Reds-Pelicans Trade

To Reds: C Tucker Barnhart

To Pelicans: 80K

Highlanders-Monarchs Trade

To Highlanders: OF Trayce Thompson, P Dan Jennings

To Monarchs: C Stuart Turner, P Steven Brault, P Travis Wood, 25K

Monarchs-Yankees Trade

To Yankees: P Fernando Salas

To Monarchs: 25K

Marlins-Monarchs Trade

To Marlins: P Santiago Casilla

To Monarchs: 25K

Yankees-Monarchs Trade

To Yankees: UT Howie Kendrick, 1B James Loney, 3B Eric Jagielo, 3B Michael Chavis, OF tyrone Taylor

To Monarchs: 100K

Expos-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: P Roniel Raudes, P AJ Puk

To Expos: OF Randall Grichuk

Marlins-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: P Zach Eflin

To Marlins: SS Christian Arroyo

Monarchs-Highlanders Trade

To Monarchs: OF Adam Eaton, SS Marcus Semien, OF Trayce Thompson,P Cody Anderson

To Highlanders: P Julio Teheran, SS Carter Kieboom, P Alex Young, OF Will Benson

MLB Offense

Something to muse on:

Last year, the MLB average OPS was .721, making RML unlimited .596 for hitters and .771 for pitchers.

Thru July 9 this year, the MLB average OPS is .742; if the season ended that way, RML unlimited next year would be .617 for hitters and .792 for pitchers.

Go to "General Messages" on message board to discuss.

Welcome New Managers

Welcome to the new owners coming in this block:

Seth Myers of the Red Sox

John Copertino of the Athletics

Scotty Pennington of the Monarchs

One Trade for Third Period

To Highlanders: OF D.J. Stewart, P Walker Buehler

To Expos: 70K

Waiver Cut-Off Roster Moves

The following teams have made the following cuts:

Reds: Orlando Calixte (minors)

Express: Tyler Moore

Yankees: Howie Kendrick

Dodgers: Josh Hamilton, David Hale, Juan Duran (minor)

Expos: Daniel Descalso

Captains: Drew Stubbs, Hernan Perez, Dayan Viciedo (minor)

Gypsies: Odrisamer Despaigne

Mudhens: Mike Dunn, Daniel Santana

Highlanders: Max Muncy

Athletics-Red Sox Trade

To Red Sox: P Johnny Cueto, P Mike Fiers, SS Didi Gregorius, 50K

To Athletics: 1B Chris Davis, INF Derek Dietrich, P Koji Uehara, 3B Hunter Dozier

Yankees-Highlanders Trade

To Yankees: INF Jake Elmore

To Highlanders: 2K

Browns-Highlanders Trade

To Browns: RHP Tanner Roark

To Highlanders: 72K

Captains-Highlanders Trade

To Captains: C Christian Bethancourt

To Highlanders: 15K

Boomers-Blaze Trade

To Boomers: LHP Josh Osich

To Blaze: 15K

Browns-Twins Trade

To Browns: INF Ehire Adrianza

To Twins: 1K

Highlanders-Mudcats Trade

To Mudcats: RHP Brad Brach

To Highlanders: 105K

Strat Order Date

Strat will begin taking orders on-line January 27.

Browns-Blaze Trade

To Browns: P Bo Schultz, 32K

To Blaze: P Randall Delgado

Monarchs-Reds Trade

To Monarchs: RHP Matt Garza

To Reds: 15K

Browns-Yankees Trade

To Browns: RHP Randall Delgado

To Yankees: 17K

Dodgers-Expos Trade

To Dodgers: LHP Trey Ball, OF Michael Gettys

To Expos: 3B Pablo Sandoval, 20K

Express-Knights Trade

To Express: 1B Josh Naylor, 50K

To Knights: 1B Dominic Smith

Express-Browns Trade

To Browns: P Matt Barnes

To Express: 20K

Expos-Express Trade

To Express: OF Leonys Martin

To Expos: OF Michael Gettys

Monarchs-Rockhounds Trade

To Rockhounds: OF Carlos Beltran, C Stephen Vogt

To Monarchs: RHP Williams Perez

Highlanders-River Dogs Trade

To River Dogs: P Chase Anderson

To Highlanders: 100K

Second Trading Period Opened Early

Gentlemen, start your engines. I'm opening up the second trading period four days early.

Free Agent Draft

The following players have moved teams (previous team in parentheses):

Addison Reed (Yankees) to Rockhounds 100K

John Axford (Expos) to Mudcats 2x110K

Ryan Zimmerman (Expos) to Captains 3x221K

Ian Kennedy (Expos) to Captains 3x120K

Jon Papelbon (Athletics) to Twins 118K

Jon Lester (Red Sox) to Rockhounds 4x205K

Hanley Ramirez stays with the Pilgrims at answering bid of 101K.

Browns-Pilgrims Trade

To Browns: OF David Peralta, P Justin Nicolino

To Pilgrims: OF Billy McKinney, OF Michael Conforto, OF Braxton Davidson, P Ivan Nova

Twins-Mudcats Trade

To Twins: SS Max Moroff

To Mudcats: 15K

Rockhounds-Knights Trade

To Rockhounds: OF Sam Fuld, C David Rodriguez, 3B Luis Castro

To Knights: OF Alex Gordon

Highlanders-Mudcats Trade

To Highlanders: P Brad Ziegler, C J.R. Murphy, 25K

To Mudcats: 2B Joey Wendle, C Max Stassi, P Tony Cingrani

Pilgrims-Mudhens Trade

To Mudhens: OF Adam Jones

To Pilgrims: OF Odubel Herrera, 1B Greg Bird, 50K

Rockhounds-Twins Trade

To Rockhounds: OF Travis Jankowski, 3B Kyle Kubitza, C Tyler Heineman

To Twins: OF Jose Bautista

Browns-Highlanders Trade

To Browns: 1B Logan Morrison

To Highlanders: 40K

Pelicans-Highlanders Trade

To Pelicans: 2B Johnny Giavotella

To Highlanders: OF Mark Zagunis, C Stuart Turner

Captains-Express Trade

To Captains: P Mat Latos

To Express: 5K

Boomers-Expos Trade

To Expos: P Dallas Keuchel, OF Kyle Waldrop, 2B Tony Renda

To Boomers: P Lance McCullers, OF Socrates Brito, 3b Rafael Devers, P Brian Johnson

Express-Pilgrims Trade

To Express: P Cole Hamels, 1B/DH Edwin Encarnacion, P Felix Hernandez, 150K

To Pilgrims: OF Jesse Winker, 3B Matt Chapman, SS Nick Gordon, OF Nick Williams, P Dylan Bundy, OF Daz Cameron, OF Gustavo Cabrera, OF Harold Ramirez

Athletics-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: P Julio Teheran, P Brent Honeywell, OF Nick Plummer, 50K

To Athletics: P Johnny Cueto, P Kelvin Herrera

Monarchs-Red Sox Trade

To Red Sox: 1B Chris Davis

To Monarchs: SS Amed Rosario, 1B Sam Travis, OF Manuel Margot, OF Victor Roache

Browns-Mudcats Trade

To Browns: P Aaron Blair, OF Steven Moya, 30K

To Mudcats: C Brian McCann, INF Alex Guerrero

Reds-Yankees Trade

To Yankees: OF Andre Ethier

To Reds: P Connor Jones

Yankees-Pilgrims Trade

To Yankees: RHP John Lackey

To Pilgrims: 3B Josh Morgan, OF Demi Orimoloye, 40K

Twins-Expos Trade

To Twins: OF Yasmani Tomas

To Expos: OF Billy Hamilton

Blaze-Knights Trade

In a trade of initials,

To Knights: C J.J. Schwarz

To Blaze: C A.J. Ellis

Gypsies-Boomers

To Boomers: 1B Casey McGehee

To Gypsies: 8K

Highlanders-Gypsies Trade

To Highlanders: INF Jake Elmore

To Gypsies: 20K

Blaze-Monarchs Trade

To Monarchs: 3B Chase Headley

To Blaze: OF Matt Szczur

OPS Unlimited Cutoffs for 2016

The major league average OPS for 2015 was up significantly from previous years: .721. So, RML unlimited for our 2016 season will be .596 OPS and lower for hitters; and .771 and higher for pitchers.

Slayers-Dodgers Trade

To Slayers: INF Donnie Murphy, 30K

To Dodgers: INF Clint Barmes

River Dogs-Mavericks Trade

To River Dogs: OF/1B Michael Cuddyer

To Mavericks: P Junichi Tazawa, P Joe Ross, P Joan Gregorio

Red Sox-Athletics Trade

To Athletics: C Chris Stewart

To Red Sox: OF Dan Robertson, 20K

Athletics-Mohawks Trade

To Athletics: OF Michael Saunders

To Mohawks: C Robinson Chirinos, C Jeremy Martinez, 35K

Slayers-River Dogs Trade

To River Dogs: P Sean Doolittle

To Slayers: P Tommy Hunter, P Nick Travieso, P Ian Clarkin, P Duane Underwood, P Rafael Montero

River Dogs-Panthers Trade

To River Dogs: P Cody Allen, 50K

To Panthers: P Alex Gonzalez, P R.J. Alvarez, P Todd Redmond, SS Raul A. Mondesi

Captains-Twins Trade

To Captains: OF Delmon Young

To Twins: 60K

Waiver Draft Results

Round 1
Red Sox: Esmil Rogers (35K)
Panthers: Mark Buehrle (40K)
Captains: Jeremy Guthrie (40K)
Gypsies: Brian Schlitter (15K)
Slayers: A.J. Burnett (40K)
Colt .45s: Pass
Rockhounds: Josh Edgin (25K)
Mudhens: David Huff (15K)
Boomers: Pass
Pelicans: Randy Choate (40K)
Knights: Robbie Ross (25K)
River Dogs: Todd Redmond (20K)
Athletics: Jeff Beliveau (15K)
Mavericks: Eric Young (35K)
Blaze: OF Chris B. Young (40K)

Round 2
Panthers: Gerald Laird
Captains: Eric Stults
Gypsies: Brandon Hicks
Slayers: Ubaldo Jimenez
Colt .45s: Paul Maholm
Boomers: Jordan Pacheco
Pelicans: Caleb Thielbar
Knights: Reed Johnson
Mavericks: Nick Punto
Blaze: David Ross

Round 3
Captains: Nick Swisher
Gypsies: Phil Gosselin
Slayers: Joe Thatcher
Colt .45s: Paul Konerko
Knights: Willie Bloomquist
Blaze: Blaine Hardy

Round 4
Captains: Jose Tabata
Gypsies: Jordan Danks
Slayers: Grant Balfour
Knights: Mitch Moreland

Rounds 5-11
Captains: Daisuke Matsuzaka, Mario Hollands, Darin Downs, Chris Capuano
Slayers: Edwin Jackson, John Baker, Tony Gwynn, Ryan Raburn, Raul Ibanez, Chris Valaika, Clint Barmes

Expenditures:
Red Sox: 1 player/35K
Panthers: 2/55
Captains: 8/145
Gypsies: 4/60
Slayers: 11/190
Colt .45s: 2/30
Rockhounds: 1/25
Mudhens: 1/15
Boomers: 1/15
Pelicans: 2/55
Knights: 4/70
River Dogs: 1/20
Athletics: 1/15
Mavericks: 2/50
Blaze: 3/70

Waiver Deadline Roster Moves

The following roster cuts have been made:

• Mudhens: P Jeremy Guthrie
• Yankees: P Eric Stults
• Dodgers: OF Josh Sale
• Boomers: P Madison Younginer
• Knights: P Jonny Venters
• Panthers: OF Moises Sierra, P Daisuke Matsuzaka, P Sam Lecure, OF Junior Arias, P David Aardsma, P Christian Garcia, P Ramon Ramirez