[USML Announce] Putz is Fine - Rocco's Hurting

Thu Mar 22 09:30:33 EDT 2007

What's this Rick, you want an insect in return for Youkilis? No deal.
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At:  3/21 14:01:37

John & Andy;
     What's your pleasure, coleoptera or lepidoptera?
  Rick

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From: "Andrew R. Klein" <anrklein at yahoo.com>
Responding to John Fruit, I bid $6 on Youkilis ...

-Andy

rickgam at comcast.net wrote:
Greetings;
     Thanks for the clarification, Commish.  My missive from this morning still
applies though - I'll stick Matsuzaka in the active roster instead of Youkilis.
And if Youkilis goes for more than $13 or $14 I won't eat a bug - whoever bids
him above that will have to though.
  Rick

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From: "Blocker, Mark B." <mblocker at Sidley.com>

Brad is right.  Here are the rules.

Section 17.1 says you can retain 9 players.

Section 17.5 says you can retain an additional 3 players who have rookie status
and have never been on the active roster of a league team, AND without regard to
anticipated opening day major league status.

As a result, Dice-K, who meets the definition of section 17.5, can be one of the
"plus three players" for the Hoosiers, even though we can "anticipate" he will
be on Boston's active roster on opening day.

However, section 17.3 provides that, if a player is a "plus three player" but is
on the 25-man roster on Draft Day, his salary is deducted from the $260 and he
must be placed on the active roster.

One e-mail had suggested that this result was in conflict with sections 17.8 to
17.10 (and another e-mail agreed this might be true).  Those sections deal with
the following circumstance.  Suppose Team A retains two 2Bs as part of its group
of 9, and a third 2B as one of its "plus three" players (and assume this is the
only position for which they qualify).  If the third 2B is on the active roster
of an MLB team on draft day, he must be placed on the active roster.  However,
because a team cannot have three 2Bs, one has to go, and that is what sections
17.8 to 17.10 deal with.  Note: these rules are very unlikely to be triggered,
because several years ago we moved from having a DH only to a Ute position, and
now the third 2B could be slid to Ute.  So there is no conflict, although the
e-mail did not explain why the author believed that, and perhaps an exp lanati
on would cause me to have a different view.

One other e-mail suggested that this is not how we had done it in the past.  I
don't profess to remember whether that is true or not.  However, it has been
many years since we have had our draft AFTER opening day, so section 17.3 has
not been available for quite some time (it only comes into play if you know the
final 25-man rosters).  That is probably the source of the confusion.

Hope this helps.

 -- Mark B.

 : announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf Of
Brad Jansen
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:57 AM
To: USML Announcements
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Putz is Fine - Rocco's Hurting

Andy:
  Since when did you become a politician? My comments reflect an accurate
reading of the Constitution, irrespective of "what we did." There is no
inconsistency in the Constitution about what is to be done with players on our
reserve lists come draft day. Leave it to Jeffrey to stir a hornet's nest when
there really is no controversy on this issue.
  And with respect to Rocco B, I think Jeffrey better ratchet down the lad's
projected SBs a bit....That is so all,
BLJ

On 3/21/07, Andrew R. Klein <anrklein at yahoo.com> wrote:
Mark-

Elijah Dukes keeps the spirit of the "Free Josh" movement alive on the Klein
Nine.

I feel Jeff's pain with Rocco.  As I recall, he pulled his hammy and hit the DL
last year just our draft was concluding.

On the rules issues, I think Brad's comments reflect what we did.  But Jim is
right that some of our rules language might be inconsistent.

-Andy

springkerb at aol.com wrote:
This reminds me of a great comment in the old roto manual--back before Benson
took over and made it painfully dull.  They commented that one particularly
injury-prone player could pull a hammy eating cornflakes.  Looks like Baldelli's
going to be in that category.

By the way, have people noticed that Josh Hamilton (now w/ Cincy) is suddenly a
hot commodity again this spring?  Looks like Andy's "Free Josh" movement is
finally paying off.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: jhwinick at aol.com
To: announce at usml.net
Sent: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 8:47 PM
Subject: [USML Announce] Putz is Fine - Rocco's Hurting

What good is a healthy putz if you've got a sore "roc"?  Just when you start to
think the worst is behind you:

Rocco Baldelli - OF, TB Mar 20 5:39 PM
Baldelli had to leave Tuesday's Devil Rays-Indians game early after feeling
tightness in his right hamstring, the St. Petersburg Times reports. RotoWire.com
Recommends: According to the report, Baldelli said he wouldn't know how serious
the problem was until Wednesday. Baldelli left the game after four innings. He
had gone 3-for-3 with a double and a steal while batting third for the first
time this spring. Baldelli missed two months due to hamstring strains last year,
so this is a worrisome development. More word as we get it.

Figured I'd beat my buddies Brad Lee and PT/KR to the punch.

Jeff

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Subject: RE: [USML Announce] Putz is Fine - Rocco's Hurting
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:27:53 +0000
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