Week 2 Newsletter

April 21, 2009

TRANSACTIONS:

April 17
SOX acquire Livan Hernandez for 60 cents, releasing Troy Glaus
TAILGATERS acquire Chris Perez for $2.10, releasing Bob Howry
TAILGATERS acquire Anderson Hernandez for 60 cents, releasing Tom Glavine
GREENBUSHERS acquire Todd Coffey for 50 cents, releasing Jared Burton

April 19
TAILGATERS acquire P.J. Walters for 60 cents, releasing Josh Willingham
NoFRNs acquire Jeff Keppinger for 50 cents, releasing Jason Kendall
MISFITS acquire Lou Marson for 50, releasing Gary Sheffield

April 20
KNICKS acquire David Eckstein for 60 cents, releasing Ronnie Belliard
KNICKS acquire David Weathers for 50 cents, releasing Jon Rauch

April 21
BORG acquires Felipe Paulino for $1.10 releasing Joe Mather
JOKERS acquire Kiko Calero for 50 cents, releasing Steven Shell
MISFITS acquire Aaron Heilman on waivers (50 cents – minimum bid applies when a team reclaims a player it previously waived), releasing Andrew Miller
QUIBBLERS acquire Ronald Belsario for 50 cents, releasing Chan Ho Park

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, April 27. If a claim for one or more of those players is postmarked or delivered on or before that date and does not specify whether it is a waiver claim or a free agent claim, it will be considered a waiver claim. Announcements of all free agent and waiver acquisitions are subject to change if a late arriving letter or postcard is received from a team with a superior claim. Salaries of free agents are 50 cents unless otherwise indicated.

REMINDER ABOUT FREE AGENT CLAIMS: When claiming a free agent, you must specify whether the player being released is in the lineup or not. The status of the released player is the status on the day before the claim goes into effect, which means in most cases it is the status on the day you send the claim. If the released player is not in the lineup on the day you send the claim, you can just note NIL, which, of course, means not in lineup. If the released player is in your lineup on the day you send the claim, you must report who will replace that player in your lineup. I do not care if you already reported a sub to your “checker.” You must also report the sub in the free agent claim. If it makes it easier to understand, when you make the claim just forget that you have a “checker” for your lineup and pretend that all your substitutions are reported to the person receiving the player claim. Then, report the substitution in the free agent claim.

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