Week 4 Newsletter CORRECTED

May 5, 2009

The original newsletter left off the Tailgaters April 29 claim.

TRANSACTIONS:

April 29
TAILGATERS acquired Joe Beimel for 70 cents, releasing Billy Wagner

April 30
JOKERS acquire Julian Tavarez for 50 cents, releasing Hong-Chin Kuo
KNICKS acquire LaTroy Hawkins for $1.80, releasing Garrett Mock

May 1
WEIRDOS acquire Augie Ojeda for 50 cents, releasing Hayden Penn
NoFRNs acquire Adam Rosales for 60 cents, releasing Cha Seung Baek

May 2
Misfits acquire Bobby Parnell for 50 cents, releasing Joel Hanrahan

May 3
NoFRNs acquire Mark DeFelice for 50 cents, releasing Jeff Keppinger

May 5
No FRNs acquire Ronny Paulino for 50 cents, and Cory Wade on waivers, releasing Chris Dickerson NIL and Mark DeFelice

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, May 11. 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.

Questions? E-mail Steve