Week 5 Newsletter

May 12, 2009

Special Note: The Houston/Washington game from Tuesday, May 5, that was suspended will result in some statistical oddities. All stats will count for May 5. The game is scheduled to be completed on July 9; and the stats after the completion will count as if the entire game was played on May 5. That means week five statistics are tentative at this point. After the game is completed on July 9, the standings for week 5 will be adjusted to account for the stats accumulated on July 9.

TRANSACTIONS:

May 6
BORG acquires Joe Thurston for 60 cents, releasing Peter Moylan

May 7
QUIBBLERS acquire Josh Geer for 80 cents and Jeff Weaver for 80 cents, releasing Nick Evans and Jeff Karstens

May 9
TAILGATERS acquire Josh Whitesell for 50 cents, releasing Brad Nelson

May 10
MISFITS acquire Chris Coghlan for $2.10 and Jonathon Niese for 90 cents, releasing James McDonald and David Ross

May 11
GREENBUSHERS acquire Josh Willingham for 50 cents, releasing Jeremy Affeldt

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, May 18. 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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