Week 6 Newsletter

May 19, 2009

TRANSACTIONS:

May 14
BORG acquire Mark DeFelice for 60 cents, releasing Felipe Paulino
QUIBBLERS acquire Joel Hanrahan for 80 cents, releasing Jeff Weaver

May 15
GREENBUSHERS acquire Gerardo Parra for 90 cents, releasing Todd Coffey

May 16
NoFRNs acquire Scott Hairston for 50 cents, releasing Ronny Paulino
KNICKS acquire Jeff Keppinger for 50 cents and Fernando Tatis for 50 cents, releasing Braden Looper and Jody Gerut
BORG acquire Gary Sheffield for $1.20, releasing Joe Thurston

May 19
JOKERS acquire Jeff Karstens on waivers (50 cents), releasing Julian Tavarez
QUIBBLERS acquire Brandon Moss for 50 cents, releasing Josh Geer

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, May 25. 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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