Week 7 Newsletter

May 26, 2009

TRANSACTIONS:

May 20
TAILGATERS acquire Brian Barden for 50 cents and Laynce Nix for 50 cents, releasing Anderson Hernandez and PJ Walters

May 22
KNICKS acquire Jerry Hairston, Jr. for 60 cents, releasing Jeff Keppinger
SOX acquire Craig Counsell for 50 cents, releasing Omar Infante

May 23
MISFITS acquire Kris Medlen for 50 cents, releasing Eric Stults

May 26
No FRNs acquire Braden Looper on waivers (30 cents), releasing Manny Parra.
No FRNs acquire Jesus Guzman for 50 cents, releasing Chad Tracy
QUIBBLERS acquire Willie Harris for $1.20, releasing Brandon Moss
MISFITS acquire Eric O'Flaherty for 50 cents, releasing Aaron Heilman

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, June 1. 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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