Week 16 Newsletter

July 28, 2009

TRANSACTIONS:

July 22
SOX acquire Jason Schmidt for $1.10; releasing Everth Cabrera
BORG acquires Tim Stauffer for $1.10, releasing Kyle Blanks
JOKERS acquire Kiko Calero for $0.50, releasing Chris Sampson

July 24
BORG trades Nick Johnson and Ryan Church to the MISFITS for Shane Victorino
MISFITS release Mitch Stetter

July 26
MISFITS acquire Matt Holliday for $31.60, releasing Garrett Atkins
No FRNs acquire Delwyn Young for 50 cents and Kyle Kendrick for 50 cents, releasing Ryan Spilborghs and Carlos Gonzales.
QUIBBLERS acquire Julio Lugo for $2.30, releasing Sean West

July 27
MISFITS acquire Jhoulys Chacin for 50 cents, releasing Randy Johnson

July 28
No FRNs acquire Jonny Gomes for 50 cents, releasing Chris Duncan

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, August 3. 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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