Week 17 Newsletter

August 4, 2009

The Trade Deadline Edition

TRANSACTIONS:

July 30
BORG acquires Ryan Garko for $1.20 filling a vacant roster spot

July 31
No FRNs acquire Gaby Sanchez for 60 cents, releasing Kyle Kendrick
QUIBBLERS acquire Bud Norris for $1.20 releasing Andrew Miller

August 2
KNICKS acquire George Sherrill for $1.60, releasing LaTroy Hawkins
JOKERS acquire Oscar Salazar for 60 cents, releasing Willy Taveras
GREENBUSHERS acquire Cliff Lee for $30.80, releasing Edinson Volquez and Jon Garland, leaving an open roster spot
No FRNs Elijah Dukes for 60 cents, releasing Gaby Sanchez

August 3
No FRNs trade Jose Valverde to the QUIBBLERS for Manny Parra
JOKERS acquire Clayton Richard for $15.70, releasing Jason Hammel
No FRNs acquire Scott Rolen for $1.90, releasing Chris Snyder
No FRNs acquire Sean Marshall for 50 cents, releasing Blake DeWitt

August 4
KNICKS acquire Garrett Atkins on waivers ($3.30), releasing Jerry Hairston
BORG acquires Rick Vandenhurk for 60 cents, releasing David Weathers
QUIBBLERS acquire Carlos Gonzales on waivers (90 cents), releasing Ryan Madson
QUIBBLERS acquire Kyle Blanks on waivers ($1.10), releasing Casey Kotchman

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, August 10. 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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