Week 18 Newsletter

August 11, 2009

TRANSACTIONS:

August 6
No FRNs acquire Ryan Roberts for 50, releasing Juan Uribe
SOX acquire Pedro Martinez for 50 cents, releasing Jeff Suppan

August 10
No FRNs acquire Eugenio Velez for 50 cents, releasing Mike Fontenot
GREENBUSHERS acquire Mike Adams for 50 cents, filling a vacant roster spot

August 11
TAILGATERS acquire Everth Cabrera for 50 cents and release Nick Evans
No FRNs acquire Will Venable for 50 cents, releasing Scott Hairston
QUIBBLERS acquire Jon Garland for 70 cents, releasing Paul Maholm
MISFITS acquire the following free agents for 50 cents each: Edinson Volquez, Robert A. Parnell, Yusmeiro Pettit, and Justin Lehr and releasing Clay Zavada, Todd Wellemeyer, Kris Medlen, and John Mayberry

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, August 17. 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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