Week 23 Newsletter

September 17, 2009

TRANSACTIONS:

September 10
KNICKS acquire Angel Pagan for 60 cents, releasing LaTroy Hawkins
JOKERS acquire Rafael Betancourt for 50 cents and Ken Takahashi for 50 cents, releasing Pedro Feliciano and Charlie Haeger

September 14
MISFITS acquire Gaby Sanchez for 50 cents, releasing Yusmeiro Petit
QUIBBLERS acquire Ian Desmond and Felipe Paulino each for 50 cents, releasing Jeremy Hermida and Patrick Misch

September 15
JOKERS acquire Paul Maholm for 80 cents on waivers and Chris Young (the pitcher) for $1.50 on waivers, releasing Nick Masset and Tony Gwynn Jr.
BORG acquire Mark DeRosa as a free agent at a salary of 80 cents, releasing Chris Volstad

The last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, September 28. 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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