Week 24 Newsletter

September 22, 2009

TRANSACTIONS:

September 16
QUIBBLERS acquire Aaron Poreda for 50 cents, releasing Juan Uribe
TAILGATERS acquire Juan Francisco for 50 cents, releasing Laynce Nix

September 18
No FRNs acquire Wade LeBlanc for 50 cents, releasing Delwyn Young

September 19
QUIBBLERS acquire Bud Norris for $1.10, releasing Roy Oswalt

September 22
GREENBUSHERS acquire Jeremy Hermida for 60 cents, releasing Edgar Renteria
QUIBBLERS acquire free agent Chris Volstad (Fla.) for 60 cents, releasing Vicente Padilla
KNICKS acquire Patrick Misch on waivers (70 cents), releasing Carlos Delgado

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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