Week 25 Newsletter

September 29, 2009

TRANSACTIONS:

September 23
KNICKS acquire Edward Mujica for 50 cents, releasing Patrick Misch

September 26
No FRNs acquire Luke Gregerson for 50 cents, releasing Sean West

September 27
KNICKS acquire Ramon Hernandez for 50 cents, releasing Rick Ankiel
TAILGATERS acquire Chris Narveson for 50 cents, releasing Jake Fox

September 29
KNICKS acquire Juan Uribe on waivers (90 cents), releasing David Eckstein
KNICKS acquire Roy Oswalt on waivers ($4.60), releasing Edward Mujica
No FRNs acquire Carlos Delgado for 50 cents releasing Elijah Dukes
JOKERS acquire Delwyn Young on waivers (50 cents) and Vincente Padilla for $1.00 releasing Kelly Johnson (long-term buyout) and Kiko Calero

Players released in this newsletter cannot be claimed unless a National League game from the 162 game schedule is played on or after October 5. If such a game is played on or after October 5, the last day to postmark or deliver a waiver claim for the players released in this newsletter is Monday, October 5. 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. Our commissioner does 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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