Nick Blackburn trade

Billy Martin trades Nick Blackburn to Bruce Bochte for Bochte's 7th round pick in the 2013 draft.

Minors ongoing

Minors rosters as of Opening Day, 4/5/2012

Perpetual Mediocrity-
 
1) Martin Perez- P- Texas Rangers
2) Travis D'Arnaud- C- Toronto Blue Jays

3) Michael Choice- OF- Oakland Athletics
4) Alex Wimmer- P- Minnesota Twins
5) Deck McGuire- P- Toronto Blue Jays
6) AJ Cole- P- Oakland Athletics

Gramercy Riffs

1) Sean Doolittle- RP- Oakland Athletics
2) Andy Oliver- P- Detroit Tigers
3) Randal Grichuck- OF- Los Angeles Angels
4) Garret Richards- SP- Los Angeles Angels
5) Wilson Ramos- 2B/OF- Minnesota Twins
6) Sonny Gray- P- Oakland Athletics


The Lone Ranger

1) Bubba Starling- OF- Kansas City Royals 
2) Michael Ynoa- P- Oakland Athletics 
3) Grant Green- OF- Oakland Athletics
4) Manny Machado- SS- Baltimore Orioles
5) Chelsor Cuthbert- 3B- Kansas City Royals
6) Daniel Norris- SP- Toronto Blue Jays


Blue Ballers
 
1) Christian Colon- SS- Kansas City Royals
2) Nick Castellanos- 3B- Detroit Tigers
3) Michael Olt- 3B- Texas Rangers
4) Francisco Lindor- SS- Cleveland Indians
5) Jorge Alfaro-C- Texas Rangers
6) Jairo Beras- OF- Texas Rangers

Trucknutz

1) Tyler Flowers- C- Chicago White Sox  
2) Will Meyers- C- Kansas Citty Royals
3) John Lamb- P- Kansas City Royals
4) James Paxton- P- Seattle Mariners
5) Bryce Brentz- OF- Boston Red Sox
6) Vinny Catricala- 3B- Seattle Mariners

Bruce Bochte

1) Chris Parmalee- 1B- Minnesota Twins 
2) Michael Bowden- P- Boston Red Sox 
3) Dante Bichette Jr.- 3B- New York Yankees
4) Carlos Trufinel- SS- Seattle Mariners
5) Tajuan Walker- P- Seattle Mariners
6) Dillon Howard- P- Cleveland Indians

Billy Martin

1) Anthony Gose- OF- Toronto Blue Jays
2) Tim Beckham- SS- Tampa Bay Rays 
3) Michael Montgomery- P- Kansas City Royals
4) Austin Romine-C- New York Yankees
5) Jared Mitchell-OF- White Sox
6) Dellin Betances-P- New York Yankees

Do Tell Dotel



1) Chris Archer- P- Tampa Bay Rays
2) Garin Cechinni- IF- Boston Red Sox
3) Jake Ordozzi- SP- Kansas City Royals
4) Dylan Bundy- SP- Baltimore Orioles
5) Hak-Ju Lee- SS- Tampa Bay Rays
6) Neil Ramirez- SP- Texas Rangers

Whurlitzer's Arm

1) Mike Trout-OF- Los Angeles Angels
2) Kyle Gibson-P- Minnesota Twins
3) Jean Segura-IF- Los Angeles Angels
4) Will Middlebrooks- 3B- Boston Red Sox
5) Miki Mahtook- OF- Tampa Bay Rays
6) Blake Swihart- C- Boston Red Sox


Alphalpha Sprouts


1) Aaron Hicks- OF- Minnesota Twins
2) Gary Sanchez- C- New York Yankees
3) Jurickson Profar- SS- Texas Rangers
4) Joe Benson- OF- Minnesota Twins
5) Mason Williams- OF- New York Yankees

6) Jordan Akins- OF- Texas Rangers


Wade Boggs

1) Nick Franklin- SS- Seattle Mariners
2) Miguel Sano -SS/3B- Minnesota Twins 
3) Manuel Banuelos- P- New York Yankees
4) Jake Marisnick-OF- Toronto Blue Jays
5) Jonathan Schoop- SS/3B- Baltimore Orioles
6) Taylor Guerrieri- SP- Tampa Bay Rays


YAZ Slashers

1) Jose Iglesias-SS- Boston Red Sox 
2) Jacob Turner- P- Detroit Tigers

3) Anthony Ranuado- P- Boston Red Sox
4) Xander Bogaerts- SS- Boston Red Sox
5) CJ Crohn- 1B- Los Angeles Angels
6) Nestor Molina- SP- Chicago White Sox 

2012 Minor Leaguers-w BA Top 100 evals

Perpetual Mediocrity- 13 points
 
1) Martin Perez- P- Texas Rangers-    3 points
2) Travis D'Arnaud- C- Toronto Blue Jays- 4 points
3) Matt Moore- P- Tampa Bay Rays- 5 points
4) Michael Choice- OF- Oakland Athletics- 1 point
5) Alex Wimmer- P- Minnesota Twins- 0
6) Deck McGuire- P- Toronto Blue Jays- 0

Gramercy Riffs- 6 points

1) Sean Doolittle- 1B- Oakland Athletics
2) Andy Oliver- P- Detroit Tigers
3) Johnny Giavotella- 2B- Kansas City Royals*- 5 points
4) Randal Grichuck- OF- Los Angeles Angels
5) Garret Richards- SP- Los Angeles Angels - 1 point


The Lone Ranger- 4 points

1) Nick Hagadone- P- Cleveland Indians 
2) Michael Ynoa- P- Oakland Athletics 
3) Grant Green- OF- Oakland Athletics
4) Manny Machado- SS- Baltimore Orioles- 4 points
5) Stolmy Pimentel- P- Red Sox


Blue Ballers- 11 points

1) Mike Moustakas- 3B- Kansas City Royals*- 5 points
2) Adeiny Hechevarria SS Toronto Blue Jays 
3) Christian Colon- SS- Kansas City Royals
4) Nick Castellanos- 3B- Detroit Tigers- 3 points
5) Michael Olt- 3B- Texas Rangers- 3 points

Trucknutz- 8 points

1) Tyler Flowers- C- Chicago White Sox 
2) Josh Reddick- OF- Oakland Athletics* - 5 points
3) Alex Liddi- SS- Seattle Mariners 
4) Will Meyers- C- Kansas Citty Royals- 3 points
5) John Lamb- P- Kansas City Royals

Bruce Bochte- 4 points

1) Chris Parmalee- 1B- Minnesota Twins 
2) Michael Bowden- P- Boston Red Sox 
3) Greg Halman- OF- Seattle Mariners 
4) Carlos Trufinel- SS- Seattle Mariners
5) Tajuan Walker- P- Seattle Mariners- 4 points

Billy Martin- 4 points

1) Lonnie Chisenhall-3B- Cleveland Indians
2) Tim Beckham- SS- Tampa Bay Rays 
3) Michael Montgomery- P- Kansas City Royals- 4 points
4) Austin Romine-C- New York Yankees
5) Jared Mitchell-OF- White Sox

Do Tell Dotel-  3 points

1) Chris Carter- 1B- Oakland Athletics
2) Chris Archer- P- Tampa Bay Rays- 1 point
3) Garin Cechinni- IF- Boston Red Sox
4) Jake Ordozzi- SP- Kansas City Royals- 2 points

Whurlitzer's Arrm- 7 points

1) Mike Trout-OF- Los Angeles Angels- 5 points
2) Kyle Gibson-P- Minnesota Twins
3) Jean Segura-IF- Los Angeles Angels- 2 points
4) Josh Sale- OF- Tampa Bay Rays


Alphalpha Sprouts- 12 points


1) Jesus Montero-C- Seattle Mariners- 5 points
2) Jacob McGee- P- Tampa Bay Rays 
3) Aaron Hicks- OF- Minnesota Twins
4) Gary Sanchez- C- New York Yankees- 1 point
5) Jurickson Profar- SS- Texas Rangers- 5 points
6) Joe Benson- OF- Minnesota Twins- 1 point


Wade Boggs- 8 points

1) Nick Franklin- SS- Seattle Mariners- 1 point
2) Miguel Angel Sano -SS- Minnesota Twins- 4 points 
3) Manuel Banuelos- P- New York Yankees- 3 points


YAZ Slashers- 9 points

1) Ben Revere- OF- Minnesota Twins* - 5 points
2) Jose Iglesias-SS- Boston Red Sox 
3) Jacob Turner- P- Detroit Tigers-  4 points

4) Anthony Ranuado- P- Boston Red Sox


* Designates players has achieved 150 ABs or 45 IP and must be added to owners 24 man roster in 2011 draft or become an unrestricted free agent. 

Blue Ballers/ Dotel Ballers/The Realness trades

Blue Ballers acquires Howie Kendrick from Do Tell Dotel for a 3rd round pick in the 2012 draft.

Blue Ballers then acquires The Realness's 2nd pick in the 2012 draft for BJ Upton.

Please be aware of the people you are drafting for during the draft. It is your responsibility to communicate with  them and to make the proper selections for them.

Link to League Rules & 2011 rosters

I have updated the league rules and regulations, including the draft order, procedures for trading draft picks, and if a player is "tanking" to get a better draft pick. I am linking it to Google documents so you should all be able to access this. This link should take you to rosters. This link should take you to rules and regulations.

Any comments or concerns or changes, let me know.

Welcome back- 2012 draft order and info.

OK guys, with fantasy football over and the hockey season at the mid-point, it is time to start thinking of the fantasy baseball season. Spring training is about 6 weeks away and it is never too early to start prepping for what is a competitive draft in a competitive league.

By Feb 17 I will need a list of your 7 "soft" keepers. You can make changes to that list of 7 if you NEED TO because of injury or demotion, but please try not to wait until the last minute to make a change. Last year two teams tried to make changes the day of the draft. That is not cool to those of us that put the time in and did many mock drafts to prepare.With that in mind, no changes made to your keepers 48 hours prior to the draft period (unless player is out for year).

In addition, these 3 players went over 150 ABS or 45 IP, which means they must be added to their owner's roster or be in the FA pool for Week #1 of bids:

Mike Moustakas- Blue Ballers
Ben Revere- YAZ
Tyler Chatwood- Trucknutz

Here is the draft order followed by the traded picks.

1) Bruce Bochte
2) Alphalpha  Sprouts
3) Gramercy Rifts
4) YAZ
5) Felix Mantila
6) Blue Ballers
7) Do Tell Dotel
8) Captain Laddie
9) Wade Boggs
10) Billy Martin
11) Whurlitzer's Arm
12) Trucknutz

Dotel has Wade Bogg's 3rd round pick (Alex Gordon trade)
Dotel has Blue Ballers 5th round pick (Chone Figgins trade)

Our draft starts in the 8th round technically, once keepers are assigned, and we have a 24 man roster. Once the Astros move into the AL in 2013, if you want a 25 man roster, we can do that.

Last but not least, I say that the winner of the consolation bracket will no longer be winning money, since they no have the first pick in the draft. I am for allocating that money to the third place finisher.

Any questions or concerns shoot me an e-mail or comment on the blog.

-Jerry

Gordon/ Joyce

Wade Boggs sent Matt Joyce and his 3rd round pick in the 2012 draft to Do Tell Dotel for Alex Gordon.