Managers,
As I mentioned in the last trade
announcement, we are working hard to get the SPB NOW season disk ready. It
involves a bit of work, deleting players, checking player status, etc., so
please bear with us. I want to have the disk to you as quickly as
possible, but also with the minimum of errors.
Next, some have asked about the status of
X-Players. Remember the rule of thumb is on what season ending roster did
a player wind up on. Let's look at some examples.
1. Carl Pavano ended the season on the
roster of an X-Team (Florida) and is not on the current roster of any SPB NOW
team. He apparently has signed with the Yankees and assuming that he ends
the 2005 season on the Yankees roster, he will be eligible to be selected in the
2005 Rookie draft (held in January 2006). In short, he is not eligible to
be drafted in the upcoming rookie draft on January 15, 2005.
2. Paul Lo Duca ended the season on
the the roster on an X-Team (Florida) but is also on the roster of a current SPB
NOW team (Latrobe 33's).. He may be kept on the roster of Latrobe at the
cost of 2 protected player spots in the Phase II draft. Latrobe can
currently protect 18 players for Phase II, so keeping Lo Duca will reduce the
number of protected players to 16.
3. Brad Penny ended the season on the
roster on a non-X-team (Los Angeles) but began the season on an X-team
(Florida). He also is not on the current roster of any SPB NOW team.
As such, he is eligible in the 2004 rookie draft held on January 15,
2005.
4. Armando Benitez ended the season on
the roster of an X-Team (Florida) but is also on the roster of a current SBP NOW
team (Rip City Highlanders). Even thought he has signed with SF, he still
ended the season on the roster on an X-Team and may only remain in the league if
he is kept as a protected player in Phase II. Rip City can currently
protect 18 players, so if they keep Benitez, they may only protect 16 players in
Phase II.
IMPORTANT!!!!!. As you receive the
disk from DMB, remember that any player with 400 or more at bats, playing in 10
or fewer defensive games, will have that rating removed and will not be eligible
to play at the removed position in SPB NOW. So even though ARod has a SS
rating, he played in 10 or less games and will have that rating
removed.
Let me know if you have any
questions.
Jim