Okay, folks, we’re set to draft on April 3rd @ 4 PM (ish, depending on traffic).  Thanks for everyone being available.  Remember that Sam Kinison bit about not giving food to the starving folks in Africa?  “You live in a @#$%ing desert!!  You see this?  It’s sand.  You know what it’s going to be a hundred years from now?  IT’S GONNA BE SAND!” Well, next year and every year thereafter, barring a strike, MLB opening day will be at the end of March/first of April, so please keep that in mind when planning future endeavors.  Everyone’s flexibility on this matter is much appreciated.

Now, back to biz:
Renewals are due by midnight March 27th.  As is always the case, if someone you renew gets injured prior to the draft, you can always toss them back into the mix & not get hung with that renewal price.

Reminders:
-We’re now at 8 renewals instead of 7.
-We’re changing one RP slot to simply a P slot, meaning we’ll have 5 starters, 2 relievers and one “extra pitcher” slot that can be either (I’ll go out on a limb and guess that it’ll mostly be SP’s, though).  A possibile instance of 66 starters being up means the probility of an expansion of “Wall of Shame” entries may be in order as we throw in teams’ 5th starters in order to get innings.  I can foresee most teams ERA’s hovering around the 4.00 mark instead of the usual 3.50-3.80.  Things will get MUCH more interesting.
-As is usually the case, I’ll probably renew someone who’ll end up being worse than Grandmother Elsheshai.
-Your season ending roster includes your available draft dollars.  Look under your up pitchers, next to the totals.
-Go here to download last year’s draft day kit.  The “Contracts” tab will have any renewal data.  Guys in their third year cannot be renewed.

-Anyone on your season ending roster who was NOT acquired during last year’s draft (bid or supplemental) can be renewed for $3.
- The opening of the waiver wire moves from Wednesday to Thursday @ 6PM.
* The “free” replacement of injured pitchers who are not on the DL changes from one stat period (Mon-Sun) to any pitcher who hasn’t played in seven consecutive games.

Proposed Payout:

Please vote yes or no on the payout.

March 21st 20th?

Final stats are complete.  Congratulations to all the winners.  A few items of note before we all get into football season:

- I’ll contact everyone via e-mail about restructuring the payout system so that in the future the 4th place finisher will receive a payout in the OVERALL but not in each half (meaning more money for the top finishers).  We’ll need to ponder that & vote during next year’s draft.
- Everyone please vote on the proposals:
* Move the opening of the waiver wire from Wednesday to Thursday.
* Change the “free” replacement of injured pitchers not on the DL from one stat period (Mon-Sun) to any pitcher who hasn’t played in seven consecutive games.

And any ideas on how to handle the draft position for ties is up for discussion.

Minor proposals for next season:

Move the opening of the waiver wire from Wednesday to Thursday.

Change the “free” replacement of injured pitchers not on the DL from one stat period (Mon-Sun) to any pitcher who hasn’t played in seven consecutive games.

Side note, I’m sorry that I called this guy an “idiot” and turned down the volume every time he annoyed me on ESPN.