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This is how busy I've been! I didn't know Freel was even with the Cubs until May 25. (He was acquired on the 8th) What happen to him...........

My team still isn't very good. I'm doing my best on the waiver wire though. Sorry I've been a stranger, but my school work has been limiting my NSBB time. I'll try to do better in the future.

I still love CPat. It's a shame he hasn't had much success, but I'll always have a soft spot for him.

I don't believe that. There is a huge number of writers that will vote for Bonds as soon as they can and they'll justify it. Manny may be the same situation especially considering it's not a steroid (reportedly) he's been busted for. The voters put in who they want to put in............whether it makes sense is another discussion all it's own.

ESPN is reporting that the suspension will start immediately. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4148907

This is really sad news to hear. He had the arm to be an above average MLB pitcher. It's a shame he didn't get a chance to live out that life.

I. AM. SO. HAPPY!

I think it all depends on how Lee does and how consistent of playing time Hoffpauir gets. His production could be a real mixed bag if he doesn't get consistent playing time. On the other hand, if he's playing on a pretty consistent basis I think he'll do really well. Hoff is having a great spring though.

http://www.examiner.com/x-5358-Iowa-Cubs-Examiner~y2009m3d20-Hoffpauir-makes-bid-for-Opening-Day-roster

done.

I drafted him already. I'll trade him to you though.

Dammit. I'll send out payment again on Monday.

Sorry guys. Busy day! ARoids select: http://z.about.com/d/baseball/1/7/k/2/-/-/angels5.jpg Orlando Cabrera, SS, Oakland A's

Round 4: 1 Czar Nikita 2 Bronx DSB 3 New York A-Roids 4 White Soxaholics 5 Cubbiebummin 6 Cubbiebummin 7 Dawg Pound 8 Kingsport Copperheads 9 Slainte 10 The Big City Sliders 11 SoCal Cubs 12 Minnesota Masterbatters 13 Czar Nikita 14 Roady 15 Team Bouldin 16 Nuke's Bombers

Bronx selects: Chris Young, OF, Arizona D-bags WSox is ON THE CLOCK! Round 3: 33 Nuke's Bombers: Johnny Cueto, SP, CIN 34 Team Bouldin: Carlos Delgado, 1B, NYM 35 Roady: James Loney, 1B, LAD 36 White Soxaholics: Corey Hart, RF, MIL 37 Minnesota Masterbatters: Magglio Ordonez, RF, Det 38 SoCal Cubs: Kelly Johnson, 2B, ATL 39 Nuke's (from Pound thru Sliders): Bobby Abreu, RF, LAA 40 Slainte: John Danks, SP, CHW 41 Kingsport Copperheads: Chien Ming Wang, SP, NYY 42 Canuckophiles: Jorge Cantu, IF, Fla 43 Sliders (from Hosak through Cubbie): Chris Iannetta, C, COL 44 Hosak: Ryan Zimmerman, 3B, Was 45 HosakD (from Dawg Pound): Adam Wainwright, SP, StL 46 NY A-Roids: Larry W. Jones, 3B, ATL 47 Bronx DSB: Chris Young, OF, ARZ 48 White Soxaholics: on the clock

Round 3: 33 Nuke's Bombers: Johnny Cueto, SP, CIN 34 Team Bouldin: Carlos Delgado, 1B, NYM 35 Roady: James Loney, 1B, LAD 36 White Soxaholics: Corey Hart, RF, MIL 37 Minnesota Masterbatters: Magglio Ordonez, RF, Det 38 SoCal Cubs: Kelly Johnson, 2B, ATL 39 Nuke's (from Pound thru Sliders): Bobby Abreu, RF, LAA 40 Slainte: John Danks, SP, CHW 41 Kingsport Copperheads: Chien Ming Wang, SP, NYY 42 Canuckophiles: Jorge Cantu, IF, Fla 43 Sliders (from Hosak through Cubbie): Chris Iannetta, C, COL 44 Hosak: Ryan Zimmerman, 3B, Was 45 HosakD (from Dawg Pound): Adam Wainwright, SP, StL 46 NY A-Roids: Larry W. Jones, 3B, ATL 47 Bronx DSB: on the clock 48 White Soxaholics

ARoids select: http://13mlb.mlblogs.com/Chipper%20Jones.jpg Larry Wayne Jones, 3B, Atlanta Braves

Round 3: 33 Nuke's Bombers: Johnny Cueto, SP, CIN 34 Team Bouldin: Carlos Delgado, 1B, NYM 35 Roady: James Loney, 1B, LAD 36 White Soxaholics: Corey Hart, RF, MIL 37 Minnesota Masterbatters: Magglio Ordonez, RF, Det 38 SoCal Cubs: Kelly Johnson, 2B, ATL 39 Nuke's (from Pound thru Sliders): On the Clock 40 Slainte 41 Kingsport Copperheads 42 Canuckophiles 43 Sliders (from Hosak through Cubbie) 44 Hosak 45 Dawg Pound 46 NY A-Roids 47 Bronx DSB 48 White Soxaholics

1 Saber Metrics - Buster Posey - SF 2 The Fighting Manginos - Gordon Beckham - CHW 3 Valenzuela's Screwballs - Tim Beckham - TB 4 Lynx - Eric Hosmer - KC 5 Severe Tooterstorms - Aaron Hicks - Min 6 NC Cubs - Jason Castro - Hou 7 Tampa Bay Rays - Wilmer Flores - NYM 8 Quakers - JP Arencibia - Tor 9 Harrys Budcrew - Brett Lawrie - Mil 10 The Eyes of Texas - Kyle Skipworth - Fla 11 Tampa Bay Rays - Greg Halman - Sea 12 Alamo Stealth - Dayan Viciedo - CHW 13 Galesburg Hand Sanitizers - Dominic Brown - Phi 14 Tootielicious - Andrew Lambo- LAD 15 Fuzzy Logistics - Chris Carter - Oak 16 Raw Dawgs - Gabe Sanchez - FL 1 Raw Dawgs - Tyler Flowers - CWS 2 Fuzzy Logistics - Chris Valaika - Reds 3 Tootielicious - Brett Cecil - Tor 4 Galesburg Hand Sanitizers - Andrew Cashner - CHC 5 Alamo Stealth - PASS 6 Northside Baseball - PASS 7 The Eyes of Texas - Josh Reddick - BOS 8 Harry's Budcrew - Freddie Freeman - ATL 9 Quakers - PASS 10 Tampa Bay Rays 11 NC Cubs 12 Severe Tooterstorms 13 Lynx 14 Valenzuela' Screwballs 15 The Fighting Manginos 16 The Sabermetrics

I will select Freddie Freeman, 1B, Atlanta Braves.

I thought I had stealth up! DAMN! I'll pick here shortly. I think.

Round 2: 1 White Soxaholics: Jose Lopez, 2B, SEA 2 Bronx DSB: Matt Cain, SP, SF 3 New York A-Roids: Carlos Pena, 1B, Tampa Bay Rays 4 The Big City Sliders: Carl Crawford, TAM 5 Hosak: Justin Verlander, SP, Det 6 Cubbiebummin: Yovanni Gallardo, SP, Milwaukee 7 Canuckophiles: Derek Lowe, SP, ATL 8 Kingsport Copperheads: Raul Ibanez, OF, PHI 9 Slainte: Clayton Kershaw, SP, LAD 10 Hosak: Pat Burrell, LF, TB 11 SoCal Cubs: Milton Bradley, RF, CHC 12 Minnesota Masterbatters: ON THE CLOCK 13 Czar Nikita 14 Roady 15 Team Bouldin 16 Nuke's Bombers

You get my last email? Not sure what's behind your questions. I mean, I know you want to DL ARod and still have room during the preseason to add someone (or, at least that's my guess...), but not sure why you're questioning the DL and roster limits during the offseason? Is it a legit question, or are you making a point that I need spelled out more clearly? No, I just want to make sure that I can draft his replacement without having an "illegal" roster. I just can't move him to the DL right now. No, you cannot technically draft him. You can only draft the number of total players for which you have an active roster spot (25). However, once the season begins, and DL spots are official, you can then pick someone up via waivers. Hope that helps. That's kinda screwy, but okay. Nothing screwy at all about it. There are no DL spots in MLB during the offseason, and until the season begins, a player cannot be designated as injured. While we cannot follow every rule and procedure of MLB in a fantasy league, this one is easy and right to follow. Besides, we are drafting the exact number of players we need. WHy should we allow teams with injured players to draft extra players? That would be silly. If you want to draft his backup, then draft him. You have plenty of room on your roster for that. IF you don't, and would rather do it via free agency after the draft, then do it that way. At that point, ARod will be designated as injured, opening up a roster spot for you anyway. I'm not sure if you're misunderstanding that once the season starts that you can have up to 3 players on your DL who will not count against your 25 man roster, or if you are just upset that you have to wait. Either ay, these are the rules and have been since day 1. It's the same for you as it is for me- if Peavy goes out and blows out his elbow in the WBC, then that sucks for me, but I don't get to draft an extra player because of it. It might not be perfect, but it is what it is. That may be somewhat true, but a MLB team can make appropriate moves in order to cover a known injury before the season starts. If Jake Peavy tears a labrum before opening day the Padres can make a trade or signing to cover that injury. So while he's not technically on the DL the MLB team does not have their hands tied until the start of the season. Does that make sense?

You get my last email? Not sure what's behind your questions. I mean, I know you want to DL ARod and still have room during the preseason to add someone (or, at least that's my guess...), but not sure why you're questioning the DL and roster limits during the offseason? Is it a legit question, or are you making a point that I need spelled out more clearly? No, I just want to make sure that I can draft his replacement without having an "illegal" roster. I just can't move him to the DL right now. No, you cannot technically draft him. You can only draft the number of total players for which you have an active roster spot (25). However, once the season begins, and DL spots are official, you can then pick someone up via waivers. Hope that helps. That's kinda screwy, but okay.

You get my last email? Not sure what's behind your questions. I mean, I know you want to DL ARod and still have room during the preseason to add someone (or, at least that's my guess...), but not sure why you're questioning the DL and roster limits during the offseason? Is it a legit question, or are you making a point that I need spelled out more clearly? No, I just want to make sure that I can draft his replacement without having an "illegal" roster. I just can't move him to the DL right now.