TCWBA NEWSLETTER
June 1, 2018
NEWS
We had some dealing going on this past month that put us slightly ahead of last years trade pace. Tim Kiger has locked up the first three picks in the upcoming draft which should get him a nice group of kids for the Mashers future years... Now that we have the Otani stuff decided Tampa Bay comes up with the new wrinkle of having relievers start and toss an inning then the starter relieves and does his "normal" 100 pitches and leaves. I don't think we need to change anything here for now. Probably not much difference from the spot starters doing long relief work... Nothing else is going on that I can report... Coming up the middle of this month is our e-mail draft. Please look below for the dates of cutting rosters and stop dealing draft picks. I'll get stuff out to everyone about the draft itself as those dates approach.
PROPOSALS
We got almost everyone to vote on these and it was a pretty good debate that was carried on via e-mail early last month. The Constitution has been updated regarding the items that passed and are now in effect.
- PROP 1 - PLAYOFF RELIEF USE (passed 16-0-1)
- .. If at any time during a playoff series you do not have a relief pitcher available, then you will use the most rested starter regardless of his RIP limit. His Grade will be Dw. Any further use of this pitcher will be restricted to our rest requirements.
- PROP 2 - PLAYOFF GAME RESTRICTION ON PA LIMITS (passed 12-4-1)
- ..Calculate limits of PA players by use of PA/502x15.5 (3.1*5) in Round 1 and PA/502x21.7 (3.1*7) in Round 2 & 3.
- PROP 3 - SHOHEI OTANI/CHRIS GIMINEZ RULE (passed 15-1-1)
- ..(A)If a pitcher goes to another position it counts as one game against his non pitcher defense limits whether he bats or not
- ..(B)A position player with APBA pitcher grade may pitch as needed but is restricted to actual innings pitched and those without such rating can pitch only when no eligible pitchers are available to complete a game as grade "Dw1".
- PROP 4 - REGULAR SEASON ROSTER SIZE 35 (passed 12-4-1)
- Expand rosters to 35.
- PROP 5 - PRE DRAFT CUT DOWN (rejected 4-12-1(
- Cut to 33 instead of 30 and award bonus picks for under 33.
IMPORTANT DATES
- June 15th (Fri).. 11pm EDT cut down to 30 and the end of draft pick trading.
- June 16-17.. All trades must be for equal amounts of players and not include draft picks.
- June 18th (Mon).. Free Agent Draft begins
THAT WAS THEN
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- Julio Navarro (1962-1970)-6yr: 3.65 ERA/7-9 WL & 17sv.. 212ip/191h.. 12sv in 1963.. 0x All-Star.. HOF no
- Jaime Navarro (1989-2000)-12yr: 4.72 ERA/116-126 WL.. 2055ip/2313h.. 3x 15 wins.. 0x All-Star.. son of Julio.. HOF no
- Joe Niekro (1967-1988)-22yr: 3.59 ERA/221-204 WL.. 3584ip/3466h.. 21-11/3.00 ERA in '79..2x20 wins.. 1x All-Star.. HOF no
- Lance Niekro (2003-2007)-4yr: 246/288/421.. 123 hits/17HR/79RBI.. 12HR/252 in '2005.. 0x All-Star.. son of Joe.. HOF no
- Phil Niekro (1964-1987)-24yr: 3.35 ERA/318-274 WL.. 5404ip.. 3x20 wins.. 7x-3.00 ERA.. 5x All-Star.. brother Joe.. HOF 1997