Looking At All Free Agents This Week

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:25 am

Here's a quick note about the available free agents this week: In the past, we asked STATS to pull out all minor-leaguers as they were cut and at times we still missed the last cuts before Sunday's cuts. Our goal was always to protect the minor-leaguers who hadn't been drafted in each league.

This year, with drafts being held just one week before Opening Day and with rosters still being finalized today, it's tough to treat the first free agent wire the same way. All players are in this week's free agent pool just like they were available on Draft Day last weekend, so get 'em while they're hot.

On Monday, we'll get the complete 25-man rosters from STATS for each MLB team and can keep minor-leaguers out of the free agent pool then. That will continue throughout the season until they get called up to the majors for the first time. Then they are free to be bid on by anyone in your league.

Thanks for understanding and good luck.

husky88fan · Post by **husky88fan** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:39 am

Greg,

Is this true for satellite leagues as well?

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:40 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

This year, with drafts being held just one week before Opening Day and with rosters still being finalized today, it's tough to treat the first free agent wire the same way. All players are in this week's free agent pool just like they were available on Draft Day last weekend, so get 'em while they're hot.

WOW! That works! Thanks Greg!!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:54 am

Originally posted by husky88fan:

Greg,

Is this true for satellite leagues as well? Yes, go to town this first week. The cuts are still happening and with Easter weekend it makes it tough to get all the cuts done before folks leave for the holiday weekend. After Monday, all minor-leaguers who were not originally drafted or picked up via FAAB will be unavailable until they are called up to the majors.

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:58 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by husky88fan:

Greg,

Is this true for satellite leagues as well? Yes, go to town this first week. The cuts are still happening and with Easter weekend it makes it tough to get all the cuts done before folks leave for the holiday weekend. After Monday, all minor-leaguers who were not originally drafted or picked up via FAAB will be unavailable until they are called up to the majors. [/QUOTE]greg - make it easy on the fanball crew...just leave the minor leaguers in the faab pool all year

Bama · Post by **Bama** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:38 am

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by husky88fan:

Greg,

Is this true for satellite leagues as well? Yes, go to town this first week. The cuts are still happening and with Easter weekend it makes it tough to get all the cuts done before folks leave for the holiday weekend. After Monday, all minor-leaguers who were not originally drafted or picked up via FAAB will be unavailable until they are called up to the majors. [/QUOTE]greg - make it easy on the fanball crew...just leave the minor leaguers in the faab pool all year

[/QUOTE]Mark, Aint you got some better to do that try and keep F'n up this contest.

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:40 am

Originally posted by Bama:

Mark, Aint you got some better to do that try and keep F'n up this contest. ken, go back under your rock

Hells Satans · Post by **Hells Satans** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:39 am

Classic Weekend 1 Atlantic City - League 3 has significantly fewer FAs than my other leagues

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:20 am

Greg - tony abreu has totally disappeard from my free agent pool.

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:08 pm

This might be one of those times when a Fanball/NFBC e-mail blast would be in order.

I love this! (especially for the drafts that took place a while back and I thought were locked.)

It just may be to some weird advantage for the message board folks to know this, but the others not to.

Not that that would bother me.

Hells Satans · Post by **Hells Satans** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 2:40 pm

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

Here's a quick note about the available free agents this week: In the past, we asked STATS to pull out all minor-leaguers as they were cut and at times we still missed the last cuts before Sunday's cuts. Our goal was always to protect the minor-leaguers who hadn't been drafted in each league.

This year, with drafts being held just one week before Opening Day and with rosters still being finalized today, it's tough to treat the first free agent wire the same way. All players are in this week's free agent pool just like they were available on Draft Day last weekend, so get 'em while they're hot.

On Monday, we'll get the complete 25-man rosters from STATS for each MLB team and can keep minor-leaguers out of the free agent pool then. That will continue throughout the season until they get called up to the majors for the first time. Then they are free to be bid on by anyone in your league.

Thanks for understanding and good luck. Gregg: There a fair number of players (particularly relievers) that are certain to be on the ML rosters that are not on the FA pages (and not on anyone's team either). Will this be fixed by Sunday? There are actually a few players I want to bid on that don't appear on the FA page. Thanks.

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:14 pm

yes, i've noticed players missing from the faab pool. hopefully it will be corrected soon as i'd like to bid on at least one of them

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:17 pm

Originally posted by Gekko:

yes, i've noticed players missing from the faab pool. hopefully it will be corrected soon as i'd like to bid on at least one of them I'm not sure what happened there, but we'll meet first thing tomorrow morning and get all free agents loaded. This seems like a fixable problem.

Glad the rest is working better. We're getting closer.

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:27 pm

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by Gekko:

yes, i've noticed players missing from the faab pool. hopefully it will be corrected soon as i'd like to bid on at least one of them I'm not sure what happened there, but we'll meet first thing tomorrow morning and get all free agents loaded. This seems like a fixable problem.

Glad the rest is working better. We're getting closer. [/QUOTE]it IS looking better Greg!