Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Badgers looking for SS help

Andrew Baggarly, owner of the Badgers, sent a league-wide e-mail stating his desire to trade for a shortstop.

He's offering his No. 6 pick in the upcoming free-agent draft as well as Jerry Hairston, Jr., the Badgers' backup at that position.

He also took time to publicly humilate his starting catcher, Geovany Soto, going so far as to say he wanted someone, anyone to "kick his ass." Soto is batting .111 (.273 OBP) with just five hits and two RBI in his first 15 games.

Week 3 standings

AMERICAN......W...L..PCT..GB
Brian............16...3..842..--
Paul.............12...7..632...4
Mike............11...8..579...5
Andy.............9..10..474...7
David............8..11..421...8
Dennis...........1..18..053..15
NATIONAL......W...L..PCT..GB
Dan.............15...4..789..--
Derek...........11...8..579...4
JP...............10...9..526...5
Damian..........8..11..421...7
Gregg............7..12..368...8
Vic...............6 ..13..316...9

Monday, April 20, 2009

Free agent draft No. 1

Here are the results from the April 20, 2009 free agent draft:

1. Dennis: C John Buck; drop Jarrod Saltalamacchia; Taxi: Gavin Floyd up, Chien-Ming Wang down
2. Derek: 3B Brett Barden, Alex Gordon to DL; Taxi: Gil Meche up, Fausto Carmona down
3. David: RP Ryan Franklin, drop Rafael Bettancourt
4. Vic: OF Chris Duncan, drop Lastings Milledge
5. Damian: SP Armando Galarraga, Diasuke Matsuzaka to DL; Galarraga to rotation
6. Mike: 1B Travis Hafner, drop James Loney
7. Andy: 2B Aaron Hill, drop Akinori Iwamura
8. Gregg: SP Kyle Davies, drop Ubaldo Jiminez; Taxi: Max Scherzer up, Davies down
9. Paul: SS Marco Scutaro, Christian Guzman to DL
10. JP: 2B Asdrubal Cabrera, drop Eugenio Velez
11. Dan: OF Nick Swisher, drop Hideki Matsui
12. BGoff: SP Kevin Millwood, drop Todd Wellemeyer

2009 SBL Rosters

In advance of the first free-agent draft of the season (the results of which I will be posting), here are the drafted rosters for each team in the SBL in 2009, courtesy of Paul Oberjuerge's blog. (I hope he doesn't mind because I didn't ask.)

MIKE
C: Napoli (118), YMolina (261)
1B: Ortiz (27), Loney (235)
2B: Kendrick (131), Schumaker (287)
SS: HRamirez (1), Lowrie (248)
3B: Atkins (53), Reynolds (183)
OF: ASoriano (14), Ludwick (40), Nady (170), Span (196), Thames (274), DeJesus (300)
SP: Harden (79), Nolasco (105), Lester (144), CYoung (157), KEscobar (209)
Taxi: OPerez (1), Lohse (24)
RP: Soria (66), FCordero (92), Percival (145), Rodney (222)

DAMIAN
C: VMartinez (106), Barajas (288)
1B: Berkman (15), Huff (133)
2B: KJohnson (171), Fontenot (289)
SS: Furcal (54), OCabrera (210)
3B: DWright (2), Glaus (197)
OF: Quentin (41), Hunter (119), Hawpe (158), Dukes (223), JGuillen (249), Cust (262)
SP: Lincecum (28), ClLee (93), Matsuzaka (132), Kazmir (146), Saunders (236)
Taxi: Hansen (2), Penny (23)
RP: FRodriguez (67), Fuentes (80), Hanrahan (184), Rauch (275)

GREGG
C: BMolina (159), Snyder (250)
1B: CPena (94), Helton (237)
2B: Uggla (29), Ellis (263)
SS: AlRamirez (68), YBetancourt (276)
3B: Figgins (120), DeRosa (185)
OF: Sizemore (3), Hamilton (16), BUpton (42), Choo (224), Hermida (277), Fukudome (290)
SP: Price (107), Cain (121), Kershaw (172), UJimenez (198), Scherzer (211)
Taxi: Kawakami (3), Pelfry (22)
RP: Lidge (55) Jenks (81), Capps (134), Marmol (147)

PAUL
C: Ianetta (109), KSuzuki (264)
1B: Pujols (4), Giambi (173)
2B: Weeks (108), Hudson (225)
SS: Renteria (212), CGuzman (238)
3B: Kouzmanoff (199), Blalock (251)
OF: Markakis (17), Granderson (43), Ordonez (56), Wells (160), Cameron (278), Lind (291)
SP: Liriano (82), FHernandez (95), Gallardo (135), RJohnson (186), Kuroda (265)
Taxi: JerWeaver (4), Arroyo (21)
RP: Papelbon (30) MRivera (69), Street (122), Bell (148)

DEREK
C: McCann (57), Pierzynski (226)
1B: Howard (5), Votto (70)
2B: Pedroia (18), Barmes (213)
SS: Hardy (96), Aybar (279)
3B: AGordon (123), Lowell (187)
OF: Rios (44), Burrell (110), Bruce (136), Werth (161), Griffey (239), Wigginton (292)
SP: JSantana (31), Chamberlain (83), Danks (149), Jurrjens (174), Carmona (253)
Taxi: Meche (5), Moyer (20)
RP: Morrow (97), Downs (200), SShields (252), Kuo (266)

DENNIS
C: Doumit (111), Saltalamacchia (254)
1B: Fielder (32), Delgado (98)
2B: Cano (84), FSanchez (227)
SS: JReyes (6), Theriot (188)
3B: RZimmerman (124), Crede (240)
OF: Holliday (19), Ellsbury (58), Bradley (85), JUpton (162), Maybin (201), CJackson (267)
SP: Halladay (45), Haren (71), Wainwright (137), Verlander (175), Wang (241)
Taxi: Floyd (6), Glavine (19)
RP: Sherrill (150), Arredondo (214), Saito (280), Delcarmen (293)

BRIAN
C: JBaker (189), IRodriguez (242)
1B: CDavis (46), Cantu (176)
2B: JLopez (86), FLopez (229)
SS: Tulowitzki (59), Andrus (255)
3B: Longoria (20), Rolen (294)
OF: Braun (7), Bay (33), Dye (112), Damon (151), Francoeur (215), Spilborghs (268)
SP: Hamels (72), Beckett (72), Carpenter (138) JJohnson (163), WRodriguez (228)
Taxi: JZimmerman (7), Wellemeyer (18)
RP: Broxton (99), MGonzalez (125), Putz (202), Dotel (281)

DAVID
C: Mauer (100), Shoppach (230)
1B: MiCabrera (8), AdLaRoche (177)
2B: BRoberts (47), Getz (295)
SS: Jeter (87), Bartlett (256)
3B: Beltre (113), Mora (190)
OF: CaLee (21), Guerrero (60), Pence (126), Crisp (203), Winn (217), CaGomez (269)
SP: Sabathia (34), Webb (61), SBaker (139), Lowe (164), Harang (216)
Taxi: Sonnanstine (8), Wolf (17)
RP: Valverde (74), FFrancisco (152), Devine (243), RBetancourt (282)

ANDY
C: Soto (62), Flores (270)
1B: Teixeira (9), Konerko (205)
2B: Polanco (178), Iwamura (231)
SS: SDrew (49), Hairston (296)
3B: CJones (48), Sandoval (88)
OF: Beltran (22), ISuzuki (35), Ibanez (101), Ethier (153), AdJones (218), Lewis (257)
SP: Greinke (114), Burnett (165), Porcello (191), Volstad (204), Buchholz (244)
Taxi: Anderson (9), Gallagher (16)
RP: BWilson (75), Motte (127), Qualls (140), Corpas (283)

JP
C: Martin (37), Wieters (193)
1B: Morneau (23), Thome (166)
2B: Utley (10), Velez (297)
SS: YEscobar (128), Aviles (206)
3B: MYoung (63), Blake (284)
OF: Abreu (50), Victorino (76), CGuillen (102), DeYoung (232), Kubel (245), JDrew (271)
SP: JShields (115), Slowey (179), ESantana (192), Garza (219), Bedard (258)
Taxi: Cueto (10), Maholm (15)
RP: Nathan (36), Gregg (89), Ziegler (141), Lindstrom (154)

VIC
C: RHernandez (194), Navarro (272)
1B: AdGonzalez (77), DLee (129)
2B: BPhillips (51) KMatsui (233)
SS: Rollins (11), Greene (259)
3B: ARodriguez (24), Encarnacion (181)
OF: Kemp (25), Crawford (38), Hart (90), Milledge (167), Ankiel (207), JRivera (285)
SP: Peavy (64), Oswalt (103), Lackey (116), JVazquez (155), Myers (180)
Taxi: Maine (11), JSanchez (14)
RP: Ryan (142), Lyon (220), Balfour (246), Villanueva (298)

DAN
C: Posada (234), Laird (286)
1B: Youkilis (39), KMorales (299)
2B: Kinsler (13), Teahen (221)
SS: Peralta (65), Tejada (208)
3B: ArRamirez (26), Fields (247)
OF: MRamirez (12), McLouth (52), Dunn (78), CYoung (130), NCruz (156), HMatsui (260)
SP: Dempster (104), Billingsley (117), Volquez (143), Zambrano (156), Lilly (168)
Taxi: Smoltz (12), Lannan (13)
RP: Wood (91), Ray (169), Hoffman (182), Wheeler (273)

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Derrek Lee on the block?

Vic West just offered Chicago Cubs 1B Derrek Lee, his backup at that position, for either a closer or a draft pick.

Lee is batting .217 (.283 OBP) with one home run, nine RBI and 10 Ks in 45 ABs.

Vic might be hard pressed to find a taker here.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Draft night

First, I want to apologize if I didn't offend anyone. I doubt I insulted JP during the whole draft, but he was close enough to me that he probably was irritated just because he was sitting so close.

Always cracks me up that we critique who has the best team from the draft, when I like to focus on who really needs a clue -- I mean, besides Andy.

As the guy who drafted the worst team in ball last year, I feel like I'm pretty much an authority on making crappy picks. Of course, the beautiful thing about the SBL Draft is you always think you drafted a decent team, unless of course, you're the Moaners.

What makes this year a little trickier than most is the new OBP category. Most guys that hit for a good average have a good on-base percentage, but the Adam Dunns and Jack Custs, who suck in BA, actually are studs in OBP. But I'm sure everyone studied that.

So whose team didn't I like, besides Andy? I think Gregg's team is definitely the team to beat. While he draft some good names -- Hamilton, Uggla, Sizemore, as well as a stacked bullpen -- he's got a lot of holes in his lineup. Upton is supposed to miss the first month of the season. Two of his pitchers start in the minors or on the DL. He has lots of bats in the bottoms of orders -- Ramirez, Ellis, Betancourt, Hermida and Fukudome. Some of that can be offset with them being backups.

But what's hard about our league is playing catchup. When you have multiple holes to fill and supplemental drafts coming so spread out, it takes forever to restore what's already damaged. And that's if you make the right choices in the supplemental draft. I will give Gregg this - he didn't draft anyone with glaucoma who had to retire.

Of course, now that he has the kiss-of-death seal of approval, I'm sure he'll run away with the title. That's the beauty of the SBL.

Friday, April 3, 2009

PaulO's blog about the draft

Here's the link to Paul Oberjuerge's blog about the 2009 Sun Baseball League draft.

The three teams he likes the most? Mikee's Moaners, Derek's Derelicts and Andy's Badgers.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Welcome to the SBL's blog!

Hello, and welcome to the blog home for the Sun Baseball League. The league was created in 1983 and this year celebrates its 28th season! This, however, will be its first season with blog representation.

The draft for the 2009 season took place on Wednesday, April 1 at the lovely and newly renovated home of Gregg Patton, who was kind enough to serve as host for at least the fifth consecutive time.

Here is a complete list of the 2009 draft.

LAST SEASON'S STANDINGS
AMERICAN---W--L----PCT.--GB
Mike-----------126-36--.778-----
Brian-----------98-64--.605---28
Paul------------89-73--.549---37
David-----------71-91--.438---55
Dennis----------64-98--.395---62
Andy------------64-98--.395---62
NATIONAL---W--L----PCT.--GB
Gregg----------109-53--.654-----
Derek-----------87-75--.537---22
Damian--------87-75--.537---22
Vic-------------65-97--.401---44
JP--------------63-99--.389---46
Dan-------------49-113-.302---60

ALL-TIME SBL CHAMPIONS
(5-Team League)
1983 - Gil Hulse
(6-team League)
1984 - Gil Hulse
1985 - Steve Dilbeck
(12-Team League, Division Play)
1986 - Mike Davis (defeated Gregg Patton)
1987 - Gregg Patton
1988 - Jeff Lane
1989 - Steve Dilbeck
1990 - Steve Dilbeck
1991 - Mike Davis (def. Steve Dilbeck, 14-12)
1992 - Vic West
1993 - Gregg Patton (def. Mike Davis, 18-8)
1994 - Dan Evans (def. Gregg Patton, 10-9; strike-shortened season)
1995 - Paul Oberjuerge (def. Steve Dilbeck, 14-9; strike-shortened season)
1996 - Mike Davis (def. Steve Dilbeck, 17-9)
1997 - Vic West (tied Dan Evans, 13-13; won tiebreaker, 8-3)
1998 - Gregg Patton (def. Mike Davis, 14-12)
1999 - Mike Davis (def. Damian Secore, 16-10)
2000 - Brian Goff (def. Gregg Patton, 14-12)
2001 - Mike Davis (def. Gregg Patton, 17-9)
2002 - Brian Goff (def. Vic West, 14-12)
2003 - Dan Evans (def. Brian Goff, 15-11)
2004 - Vic West (def. Mike Davis, 14-12)
2005 - Brian Goff (def. Dan Evans, 17-9)
2006 - Brian Goff (def. Paul Oberjuerge, 17-9); Playoffs: Brian Goff d. Steve Dilbeck, 18-8; Paul Oberjuerge d. Vic West, 13-13 (7-4 in tiebreaker)
2007 - Mike Davis (def. Brian Goff, 15-11); Playoffs: Mike Davis d. Steve Dilbeck , 16-10; Brian Goff d. Dan Evans, 14-12
2008 - Mike Davis (def. Brian Goff, 18-8); Playoffs: Mike Davis d. Damian Secore, 20-6; Brian Goff d. Gregg Patton, 14-12