2013 SBL Rosters

DAMIANUNITED
C: Pierzynski (196), Flowers (300)
1B: Encarnacion (40), Goldschmidt (53)
2B: Espinosa (157), Ultley (170)
SS: Desmond (66), Rollins (92)
3B: Mi.Cabrera (1), Moustakas (131)
OF: C. Gonzalez (14), Ad. Jones (27), Rios (79), N.Cruz (105), Granderson (118), Reddick (145)
SP: Halladay (144), Peavy (183), Minor (222), Parker (235), Cahill (248)
Taxi: McCarthy (1), Hughes (24)
RP: League (209), Coke (261), Boggs (274), Rondon (287)

PONTIFFS
C: Y.Molina (67), McCann (223)
1B: C.Davis (132), Alonzo (236)
2B: Phillips (54), Uggla (184)
SS: Aybar (133), B.Crawford (249)
3B: Lawrie (80), M.Young (171)
OF: Braun (2), J.Upton (15), Jay (197), Saunders (262), Stubbs (275), Taveras (288)
SP: Kershaw (28), Cain (41), Latos (93), Shields (106), Gallardo (119)
Taxi: Norris (2), Nova (23)
RP: Reed (146), C. Perez (158), Clippard (210), Veras (289)

BADGERS
C: Rosario (81), J.Castro (276)
1B: Freeman (55), Belt (224)
2B: Hill (68), Barney (277)
SS: Simmons (159), S.Drew (290)
3B: Sandoval (94), Frazier (198)
OF: Trout (3), Harper (16), Ethier (172), L.Cain (185), S.Marte (211), Brown (237)
SP: Strasburg (29), G.Gonzalez (42), J.Johnson (120), Lincecum (147), H.Bailey (250)
Taxi: Detwiler (3), U.Jimenez (22)
RP: Hanrahan (107), Janssen (121), Holland (134), Casilla (263)

WHITESKINS
C: Posey (17), A.Ellis (264)
1B: Butler (43), I.Davis (109)
2B: Cano (4), Gyorko (251)
SS: E.Cabrera (160), R.Tejada (291)
3B: Prado (122), Freese (212)
OF: Choo (82), Hunter (135), De Aza (173), Kubel (199), Maybin (238), A.Eaton (278)
SP: Price (30), Bumgarner (69), Masterson (186), Lohse (225), A.Sanchez (265)
Taxi: Harrison (4), Holland (21)
RP: R.Soriano (56), Putz (95), Axford (108), Balfour (148)

INMATES
C: Lucroy (149), Arencibia (174)
1B: Votto (5), Napoli (226)
2B: Pedroia (18), M.Ellis (266)
SS: S.Castro (31), J.Peralta (253)
3B: Middlebrooks (136), Machado (213)
OF: Cespedes (44), C.Gomez (83), Trumbo (110), Bourjos (239), Parra (252), DeJesus (279)
SP: Medlen (97), Harvey (123), Ryu (187), Miley (200), A.Griffin (292)
Taxi: Buchholz (5), Straily (20)
RP: Romo (57), Papelbon (70), Ji.Johnson (96), Wilhelmsen (161)

BARRISTERS
C: Wieters (71), V. Martinez (98)
1B: Hosmer (137), Rizzo (150)
2B: N.Walker (175), Profar (254)
SS: As.Cabrera (124), Cozart (241)
3B: Headley (111), Plouffe (240)
OF: McCutchen (6), B.Upton (58), A.Pagan (162), Revere (188), Crisp (214), Rasmus (227)
SP: Verlander (19), F.Hernandez (32), C.Lee (45), Dickey (84) Greinke (85)
Taxi: Milone (6), Maholm (19)
RP: Madson (201), R.Cook (267), Santos (280), Gregerson (293)

GODFATHERS
C: Ruiz (242), Saltalamacchia (281)
1B: Pujols (7), Ad.Gonzalez (33)
2B: Murphy (208), Infante (229)
SS: Andrus (99), Jeter (215)
3B: Longoria (20), Seager (189)
OF: Zobrist (59), Bourn (72), A.Jackson (73), Jennings (86), Victorino (163), Gardner (176)
SP: Hamels (46), M.Moore (112), Fister (125), Morrow (138), Kennedy (151)
Taxi: Tillman (7), J.Santana (18)
RP: Parnell (202), Storen (255), A.Bailey (268), Rosenthal (294)

DERELICTS
C: S.Perez (139), R.Martin (269)
1B: Konerko (87), K.Morales (256)
2B: Kendrick (152), M.Carpenter (217)
SS: Al.Escobar (164), Pennington (282)
3B: Wright (21), Chisenhall (230)
OF: Kemp (8), Heyward (34), Morse (100), Pence (126), I.Suzuki (216), McLouth (295)
SP: Cueto (47), Sabathia (61), C.Wilson (113), Hellickson (177), Haren (203)
Taxi: Maurer (8), Peacock (17)
RP: Rodney (60), Nathan (74), Cishek (190), Broxton (243)

MOANERS
C: M.Montero (88), Doumit (218)
1B: Dunn (75), Moss (153)
2B: Kinsler (22), K.Johnson (270)
SS: H.Ramirez (127), Al.Ramirez (165)
3B: Ar.Ramirez (35), Donaldson (283)
OF: Bautista (9), Beltran (114), C.Crawford (140), Cuddyer (191), Ludwick (205), Murphy (296)
SP: Sale (62), Vogelsong (101), Kuroda (178), Hudson (204), S. Miller (T-16)
Taxi: Burnett (244), Hammel (T-9)
RP: Kimbrel (48), Chapman (49), Fujikawa (231), D.Hernandez (257)

BOMBERS
C: Mauer (36), B.Brantly (297)
1B: Howard (50), LaRoche (115)
2B: Altuve (76), B.Roberts (258)
SS: J.Reyes (23), Lowrie (271)
3B: P.Alvarez (128), Youkilis (245)
OF: Hamilton (10), Holliday (37), Willingham (89), A.Soriano (192), Werth (232), W.Myers (284)
SP: Zimmermann (63), Teheran (154), Niese (179), Lynn (193), Ogando (219)
Taxi: Beckett (10), Billingsley (15)
RP: Street (102), Frieri (141), Grilli (166), Benoit (206)

BAMMERS
C: C.Santana (77), Iannetta (259)
1B: Fielder (11), Morneau (207)
2B: Kipnis (51), Rutledge (233)
SS: Hardy (167), Segura (194)
3B: Zimmerman (25), M.Dominguez (285)
OF: Bruce (24), Aoki (129), Markakis (142), Fowler (181), Quentin (272), Dirks (298)
SP: Weaver (38), Wainwright (64), Scherzer (90), B.Anderson (155), Cobb (180)
Taxi: Garza (11), J.Garcia (13)
RP: Perkins (103), Motte (116), Pestano (220), Robertson (246)

ZERO'S
C: Avila (182), J.Montero (208)
1B: Craig (65), Swisher (169)
2B: R.Weeks (117), Scutaro (247)
SS: Tulowitzki (13), Y.Escobar (286)
3B: Beltre (26), Callaspo (299)
OF: Stanton (12), Ellsbury (39), Gordon (78), Me.Cabrera (91), Viciedo (234), Puig (260)
SP: Darvish (52), Samardzija (130), Lester (143), Estrada (195), J.McDonald (273)
Taxi: Hanson (12), Fiers (13)
RP: Rivera (104), Jansen (156), R.Betancourt (168), Marmol (221)

2013 SBL Draft (First Round Only)

1. 3B Miguel Cabrera, DET (DamianUnited)
2. OF Ryan Braun, MIL (Pontiffs)
3. OF Mike Trout, LAA (Badgers)
4. 2B Robinson Cano, NYY (Whiteskins)
5. 1B Joey Votto, CIN (Inmates)
6. OF Andrew McCuthen, PIT (Barristers)
7. 1B Albert Pujols, LAA (Godfathers)
8. OF Matt Kemp, LAD (Derelicts)
9. OF Jose Bautista, TOR (Moaners)
10. OF Josh Hamilton, LAA (Bombers)
11. 1B Prince Fielder, DET (Bammers)
12. OF Giancarlo Stanton, MIA (Zero's)

Today is the day!

Can you believe another year has passed, and that it is again Draft Day for the Sun Baseball League?!

It's a day on which seasons are both won and lost. A day during which chili gastro and Starlin Castro collide. And it's less than 15 hours away.

To those of us who will be in Chino Hills tonight -- I look forward to seeing your increasingly wrinkled faces.

To those of you elsewhere -- eat your beef jerky on your fat couches and feel deep shame. Especially you, owner of DamianUnited, the latest in a long line of no-shows this year.

Owners Dropping Like (Pop) Flies

Looks like this year's version of the Sun Baseball League draft could be the most sparsely attended to date.

With owners of the Zero's, Godfathers and Derelicts already confirmed no-shows, now comes word that the owner of the Bat-Faced Barristers will not be there because he apparently feels a need to be respondible to his famly and his job.

That makes at least four owners -- or one-fourth of the league -- who will not be in Chino Hills on Thursday night.

The Barristers' lack of representation will not matter nearly as much, however, as the late arrival of the owner of the Pontiffs, who has live-blogged the event each of the last three seasons to the benefit of those owners in far-flung locales which now, apparently, includes the Barristers.

2013 SBL Draft Night Set

From the Office of the Commish:

"Gentlemen of the extraordinary league:

We have an official date for the 2013 SBL draft. In fact it turns out to be the ONLY date that will ensure the presence of a majority of SBL owners at Draft Central, aka The Patton Estate in Chino Hills.

The date: Thursday, March 28.

Time: 6:30 p.m. PDT.

The place: The aforementioned Chino Hills domicile of our generous host.

See you there (at least most of you, thankfully)."

 

What, no April Fool's Day psuedo-prank this year?

Free Agent Draft No. 5

Pre-draft moves:
Bammers activate 3B Longoria, drop Middlebrooks; move OF Werth to DL
Derelicts move SP Weaver to DL
Godfathers activate OF Morse, move Crawford to DL
DamianUnited activate 3B P.Sandoval, drop Reynolds; move OF V.Wells to DL
Badgers activate OF Cespedes, drop Belt; move 1B Hafner to DL
Zero's activate 3B C.Jones, drops Polanco

1. Bammers take OF Brantley
2. Derelicts take SP Burnett
3. Whiteskins take RP Wilhelmsen, drop Santiago;
........Taxi: Cahill up, Smyly down
4. Godfathers take 3B Frazier, drop Morel;
........Taxi: Kennedy up, Hudson down
5. Inmates take C Ruiz, drop R.Hernandez
6. Barristers take SP Dickey, drop Jurrjens;
........Taxi: Dickey and Jimenez up, Halladay and Lilly down
7. Moaners take RP Cook, drop League;
........Taxi: Worley up, Billingsley down
8. Pontiffs take OF Pierre, drop Bourjos
9. DamianUnited take OF Soriano
10. Badgers take 1B Moreland
11. Zero's take SS Al.Ramirez, drop S.Rodriguez;
........Taxi: Lester up, WRodriguez down
12. Bombers take SP Bauer, drop Latos;
........Taxi: Kuroda up, Samardzija down

SBL Notebook, Week 10

The end of the first round of interleague play couldn't have come soon enough for the National division, which lost the cross-divisional battle for the fourth consecutive week, this time by the humbling count of 31-5. That brought the final four-week tally to American 95, National 49. This was, let's say, unexpected, and it's a little difficult to divine just what happened here. There had been no indication during the first six weeks that the results of the first IL period would be so one-sided; in fact the NL entered Week 7 with a slight advantage, having won 25 of the 48 interleague games contested to that point. But then several NL teams simultaneously commenced a May-June swoon that coincided with the start of interleague play, and the AL took advantage. The Derelicts (3-21 the last four weeks), the Whiteskins (4-20), the Godfathers (7 -17) and the Inmates (8-16) spent the interleague period spinning their wheels in the mud, and by the time it was over all four teams were well below .500 (ranging from eight games under to 26), with only the Cherry Valley Bombers and DamianUnited left standing and relatively unscathed at the top of the heap. Meanwhile, the entire AL prospered, with all six teams posting winning records over the four-week stretch, led by the Badgers (19-5), the Pumped-Up Pontiffs (17-7) and the Zero's (also 17-7). The result was virtually no movement in the AL standings -- the Z's, BTIB with a 42-20 record, are three, four and six games ahead of the three teams closest to them in the standings; four weeks ago those margins were three, four and five games -- but six owners who could feel a little better about themselves and their teams' prospects for having spent the last month inflating their records at the NL's expense. Five of the six AL teams are above .500 at the moment, and none among that quintet is further than nine games back in the standings. The NL race has devolved into a two-team affair, with the Bombers -- whose 2-4 ledger was the best the Nationals could muster this week -- four games up on DamU, while the third-place Inmates have dropped 12 games in arrears. . . . The Holy Crusaders continue to ravage the land with their mighty bats, which this week produced 15 HRs and 43 RBIs, both league highs. In the last three weeks, the pointy-hatted horde has swatted 42 home runs and driven in 119 runs. Good God, man!