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Have been trying for last 30 minutes to remove Brock Porter from my prospect roster.

No joy.

The delete buitton refuses to show on my prospect roster page,

Adding Cecconi to MLB roster

Dropping Andreas Chaparro from minor league roster.

Dropping Blake Walston from prospect roster.

Promoting Ceddanne Rafaela to active roster.

These two moves puts me at 13 prospects.

Congrats on winning the league in 2023!

Promoting Schmitt Giants 3B/SS

Problem resolved.

Took me logging in three times before delete buttons showed up on my prospect page.

I was able to add new prospect Justyn-Henry Malloy to my Prospect List, which puts me at 16.

I intend to drop Landon Knack, but I do not have the delete button on my prospect roster or the league Prospect List.I tried logging out and logging back in to the site.

Added Rainey as an IL (Tommy John)

Promoted Clarke Schmidt

That puts me at 15 Prospects + 2 on hold for Yahoo! status update

I think using this site for a message board or draft would be harder than I thought originally.  Most of my other leagues have gone to either Discord or Group.IO.  Some other leagues are going to us the yahoo fantasy email or the yahoo chat but I see that getting messy.  The chat is one big long chain of communication with no organization and mine isn't even work right now for some reason.  The email will get ugly because I have sent out multiple league why emails in a different league and some teams aren't getting the emails, like it's random on who it picks gets the email and doesn't, very odd.  

Just my 2 cents.

It doesn't have a thread format so one message can be replied to, it's just single messages.  Would get messy with different topics.

If we need a message board, there's one right here.  It's not as convenient as having it right with our Yahoo site, and I'd imagine several managers wouldn't regularly read here, but it seems like the best option if we stay with the yahoos over at Yahoo!

1 - 1 Blue Collar Rednecks - Seiya Suzuki, OF, Cubs 
1 - 2 (team name deleted) - Marcelo Mayer, SS, Boston Red Sox 
1 - 3 Cherub's of Justice - Jack Leiter, P, Tex 
1 - 4 MN Snow Dawgs - Jordan Lawlar, SS, AZ 
1 - 5 Maniacs - Henry Davis, C, PIT 
1 - 6 PTown Manglers - Jackson Jobe RHP. Det 
1 - 7 Mr October - Eury Perez RHP MIA 
1 - 8 Grinning Ghosts - Brady House SS WAS 
1 - 9 Iron Mustang Xpress - Kahlil Watson, SS, Miami 
1 - 10 Savoy Special - Harry Ford, C, Sea 
1 - 11 Tabasco Cats - Christian Vaquero OF WAS 
1 - 12 Bad Intentions - Roderick Arias SS NYY 
1 - 13 Electric City Heat - Bryson Stott SS Phi 
1 - 14 Chicago Devils - Colton Cowser, OF, Bal 
1 - 15 Chicago Devils (via South Sydney) - Coby Mayo, 3B, Bal 
1 - 16 Merritton Bulldogs - Trey Sweeney,SS, NY
2 - 1 Chicago Devils (via Blue Collar Rednecks) - Elly de la Cruz, SS, Cin
2 - 2 (team name deleted) - Matt McLain, Matt, SS, Cin
2 - 3 Cherub's of Justice - Sam Bachman, RHP, Angels
2 - 4 MN Snow Dawgs - Sal Frelick, OF, Mil
2 - 5 Maniacs - Will Bednar, P, SF
2 - 6 PTown Manglers - Jordan Wicks LHP, CHC
2 - 7 Mr October - Brandon Williamson P CIN
2 - 8 Grinning Ghosts - Josh Lowe, OF, TB
2 - 9 Iron Mustang Xpress - Andrew Painter, P, Philadelphia
2 - 10 Savoy Special - Jay Allen II, OF, CIN
2 - 11 Tabasco Cats - Gavin Williams, P, CLE
2 - 12 Bad Intentions - Oscar Colas OF CWS
2 - 13 Electric City Heat - Joey Wiemer OF Mil
2 - 14 Chicago Devils - Brandon Pfaadt, SP, ARI
2 - 15 South Sydney Nasties - Curtis Mead, IF, TB
2 - 16 Merritton Bulldogs - James Triantos 3B CHC
3 - 1 Blue Collar Rednecks - Samuel Munoz, 1B, LAD
3 - 2 (team name deleted) - Benny Montgomery, OF, Col
3 - 3 Cherub's of Justice - Tyler Black, 2B, Mil
3 - 4 MN Snow Dawgs - Juan Yepez, 1B, StL
3 - 5 Maniacs - Ryan Cusick, P, Oak
3 - 6 PTown Manglers - Joe Mack, C, Fla
3 - 7 Mr October - Pass
3 - 8 Grinning Ghosts - Zack Gelof, 3B, OAK
3 - 9 Iron Mustang Xpress - Frank Mozzicato, P, Kansas City
3 - 10 Savoy Special - Norge Vera, P, CHW
3 - 11 Tabasco Cats - Robert Suarez P SD
3 - 12 Bad Intentions - James Wood OF SD
3 - 13 Electric City Heat - Hunter Bishop OF SFG
3 - 14 Chicago Devils - pass
3 - 15 Chicago Devils (via South Sydney) - pass
3 - 16 Merritton Bulldogs - Gunnar Hoglund, P, OAK

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Promoted Kyle Wright

The 2017 Prospect Draft has been completed.

1.01 Electric City Heat - Nick Senzel 3B Reds
1.02 Blue Collar Rednecks - Corey Ray, OF, Brewers
1.03 (team name deleted) - Mickey Moniak OF PHI
1.04 PTown Manglers - Jason Groome LHP BOS
1.05 Deathscyte Marauders - Blake Rutherford OF NYY
1.06 Tabasco Cats - Kevin Maitan 3B ATL
1.07 MN Snow Dogs - Kyle Lewis, OF, SEA
1.08 South Sydney Nasties - Braxton Garrett, P, MIA
1.09 Merriton Bulldogs - Zack Collins, C, CWS
1.10 Lawn Gnomes - Riley Pint, P, Rockies
1.11 Cherub's of Justice - A.J. Puk - OAK
1.12 Iron Mustangs Xpress - Matt Manning, P, Detroit
1.13 Grinning Ghosts - Ian Anderson, P, ATL
1.14 Maniacs - Leody Taveras, OF, TEX
1.15 Chicago Devils - Cal Quantrill, P, SD
1.16 Bad Intentions - Forrest Whitley, P, HOU
2.01 Electric City Heat - Juli Gurriel 1B/3B Astros
2.02 Blue Collar Rednecks - Adrian Morejon, P, Padres
2.03 (team name deleted) - Delvin Perez SS StL
2.04 PTown Manglers - Ronald Acuna OF ATL
2.05 Deathscyte Marauders - Alex Kirilloff OF Min
2.06 Tabasco Cats - Sixto Sanchez P Phi
2.07 MN Snow Dogs - Lazaro Armenteros, OF, Oak
2.08 South Sydney Nasties - Juan Soto, OF, Nats
2.09 Merriton Bulldogs - Will Craig, 1B/3B, PIT
2.10 Lawn Gnomes - Dane Dunning, RHP, White Sox
2.11 Cherub's of Justice - Dakota Hudson - RHP - St Louis
2.12 Iron Mustangs Xpress - Lourdes Gurriel, IF/OF, Toronto
2.13 Grinning Ghosts - Zack Burdi, RHP, CHI Sox
2.14 Maniacs - Carson Kelly, C, St. Louis
2.15 Chicago Devils - Justin Dunn, P, NYM
2.16 Chicago Devils via Bad Intentions - Walker Buehler, P, LAD
3.01 Electric City Heat - Matt Thaiss 1B Angels
3.02 Blue Collar Rednecks - Lucas Erceg, 3B, Brewers
3.03 (team name deleted) - Alec Hansen, P, CWS
3.04 PTown Manglers - Anthony Banda lhp, AZ
3.05 Deathscyte Marauders - Albert Abreu P NYY
3.06 Tabasco Cats - Nolan Jones 3B CLE
3.07 MN Snow Dogs - Fernando Romero, P, MN
3.08 South Sydney Nasties - Fernando Tatis Jr, SS, SD
3.09 Merriton Bulldogs - Heath Quinn, OF, SF
3.10 Lawn Gnomes - J.T. Chargois - RHP Twins
3.11 Cherub's of Justice - Joey Wentz - P Braves
3.12 Iron Mustangs Xpress - Robert Gsellman, P, NY Mets
3.13 Grinning Ghosts - Josh Staumont, P, KC
3.14 Maniacs - Sean Newcomb, P, Braves
3.15 Chicago Devils - Roniel Raudes, P, BOS
3.16 Bad Intentions - Trevor Clifton, P, CHC

The 2016 Prospect Draft has been completed.

1.01 Rednecks - Dansby Swanson, SS, Braves
1.02 Manglers - Alex Bregman, SS, Hou
1.03 Marauders - Brendan Rodgers, SS, Col
1.04 Cats - Andrew Benentendi, OF, BOS
1.05 Heat - Kyle Tucker, OF, HOU
1.06 Nasties - Kolby Allard, P, ATL
1.07 Gnomes - Tyler Jay, P, MIN
1.08 Dawgs - Ian Happ, 2B/OF, CHI C
1.09 TND - Dillon Tate, P, TEX
1.10 Cherubs - Carson Fulmer, P, CHW
1.11 Devils - Kenta Maeda, P, LAD
1.12 Bad Intentions - Cornelius Randolph, OF, PHI
1.13 Ghosts - Byung-Ho Park, 1B/DH, MIN
1.14 Bulldogs - Brady Aiken, P, CLE
1.15 Xpress - Hector Olivera, 3B/OF, Atlanta
1.16 Maniacs - Trent Clark, OF, MIL
2.01 Rednecks - Josh Naylor, 1B, Marlins
2.02 Manglers - Willson Contreras, C, ChC
2.03 Marauders -Yusniel Diaz, OF, LAD
2.04 Cats - Dylan Cease, P, Cubs
2.05 Heat - Tyler Stephenson, C, CIN
2.06 Nasties - Yadier Alvarez, P, LAD
2.07 Gnomes - James Kaprielian, SP, NYY
2.08 Dawgs - Austin Riley, 3B, ATL
2.09 TND - Michael Fulmer, P, Det
2.10 Cherubs - Derek Fisher - OF Hou
2.11 Bad Intentions via Devils - Demi Orimoloye, OF, MIL
2.12 Bad Intentions - Chris Shaw, 1B, SF
2.13 Ghosts - Beau Burrows, P, DET
2.14 Bulldogs - Daz Cameron, OF, HOU
2.15 Xpress - Phil Bickford, P, San Francisco
2.16 Maniacs - Vladimir Guerrerro Jr. - OF/3B - TOR
3.01 Rednecks - Christian Arroyo, SS, Giants
3.02 Manglers - Triston McKenzie, RHP Cle
3.03 Devils via trade w/Marauders - Oscar de la Cruz, P, CHC
3.04 Cats - Kevin Newman SS Pirates
3.05 Heat - Hyun-Soo Kim, OF, Orioles
3.06 Nasties - Garrett Whitley, OF, Rays
3.07 Gnomes - Nick Plummer, OF, Cardinals
3.08 Dawgs - KeBryan Hayes, 3B, PIT
3.09 TND - Keury Mella (RHP) - Reds
3.10 Cherubs - Clint Coulter - OF Mil
3.11 Devils - pass
3.12 Bad Intentions - Eddy Martinez, OF, CHC
3.13 Ghosts - Taylor Ward, C, LAA
3.14 Bulldogs - Jonathan Harris, P, TOR
3.15 Xpress - Isan Diaz, 2B/SS, Milwaukee
3.16 Maniacs - Ashe Russell, P, KC

Updated website roster to match Yahoo end of the season. Also promoted Corey Seager

The 2015 Prospect Draft has been completed. They can be found on the Diamonds site under Forums_League Message Board. Here are the full results:

Round 1
1.01 Deathscyte Marauders - Yoan Moncada, SS - Bos
1.02 Blue Collar Rednecks - Yasmani Tomas, 3B/OF, AZ
1.03 South Sydney Nasties - Carlos Rodon, P, CWS
1.04 (team name deleted) - Rusney Castillo, OF, Bos
1.05 Bad Intentions - Kyle Schwarber, C/OF, CHC
1.06 Grinning Ghosts - Alex Jackson, OF, SEA
1.07 Iron Mustang Xpress via Tabasco Cats - Tyler Kolek, P, Miami
1.08 PTown Manglers - Nick Gordon, SS, MIN
1.09 Lawn Gnomes - Trea Turner, SS, San Diego
1.10 Merritton Bulldogs - Jeff Hoffman, P, TOR
1.11 Merritton Bulldogs via Chicago Devils - Aaron Nola, P, PHI
1.12 Maniacs - Kyle Freeland, P, COL
1.13 Electric City Heat - Derek Hill, OF, Detroit
1.14 Tabasco Cats via Iron Mustang Xpress - Sean Newcomb, P, LAA
1.15 Cherubs - Touki Toussaint, P, AZ
1.16 MN Snow Dawgs - Yoan Lopez, P, AZ2.01 Deathscyte Marauders - Brandon Finnegan - KC, RP

Round 2
2.02 Blue Collar Rednecks - Grant Holmes, P, LAD
2.03 South Sydney Nasties - Michael Conforto , OF, NYM
2.04 (team name deleted) - Raicel (or Raisel) Iglesias, SP/RP, Cin
2.05 Bad Intentions - Bradley Zimmer, OF, CLE
2.06 Grinning Ghosts - Tyler Beede, P, SF
2.07 Iron Mustang Xpress via Tabasco Cats - Alex Verdugo, OF LA Dodgers
2.08 PTown Manglers - Max Penticost - C - TOR
2.09 Lawn Gnomes - Foster Griffin - Kansas City LHP
2.10 Merritton Bulldogs - Kodi Medeiros, P, MIL
2.11 Chicago Devils - Reynaldo Lopez, SP, WAS
2.12 Deathscyte Marauders via Maniacs - Michael Taylor, CF, Was
2.13 Electric City Heat - Casey Gillaspie, 1B, TB
2.14 Chicago Devils via Iron Mustang Xpress - Brett Phillips, OF, HOU
2.15 Tabasco Cats Via Deathscyte Marauders via Tustin Phenom - Jacob Gatewood, SS, MIL
2.16 MN Snow Dawgs - JT Realmuto, C, MIA

Round 3
3.01 Deathscyte Marauders - Rob Refsnyder, 2B , NYY
3.02 Blue Collar Rednecks - Steven Matz, P, Mets
3.03 South Sydney Nasties - Orlando Arcia, SS, Brewers
3.04 (team name deleted) - Bobby Bradley (Cle-CI)
3.05 Bad Intentions - Spencer Adams, P, CWS
3.06 Grinning Ghosts - Jomar Reyes, 3B, O's
3.07 Tabasco Cats - Adrian Rondon, SS, Rays
3.08 PTown Manglers - Michael Chavis, 3B, BOS
3.09 Lawn Gnomes - Luke Weaver, RHP St. Louis
3.10 Merritton Bulldogs - Skipped
3.11 Deathscyte Marauders via Chicago Devils - Jorge Mateo, SS , NYY
3.12 Maniacs - Erick Fedde, SP, Nationals
3.13 Electric City Heat - Skipped
3.14 Tabasco Cats via Iron Mustang Xpress - skipped
3.15 Cherubs - Domingo Santana OF Astros
3.16 MN Snow Dawgs - Nick Burdi, P, MIN

Here are the rules regarding Prospects:

Prospects do not have to be rostered until they reach one of the following: A) 75 career MLB at bats, or B) 50 IP or 15 total appearances at pitcher (whichever comes first). Players who have not yet reached those totals FOR THEIR CAREERS must be kept on your prospect roster until you add them to your Yahoo team. Prospects who reach those limits and have not been placed on your Yahoo roster become free agents. If a player reaches their prospect limits, a manager has 7 days to put them in their lineup. Further rules at the bottom of this post about NA's.

RULES for NA players: Once you have promoted a player to your Yahoo roster, you cannot move him back to your prospect list UNLESS HE BECOMES N/A until the off season. If a player under those limits becomes N/A during the season, you have the option of moving him back to your prospect list and do not have to promote him again until he reaches the career limits. N/A over the career limits cannot be moved back to your prospect roster.

Reminder from 2014 Season: I have added 5 NA slots on your MLB roster. This will give you the ability to add a potential 5 extra players to you prospect roster. Here is the twist, when the next season begins you will only be able to select 26 guys to keep and you can only have 15 guys on your Prospect Roster so you will need to plan and prepare accordingly.

Anyone drafted in the 1st year player draft is protected until 21 days after the season starts. At that point they should be NA or on a ML roster. So at 21 days they will fall under the Prospect rules. This applies to 1st year draft players only!

This will be the rule regarding prospects from this time forth. If there are objections, please send me an email, BUT do not just tell me you dislike it. Give me a solution.

1. Any player not in the Yahoo System AND is signed to a Major League Baseball (not Japan, Cuba, etc) contract is deemed a prospect.
2. Any player that is in the Yahoo System and is marked as NA and has below the minimum requirements is deemed a prospect. This player must be on your prospect roster and counts against your 15 maximum.

Any prospect drops and adds must be recorded under the Forums_Transactions tab. This goes for ANY trades made during the off-season and any trades involving prospects or draft picks made in season. I would also like everyone to update their Major League rosters on the Off-Season site at the end of the the season. This will help for making off-season trades. I would also like everyone to take a moment and update their contact info. If you do not feel comfortable posting it there, please send me an email so that I make sure I have it and can keep in touch with you. If you have any questions, please let me know. Here is the website again:

IMPORTANT: Please remember that any player who does NOT have a current MLB/Minor league contract by the start of our prospect draft, cannot be picked up until the next seasons prospect draft.

http://www.boysofsummer.co/diamonds.

A. Guerrero released for Deathscyte to add to his prospect roster in trade as posted on the Yahoo League discussion board

The 2014 Prospect Draft has been completed. Here are the full results:

Round 1
1.01 Maniacs - Masahiro Tanaka - SP - NYY
1.02 Lawn Gnomes - Kris Bryant - 3b Cubs
1.03 Lake Superior Storm - Jonathan Gray - SP Rockies
1.04 PTown Manglers - Kohl Stewart -SP Twins
1.05 Electric City Heat - Mark Appel - SP Astros
1.06 Iron Mustang Xpress via (team name deleted) - Jose Abreu - 1B White Sox
1.07 MN Snow Dawgs - Dominic Smith, 1B, NYM
1.08 Blue Collar Rednecks - Austin Meadows, OF, Pirates
1.09 (team name deleted) via Iron Mustang Xpress (via Savoy Special) - Clint Frazier, OF, Indians
1.10 Tabasco Cats - Braden Shipley, P, Diamondbacks
1.11 Tustin Phenoms - Colin Moran, 3b, Marlins
1.12 Grinning Ghosts - DJ Peterson, 3b, Mariners
1.13 Lake Superior Storm via Merritton Bulldogs -Hunter Dozier, SS, KC
1.14 ArchCityGoldenDomers - Trey Ball, P, Red Sox
1.15 Lake Superior Storm via Iron Mustang Xpress - Marco Gonzalez, SP, STL
1.16 Chicago Devils - Phillip Ervin, OF, CIN

Round 2
2.01 Maniacs - Alex Guerrero - SS - Dodgers
2.02 (team name deleted) via Lawn Gnomes - Jonathan (J.P.) Crawford - SS, Phillies
2.03 Iron Mustang Xpress via Lake Superior Storm - Christian Arroyo, SS, Giants
2.04 PTown Manglers - Reese McGuire - C - Pitt
2.05 Electric City Heat - Devon Travis - 2B - Detroit
2.06 (team name deleted) - Rosell Herrera, Col, MI
2.07 MN Snow Dawgs - Hunter Harvey, SP, BAL
2.08 Lake Superior Storm via Blue Collar Rednecks - Ryne Stanek, P, TB
2.09 (team name deleted) via Iron Mustang Xpress via Deathscyte Marauders - Hunter Renfroe, SD, OF
2.10 Tabasco Cats - Sean Manaea, P, Royals
2.11 Tustin Phenoms - Aaron Judge, OF, NYY
2.12 Grinning Ghosts - Billy McKinney, OF, A's
2.13 Lake Superior Storm via Merritton Bulldogs - Alex Gonzalez, P, Texas
2.14 ArchCityGoldenDomers - Jonathan Crawford, P, Tigers
2.15 Lake Superior Storm via Iron Mustang Xpress - Jason Hursh, P, Atl
2.16 Iron Mustang Xpress via Chicago Devils - Chris Anderson, P, LA Dodgers

Round 3
3.01 Maniacs - Tim Anderson, SS, White Sox
3.02 Lawn Gnomes
3.03 Lake Superior Storm - Andrew Thurman, P, Houston
3.04 PTown Manglers - Nick Ciuffo, C, TB
3.05 Electric City Heat - Corey Knebel, P, Detroit
3.06 (team name deleted) - Mauricio Cabrera, P, Atl
3.07 MN Snow Dawgs - Rob Kaminsky, P, StL
3.08 Lake Superior Storm via Blue Collar Rednecks - Rob Zastryzny, P, Cubs
3.09 Deathscyte Marauders - Pete Kelich P, SD
3.10 Tabasco Cats - Devin Williams, P, Brewers
3.11 Tustin Phenoms - Michael Ohlman, C, BAL
3.12 MN Snow Dawgs via trade March 4th from Grinning Ghosts - Elroy Jimenez, OF, Chc
3.13 Merritton Bulldogs - Travis Demeritte, SS, TEX
3.14 Green Monster Inc. - Jorge Bonifacio ,OF, KC
3.15 Deathscyte Marauders via Iron Mustang Xpress - Greg Bird 1B, NYY
3.16 Chicago - Passes

It looks like a did several adds; however, I just went in and updated the records of those players (team and/or position) for accuracy.

Deleting Edward Salcedo, SS, ATL from my minor leagues

The Prospect Draft lottery has been conducted where the bottom 4 teams were given balls according to their finish last year. Here is the 3 round draft order so you can work out trades. Please remember that any trades that include Prospects or Draft picks need to be recorded both on the offseason site (www.BoysofSummer.co/diamonds) and in Yahoo!. If you are trading draft picks please include the year to help me out.I will post when we are starting the prospect draft once the last team signs up.

Round 1
1.01 Maniacs (4 balls)
1.02 Lawn Gnomes (2 balls)
1.03 Lake Superior Storm (3 balls)
1.04 PTown Manglers (1 ball)
1.05 Electric City Heat
1.06 (team name deleted)
1.07 MN Snow Dawgs
1.08 Blue Collar Rednecks
1.09 Savoy Special
1.10 Tabasco Cats
1.11 Tustin Phenoms
1.12 Grinning Ghosts
1.13 Lake Superior Storm via Merritton Bulldogs
1.14 ArchCityGoldenDomers
1.15 Lake Superior Storm via Iron Mustang Xpress
1.16 Chicago Devils

Round 2
2.01 Maniacs
2.02 (team name deleted) via Lawn Gnomes
2.03 Iron Mustang Xpress via Lake Superior Storm
2.04 PTown Manglers
2.05 Electric City Heat
2.06 (team name deleted)
2.07 MN Snow Dawgs
2.08 Lake Superior Storm via Blue Collar Rednecks
2.09 Savoy Special
2.10 Tabasco Cats
2.11 Tustin Phenoms
2.12 Grinning Ghosts
2.13 Lake Superior Storm via Merritton Bulldogs
2.14 ArchCityGoldenDomers
2.15 Iron Mustang Xpress
2.16 Chicago Devils

Round 3
3.01 Maniacs
3.02 Lawn Gnomes
3.03 Lake Superior Storm
3.04 PTown Manglers
3.05 Electric City Heat
3.06 (team name deleted)
3.07 MN Snow Dawgs
3.08 Lake Superior Storm via Blue Collar Rednecks
3.09 Savoy Special
3.10 Tabasco Cats
3.11 Tustin Phenoms
3.12 Grinning Ghosts
3.13 Merritton Bulldogs
3.14 ArchCityGoldenDomers
3.15 Iron Mustang Xpress
3.16 Chicago Devils

The Storm sends SP Alexi Ogando to Merriton, in exchange for Merriton's First Round and Second Round 2014 Prospect Selection

Rednecks get Ryan Howard and Justin Masterson. Storm gets Rednecks 2014 2nd and 3rd Round Prospect picks and Prospects Robert Stephenson and Stephen Piscotty.

For Storm / Mustang trade (Mustang got Molina & Lynn) Mustangs also send Storm (Hogtown) 1st Round 2014 Selection, and prospects Odor and Wisler

2013 Prospect Draft Results

1.01 Tustin Phenoms - Mike Zunino (Sea - C)
1.02 Iron Mustang Xpress - Carlos Correa (Hou - SS)
1.03 (team name deleted) - Byron Buxton (Min - OF)
1.04 PTown Manglers - Kevin Gausman - (BAL - RHP)
1.05 Blue Collar Rednecks - Jorge Soler, OF, Cubs
1.06 Maniacs - Kyle Zimmer (KC - RHP)
1.07 Chicago Devils - Addison Russell, SS, OAK
1.08 Lawn Gnomes via Grinning Ghosts - from email, Albert Almora, OF, CHC
1.09 Savoy Special - Corey Seager, 3B, LAD
1.10 Electric City Heat -Hyun-Jin Ryu LHP, Dodgers
1.11 Tabasco Cats - Yasiel Puig, OF, Dodgers
1.12 MN Snow Dawgs - David Dahl, OF, Rockies
1.13 Lawn Gnomes - Kyuji Fujikawa, P, Cubs
1.14 Iron Mustang Xpress - Michael Wacha, P, St. Louis
1.15 ArchCityGoldenDomers Max Fried - SP, SD
1.16 Merritton Bulldogs - Lucas Giolito, SP, WAS

2.01 Tustin Phenoms - Richie Shaffer, 3B, TB
2.02 Great Lakes Storm - Courtney Hawkins, OF, CWS
2.03 (team name deleted) - Lance McCullers, P, Hou
2.04 PTown Manglers - Joey Gallo, 3B, Tex
2.05 Blue Collar Rednecks - Gavin Cecchini, SS, Mets
2.06 Maniacs - Stryker Trahan, Catcher, Diamondbacks
2.07 Chicago Devils - Chris Stratton, P, SF
2.08 Grinning Ghosts - Andrew Heaney, P, Marlins
2.09 Savoy Special - Brian Johnson, P, Bos
2.10 Electric City Heat - Marcus Stroman, P, Blue Jays
2.11 Tabasco Cats - Lewis Brinson, OF, Rangers
2.12 MN Snow Dawgs - Eduardo Rodriguez, P, Bal
2.13 Lawn Gnomes - Martin Perez, P, Rangers
2.14 Iron Mustang Xpress - Jose Berrios, P, Minnesota
2.15 ArchCityGoldenDomers -Adalberto Mondesi SS KC
2.16 Merritton Bulldogs - Matt Smoral, P, TOR

3.01 Tustin Phenoms - Brandon Maurer, SP, SEA
3.02 Great Lakes Storm - D. J. Davis OF, Tor
3.03 (team name deleted) - Nicholas Travieso, P, Cin
3.04 PTown Manglers - Ryan'Scooter' Gennett, 2B, Mil
3.05 Blue Collar Rednecks - Stephen Piscotty, 3B, STL
3.06 Maniacs - Avisail García, OF, DET
3.07 Chicago Devils - pass
3.08 Grinning Ghosts - Luis Sardinas, SS, TEX
3.09 Savoy Special - Pass
3.10 Electric City Heat - Rafael Montero RHP Mets
3.11 Tabasco Cats - Corey Dickerson, OF, COL
3.12 MN Snow Dawgs - Sean Nolin, P, TOR
3.13 Lawn Gnomes - Pierce Johnson, P, Cubs
3.14 Iron Mustang Xpress - Matt Wisler, P, San Diego
3.15 ArchCityGoldenDomers - Skipped
3.16 Merritton Bulldogs - Michael Fulmer, P, NYM

The Prospect Draft lottery has been conducted where the bottom 4 teams were given balls according to their finish last year. Here is the 3 round draft order so you can work out trades. Please remember that any trades that include Prospects or Draft picks need to be recorded both on the offseason site (www.BoysofSummer.co/diamonds) and in Yahoo!. If you are trading draft picks please include the year to help me out.I will post when we are starting the prospect draft soon.

1.01 Tustin Phenoms (had 4 balls)
1.02 Iron Mustang Xpress via Great Lakes Storm (had 1 ball)
1.03 (team name deleted) (had 3 balls)
1.04 PTown Manglers (had 2 balls)
1.05 Blue Collar Rednecks
1.06 Maniacs
1.07 Chicago Devils
1.08 Lawn Gnomes via Grinning Ghosts
1.09 Savoy Special
1.10 Electric City Heat
1.11 Tabasco Cats
1.12 MN Snow Dawgs
1.13 Lawn Gnomes
1.14 Iron Mustang Xpress
1.15 ArchCityGoldenDomers
1.16 Merritton Bulldogs
2.01 Tustin Phenoms
2.02 Great Lakes Storm
2.03 (team name deleted)
2.04 PTown Manglers
2.05 Blue Collar Rednecks
2.06 Maniacs
2.07 Chicago Devils
2.08 Grinning Ghosts
2.09 Savoy Special
2.10 Electric City Heat
2.11 Tabasco Cats
2.12 MN Snow Dawgs
2.13 Lawn Gnomes
2.14 Iron Mustang Xpress
2.15 ArchCityGoldenDomers
2.16 Merritton Bulldogs
3.01 Tustin Phenoms
3.02 Great Lakes Storm
3.03 (team name deleted)
3.04 PTown Manglers
3.05 Blue Collar Rednecks
3.06 Maniacs
3.07 Chicago Devils
3.08 Grinning Ghosts
3.09 Savoy Special
3.10 Electric City Heat
3.11 Tabasco Cats
3.12 MN Snow Dawgs
3.13 Lawn Gnomes
3.14 Iron Mustang Xpress
3.15 ArchCityGoldenDomers
3.16 Merritton Bulldogs

Alex Myers is already property of Great Lakes Storm. We drafted him last Spring.
Thanks

Brian Dozier has been promoted to the big leagues. Sorry for the delay in posting.

2012 Prospect Draft Results

1.01 Savoy Special - Bubba Starling, OF, KC
1.02 Blue Collar Rednecks - Trevor Bauer, P, Ari
1.03 Phoenix Desert Dogs - Gerrit Cole, RHP, PIT
1.04 Maniacs - Danny Hultzen, P, Mariners
1.05 The Red Mustangs - Yu Darvish, SP, Texas
1.06 PTown Manglers - Anthony Rendon, 3B Was
1.07 Merritton Bulldogs - Dylan Bundy, SP, Bal
1.08 Chicago Devils - Archie Bradley, SP, ARI
1.09 Grinning Ghosts - Francisco Lindor, SS, CLE
1.10 Balco Boyz - Yoenis Cespedes OF OAK
1.11 MN Snow Dawgs - George Springer, OF, Hou
1.12 (team name deleted) - Kolten Wong, 2B, StL
1.13 Electric City Heat - Taylor Jungmann P Brewers
1.14 The Red Mustangs - Javier Baez, SS, Cubs
1.15 Maniacs - Wei-Yin Chen, P, Orioles
1.16 Tabasco Cats - Ronald Guzman, OF, Tex

2.01 Savoy Special - Scott Van Slyke, OF, LAD
2.02 Blue Collar Rednecks - Sonny Gray, P, A's
2.03 Phoenix Desert Dogs - Brandon Nimmo, IF, NYM
2.04 Maniacs - Corey Spangenberg, 2B, SD
2.05 Great Lakes Storm - Drew Smyly, SP, DET
2.06 PTown Manglers - Jed Bradley LHP Mil
2.07 The Red Mustangs - Trevor Story, SS, Col
2.08 Chicago Devils - CJ Cron, C, LAA
2.09 Grinning Ghosts - Josh Bell, OF, PIT
2.10 Balco Boyz - Taylor Guererri SP TB
2.11 MN Snow Dawgs - Matt Szczur, OF, ChC
2.12 (team name deleted) - Matt Barnes, SP, Bos
2.13 Electric City Heat - Skipped
2.14 The Red Mustangs - Joe Panik, SS, SF
2.15 (team name deleted) - Daniel Norris, SP, Tor
2.16 Tabasco Cats - Matt Purke, P, WAS

3.01 Savoy Special - Tyler Pastornicky, SS, Atl
3.02 Blue Collar Rednecks - Andrelton Simmons, SS, ATL
3.03 Phoenix Desert Dogs - Dante Bichette Jr., 3B, NYY
3.04 Maniacs - Jose Fernandez, P, Miami
3.05 Great Lakes Storm - Steve Lombardozzi Jr, INF, Was
3.06 PTown Manglers - Hisashi Iwakuma RHP - SEA
3.07 MN Snow Dawgs - Parker Bridwell, P, Bal
3.08 Chicago Devils - Alex Dickerson, 1B, PIT
3.09 Grinning Ghosts - Joe Ross, P, SD
3.10 Balco Boyz - Dan Vogelbach 1B Chi
3.11 MN Snow Dawgs - Larry Greene, OF, Phi
3.12 The Red Mustangs - Mikie Mahtook, OF, Tampa Bay
3.13 Electric City Heat - Skipped
3.14 (team name deleted) - Elier Hernandez, OF, KC
3.15 ArchCityGoldenDomers - John Lamb, SP, KC
3.16 Tabasco Cats - Blake Swihart, C, Red Sox

I am moving Will Middlebrooks to my active roster to free up a prospect slot. I added him to my roster on this site and dropped him from prospect roster. I have since re-added him just so he appears on the prospect list and no one wastes a draft pick thinking he's available.

PTown Manglers,
I was checking prospects today and saw that transactions say you added Brad Peacock 2011-08-04, but (team name deleted) already has him on 2011-05-11. Was there another transaction I missed?

I've updated things on the database to reflect the two new teams. Let me know if you're still having any problems with your login or team info pulling up. Also, be sure to go ahead and update your contact info.

www.BoysofSummer.us/diamonds

The lottery has been conducted where the bottom 4 teams were given balls according to their finish last year. Both of the new teams are in this lottery.

The resulting draft order:
1: Merritton Bulldogs (had 3 balls)
2: Chicago Devils (had 4 balls)
3: AZ Angels (had 1 ball)
4: Electric City Heat (had 2 balls)
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5: Savoy Special
6: Maniacs
7: PTown Manglers
8: Blue Collar Rednecks
9: (team name deleted)
10: Great Lakes Gamblers
11: Tabasco Cats
12: The Red Mustangs
13: MN Snow Dawgs
14: Grinning Ghosts
15: Balco Boyz
16: ArchCityGoldenDomers

The commish will provide instructions on drafting procedures, etc. Please record your draft picks on the Draft Management tab on the site, and add your prospects to your prospect list.

Here is the information for the Prospect Draft.

The draft starts tonight at:
Eastern - 1am
Central - 12am
Mountain - 11pm
Pacific - 10pm
Any other time zone figure it out yourself! Your a big boy!

There will be a 24 hour clock. If Managers start taking too long consistently, then I will move it up to 12. Those available for this draft are players that were drafted in the 2010 Amatuer Baseball Draft, player that signed a contract with a MLB team after last years prospect draft started (ie Leslie Anderson of the Rays), or any player that is considered a prospect by our rules that is not on another players roster. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Here is the process for making your Draft selection, no exceptions. (Order does not matter, but your selection need to be made in all three places)
1. Post your pick on the Yahoo Post Message area.
2. Go to www.BoysofSummer.us/diamonds, log in, go to the Draft Mgmt tab, Select Draft Player for whatever round it is.
3. Go to www.BoysofSummer.us/diamonds, log in, go to the Team Mgmt tab, Input the player in the Sign Prospect Fields.

For drafted players you do NOT need to post your picks in the Forum tab. If one of the spots is not filled out I will send you an email to remind you. If you do not fill out the missing area with in 24 hours, I will post a message to you on Yahoo. If another 24 hours goes by and nothing has happened I will send an email and post a message on Yahoo with a FINAL warning. Once that next 24 hours has passed, if no action was taken, that player is removed from that team and can be drafted by anyone. I am doing this because I want to avoid any possible issues or arguements later. Basically you have 3 days to make sure your roster is up to date.

If you draft a player who is currently in Yahoo's DB, he is subject to our current prospect rules.

All Prospect roster must be at a maximum limit by April 15th. This gives you 2 weeks to make decisions.

I hope this all makes sense. If you have question let me know. Here is the link to the 2010 Amatuer Draft Page (Yahoo will put a random space when you try to copy links, so make sure when you past the link there is no extra spaces): http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2010/

Good Luck!
Jim

Here are the rules regarding Prospects:

Prospects do not have to be rostered until they reach one of the following: A) 75 career MLB at bats, or B) 50 IP or 15 total appearances at pitcher (whichever comes first). Players who have not yet reached those totals FOR THEIR CAREERS must be kept on your prospect roster until you add them to your Yahoo team. Prospects who reach those limits and have not been placed on your Yahoo roster become free agents. If a player reaches their prospect limits, a manager has 7 days to put them in their lineup. Further rules at the bottom of this post about NA's.

RULES for NA players: Once you have promoted a player to your Yahoo roster, you cannot move him back to your prospect list UNLESS HE BECOMES N/A until the off season. If a player under those limits becomes N/A during the season, you have the option of moving him back to your prospect list and do not have to promote him again until he reaches the career limits. N/A over the career limits cannot be moved back to your prospect roster.

Anyone drafted in the 1st year player draft is protected until 21 days after the season starts. At that point they should be NA or on a ML roster. So at 21 days they will fall under the Prospect rules. This applies to 1st year draft players only!

This will be the rule regarding prospects from this time forth. If there are objections, please send me an email, BUT do not just tell me you dislike it. Give me a solution.

1. Any player not in the Yahoo System AND is signed to a Major League Baseball (not Japan, Cuba, etc) contract is deemed a prospect.
2. Any player that is in the Yahoo System and is marked as NA and has below the minimum requirements is deemed a prospect. This player must be on your prospect roster and counts against your 15 maximum.

Any prospect drops and adds must be recorded under the Forums_Transactions tab. This goes for ANY trades made during the off-season and any trades involving prospects or draft picks made in season. I would also like everyone to update their Major League rosters on the Off-Season site at the end of the the season. This will help for making off-season trades. I would also like everyone to take a moment and update their contact info. If you do not feel comfortable posting it there, please send me an email so that I make sure I have it and can keep in touch with you. If you have any questions, please let me know. Here is the website again:

http://www.boysofsummer.us/diamonds.

Hello Fellas,

I just wanted to address a few things.

First off, congratulations and good luck to all of you who made the playoffs!

Second, prospects. In the past we have had a rule that protects prospects that are put into the yahoo system after September 1st. This is no longer valid. With the way that we have our prospects now, this is no longer needed. ANY prospect who reaches his limits, at any time, must be placed on your roster no later then the 7th day after he achieved that milestone.

Third, Off-Season site. This has not been stated to this point, so the past is the past and I don't care about it. From this point forward please follow these directions. Any prospect drops and adds must be recorded under the Forums_Transactions tab. This goes for ANY trades made during the off-season and any trades involving prospects or draft picks made in season. I would also like everyone to update their Major League rosters on the Off-Season site at the end of the the season. This will help for making off-season trades. I would also like everyone to take a moment and update their contact info. If you do not feel comfortable posting it there, please send me an email so that I make sure I have it and can keep in touch with you. If you have any questions, please let me know. Here is the website again: http://www.boysofsummer.us/diamonds.

Last, it is with sadness that we say goodbye to one of our managers. Sin City Mob has decided to step down. I appreciate him joining us this year. If anyone wants to throw out some feelers and see if they can recruit someone to take control of that team, please let me know.

Jim

Manglers brought up a good point. It is not clear how long managers have once limits are hit. If a player reaches their prospect limits, a manager has 7 days to put them in their lineup.

1 Chicago Devils - Stephen Strasburg, SP, Was
2 (team name deleted) - Dustin Ackley (Sea - LF)
3 Team Shocker II - Donavan Tate, OF, SD
4 Tabasco Cats - Tyler Matzek, P, COL
5 Maniacs - Starlin Castro, SS, CHC
6 The Red Mustangs- Tanner Scheppers, SP, Texas
7 Balco Boyz - Jacob Turner, SP, Det
8 Blue Collar Rednecks - Aaron Crow, P, KC
9 MN Snow Dawgs - Michael Trout, OF, LAA
10 Savoy Special - Drew Storen, P, Was
11 Grinning Ghosts - Shelby Miller P, St.L
12 ArchCityGoldenDomers - Zach Wheeler, SP, SF
13 PTown Manglers - Mike Minor, SP Atl
14 Arizona Angels-Mike Leake, SP, Cin
15 Sin City Mob - Grant Green SS, Oak
16 (team name deleted) via GLG - Tim Beckham (TB - SS)

Supplemental Round 1

17 PTown Manglers -Jaimie Garcia SP StL
18 Arizona Angels - Nick Franklin, SS, Sea
19 Sin City Mob - Jorge Sanchez, C, Pit
20 Great Lakes Gamblers - Danny Valencia, 3B, Min

Round 2

21 Chicago Devils - Arodys Vizcaino, SP, ATL
22 (team name deleted) - Dee Gordon, SS, LA
23 Team Shocker II - Slade Heathcott, OF, NYY
24 Tabasco Cats - Miguel Sano, INF, MIN (signed 9/29/09)
25 The Red Mustangs - Jiovanni Mier, SS, Hou
26 The Red Mustangs - Wil Myers, C, KC
27 Balco Boyz Jared Mitchell, OF, CHW
28 Blue Collar Rednecks - Kyle Gibson, P, Min
29 MN Snow Dawgs - Jurickson Profar, SS/P, Texas
30 Savoy Special - Brett Jackson, OF, CHC
31 Grinning Ghosts - Bobby Borchering, 3b, AZ
32 ArchCityGoldenDomers - Jose Iglesias, SS, Bos (signed 09/08/09)
33 PTown Manglers - Gaby Sánchez 1B/(3B/C) Fla
34 Arizona Angels - Allen Pollock, CF, AZ
35 Sin City Mob - Randall Grichuk
36 Great Lakes Gamblers - Jay Jackson, P, CHC

Supplemental Round 2

37 PTown Manglers - Wilson Ramos C Min
38 Arizona Angels - Alex White, SP, Cleveland
39 Sin City Mob - Joesph Thomas - SF
40 Great Lakes Gamblers - Drew Sutton IF Reds

Round 3

41 Chicago Devils - Ryan Wheeler, 1B, ARI
42 (team name deleted) - Gabriel Noriega (Sea - SS)
43 Team Shocker II - Skipped
44 Tabasco Cats - Chad James
45 Maniacs - Trevor May, SP, Phillies
46 Maniacs - Eric Arnett, SP, Brewers
47 Balco Boyz - Alex Colome ; Rays
48 Blue Collar Rednecks - Aaron Miller, P, Dodgers
49 MN Snow Dawgs - Chad Jenkins, SP, Tor
50 Savoy Special - Josh Judy, P, Cle
51 Grinning Ghosts - Max Stassi, C, OAK
52 ArchCityGoldenDomers - Forfeit Pick
53 PTown Manglers - Alex Avila, C, Det
54 Arizona Angels - Tyler Skaggs, P, LAA
55 Sin City Mob - Matt Hobgood, P ,Bal
56 Great Lakes Gamblers

Since the season is upon us and in an effort to clarify the rules regarding prospects. Here they are hopefully in a more user friendly way:

Prospects do not have to be rostered until they reach one of the following: A) 75 career MLB at bats, or B) 50 IP or 15 total appearances at pitcher (whichever comes first). Players who have not yet reached those totals FOR THEIR CAREERS must be kept on your prospect roster until you add them to your Yahoo team. Prospects who reach those limits and have not been placed on your Yahoo roster become free agents. Further rules at the bottom of this post about NA's.

RULES for NA players: Once you have promoted a player to your Yahoo roster, you cannot move him back to your prospect list UNLESS HE BECOMES N/A until the off season. If a player under those limits becomes N/A during the season, you have the option of moving him back to your prospect list and do not have to promote him again until he reaches the career limits. N/A over the career limits cannot be moved back to your prospect roster.

Anyone drafted in the 1st year player draft is protected until 21 days after the season starts. At that point they should be NA or on a ML roster. So at 21 days they will fall under the Prospect rules. This applies to 1st year draft players only!

This will be the rule regarding prospects from this time forth. If there are objections, please send me an email, BUT do not just tell me you dislike it. Give me a solution.

1. Any player not in the Yahoo System and is signed to a Major League Baseball (not Japan, Cuba, etc) contract is deemed a prospect.
2. Any player that is in the Yahoo System and is marked as NA and has below the minimum requirements is deemed a prospect. This player must be on your prospect roster and counts against your 15 maximum.

The NEW minimum requirements are these - 75 AB for fielders. 50 IP or 15 Appearances whichever comes first for pitchers.

Test message - Just made some modifications to my team page.

Test message and just noting that my prospect roster is updated to include round 3 - there are 16 players on my propect roster as Marson is still protected through opening day.

Test message 3/19 Tabasco Cats. Post your trading block, questions, etc. here.

Testing messages from another user.