27 January 2005

Vol. X Winter 6

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2005 GAZETTE TEAM LINKS ARE IN PLAY

Click on the team names to the left and right (or the league logos, for that matter) and you can find current rosters (as of the most recent disk release), even if you don't have access to the disk. Ah, the ISBL, dedicated to finding new ways to lower work productivity ...

NEW OWNER INFO

After a one-year absence, Seattle again has a baseball team -- thanks to a British benefactor. Shaun Gratton of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, took ownership of the Lexington Legends on Wednesday and has moved the club to Seattle, where they will be known as the Navigators. 

Shaun can be reached via e-mail at naush@pihy.fsnet.co.uk or via AOL IM at Naush The Pihy. No, I don't know what that means. Ask him.

The Manchester Moose now have a new owner and a new home after the team's proposed move to Ajax was scrubbed. The Halifax Explosion are the newest member of the American League, helmed by owner Rod McGlashing.

Rod can be contacted via e-mail at explosion@isbl.com. Rod's AOL IM is Beaver Fighter

Both teams are open for business and fielding trade offers. 

2005 PAGES ARE UP ON SITE

If you go to the main ISBL site, you'll find that the 2005 Pages are now there. 

CONTRACT CODING

The coding seems to confuse a lot of owners, so here's a quick index of the codes.

x : Contract Year 

• When this number reaches 4, the player's minimum salary becomes $1m. 

• When it reaches 6, the player's minimum salary jumps to $5m. 

Players showing a single digit are restricted to 110% of their MLB2004 PA (plate appearances) or BF (batters faced) in ISBL2005 play.

999x : High-unlimited player

• Batters with at least 500 PA

• Batters rated defensively at CATCHER ONLY with at least 450 PA

• Pitchers with at least 700 BF or 162 IP (innings pitched)

These players have no restriction on usage in ISBL2005 play.

666x : Low-unlimited player

• Batters with no better than a .650 OPS (on-base-plus-slugging) and no better than a .700 OPS against either LHP or RHP

• Batters rated defensively at CATCHER ONLY with no better than a .700 OPS and no better than a .725 OPS against either LHP or RHP

• Pitchers with an opposing OPS of .900 or greater

These players have no restriction on usage in ISBL2005 play.

777x : Junior Draft-eligible player

• Players with fewer than 30 PA or 10 IP who do not qualify as low-unlimiteds, but who have never amassed those numbers in a single season

These players are ineligible for the ISBL2005 regular season, but can be used in the ISBL2005 Diamond Cup. Their rights are secured in a special draft exclusive to Junior Circuit teams, at a salary of $200k each. Any undrafted 777x player is deleted from the disk. If a drafted player does not qualify for the ISBL2006 regular season, the team that drafted him loses his rights.

555x : Ineligible player

• Players with fewer than 30 PA or 10 IP who do not qualify as low-unlimiteds or as Junior Draft-eligible

These players are ineligible for ISBL2005 play. Their rights may be retained by their owner for one year, provided they pay that player's salary. Players not retained are deleted from the disk.

575x : Ineligible player / Junior Draft-eligible player

• Players with fewer than 30 PA or 10 IP who do not qualify as low-unlimiteds, but who have never amassed those numbers in a single season

This seems to be the tricky one. Simply put, if you currently own a 575x player (and there's only one left -- Matt Diaz of the Gridlock), he's a 555x player if you keep him. If you release him, he becomes a 777x player and goes into the Junior Draft player pool.