compiled by Ron Cox
The following is a list of players available for free in the March 2000 draft, when, to accommodate the demands of the 162-game Scoresheet season, gms are required to field a 30-man major league roster and a 20-man minor league roster. As a rule of thumb, gms should make sure they have approximately 6 or 7 potential starting pitchers, 6 or 7 relievers and 15 or 16 position players with a backup for each position to start the season. Of course, Scoresheet will provide anonymous AAA players to fill positions due to injuries, but gms should not count on this at the beginning of the season! Anyway, for what it's worth, here's the list of freebies available in the March draft. Note that all of these players who are not taken will automatically find their way to the free waiver wire. From now on, gms will be given a two-day window to select waived players, so that if more than one team claims a waived player, priority will be given to the SJL team with the worst record during the previous season. (Note that this is for maximum fairness, as gms should not be penalized for not having e-mail, ie., Kip, or for being away for job reasons for a couple of days).
Freebies for March 2000 draft, with sp designating starting pitcher and rp designating reliever:
Shigetoshi Hasegawa, sp, Anaheim Jeff Reboulet, inf., Bal. Ricky Bones, sp, Bal. Pat Rapp, sp, KC Mark Langston, sp, Cle Luis Polonia, of, Det. Brian Moehler, sp, Det. Tim Spehr, c, KC Bob Wells, sp, Min. Dan Naulty, rp, NYY Luis Sojo, inf., NYY Jose Mesa, rp, Sea. Dave Martinez, of, TB Dave Eiland, sp, TB Esteban Loaiza, sp, Tex Mike Matheny, c, Tor. Greg Colbrunn, 1b, AZ Dan Plesac, rp, AZ Walt Weiss, ss, Atl. Russ Springer, rp, Atl. Lenny Harris, inf., Col. Mike DeJean, rp, Col. Jerry DiPoto, rp., Col. Dennis Springer, sp, Fl Tim Bogar, ss, Hou. Craig Counsell, 2b, LA David Weathers, rp, Mil. James Mouton, of, Mon. Pat Mahomes, rp, NYM Kevin Sefcik, of, Phi. Jim Poole, rp, Phi. Hideo Nomo, sp, Mil. Trever Miller, rp, Hou Marc Wilkens, rp, Pit. Brant Brown, of, Pit. Lance Painter, rp, StL. Thomas Howard, of, StL Craig Paquette, inf., StL. Carlos Baerga, inf., Cle. Mark Gardner, sp, SF Garrett Stephenson, sp, StL Greg Hansell, rp, Pit Mike Myers, rp, Mil. Rafael Medina, rp, Fl Dan Serafini, rp, Chi. Mike Morgan, sp, Tex. Chris Haney, sp, Cle. Brian Barber, rp, KC Allen Watson, rp, NYY Mike Oquist, sp, Oak.