CRL NEWS

February 22, 2025

“Everybody knows who you are, but they’ve got to see it with their eyes.”

n Juan Soto, after homering in his first spring training AB.

So let the bidding begin.

Now that expansion is in the rearview mirror, it’s time to recap what happened and talk about next steps and important dates.

Before we get to expansion, there are a couple of pieces of news to share:

Spencer, Dan and Jared have renamed their team 2 ½ Old Men.

The Frasers, Jim and Caleb, have decided on the moniker Fenway 2.0.

Now, the expansion recap.

Everyone’s first-round protections were in the last newsletter, so there is no need to repeat them here.

The Frasers’ first-round expansion picks were:

Listed in order of Team selected from;

1 - MacKenzie Gore

2 - Matt Strahm

3 - Ranger Suarez

4 - Miles Mikolas

5 - Brian Reynolds

6 - Xander Boegarts

7 - Francisco Alvarez

8 - Raisel Iglesias

9 - Eugenio Suarez

10 - Jared Jones

A week later, we countered with our second set of protected players:

Team 1: Victor Scott

Team 2: Clayton Kershaw

Team 3: Oneil Cruz

Team 4: Keke Hernandez

Team 5: Pete Crow-Armstrong

Team 6: Alec Bolm

Team 7: Max Meyer

Team 8: Tobias Myers

Team 9: Masyn Winn

Team 10: Orion Kerkering

Jim and Caleb then came back with 10 second-round picks, ensuring that at least 10 of their 20 picks will be back in the draft:

1 - Porter Hodge

2 - JT Realmuto

3 - Nick Castellanos

4 - Sal Frelick

5 - Nolan Arenado

6 - Freddie Freeman

7 - Wil Smith

8 - Jake McCarthy

9 - Dylan Cease

10 - Michael Harris II

I have made the adjustments to the On-Roto page and everyone’s roster is correct as of now.

Important dates:

· March 14 – Each team’s initial buy-in of $250 is due to Glenn. His address is:

614 Mangrove Thicket Blvd

Ponte Vedra, FL 32081

Note: A list of off-season balances is included at the end of this newsletter. You are only required to submit whatever it takes to get your season-opening balance to $250.

· Feb 20 – Spring training begins.

· March 18 and 19 – Dodgers and Cubs play a 2-game series in Tokyo (more on this below).

· March 27 – Opening Day.

· March 28 – Roster Freeze Day.

· April 4 – Draft Day.

I do not have info on other activities surrounding the draft (golf, pizza, big steak, etc.). Check this space and I will update everyone as we closer to March/April.

Roster Freeze Day protection limits:

Teams 9, 5, 8 and 10 can protect seven players, everyone else can protect 10. If a farm player is kept ($5 fee), they do not count toward the protection limit.

Note: Just like the expansion process, since Roster Freeze Day is a Friday, you have until midnight to submit your picks. I will update On-Roto with the keepers Saturday morning.

Here are what everyone has in their account as of now:

Account	Acct totals
League Expenses	$ 0.31
1	$ -
2	$ 61.00
3	$ 600.00
4	$ 59.50
5	$ 437.50
6	$ -
7	$ -
8	$ 334.50
9	$ 253.00
10	$ 860.43
11	$ 253.00

Jim