BP League - Your Action Required

Dear BP Leaguemates,

First off, I would like to welcome Brandon to the league. We are a friendly bunch, with some more obsessive than others.

Second, I would like to implore you slackers to send in your money. I'm talking to you - Ryan, Mike, and Vadim.

Third, I am setting the deadline to have keepers for Saturday, March 24 at 11:59 p.m. PST. I will refer you to the league constitution for rules. In particular: (2)(g) "All finalized submissions must be emailed to the commissioner with the subject line - (Team Name) Keepers; (4)(m) When a participant submits his keepers to the commissioner, participant must provide the commissioner with a good faith valuation of the keeper based on the aforementioned rules. If any circumstances apply besides the general rule regarding inflation, the participant must explain which circumstance applies to deviate from the general rule." For your convenience, I set forth below the value of players for this year only based on the general rule. All players not listed below will cost $15 to keep.

$27 Players: Álex Rodríguez, Albert Pujols, Derrek Lee, Johan Santana, Vladimir Guerrero, Mark Teixeira, David Ortiz, Manny Ramírez, Michael Young, Miguel Cabrera
$24 Players: Jason Bay, Carl Crawford, David Wright, Miguel Tejada, Bobby Abreu, Pedro Martínez, Lance Berkman, Gary Sheffield, Carlos Beltrán, Alfonso Soriano,
$20 Players: Jake Peavy, Chase Utley, José Reyes, Andruw Jones, Ichiro Suzuki, Roy Oswalt, Todd Helton, Chone Figgins, Chris Carpenter, Grady Sizemore

Fourth, I am officially setting the draft time for Saturday, March 31 at 12:00 p.m. EST. That's 9:00 a.m. for those of you in California. Let me know immediately if this time is not good for you. If everyone arrives earlier we can start earlier. Since we are doing an auction, please allow 6 hours for that day. I have no idea how long it will take - it could be a lot shorter or a lot longer. Consequently, I will ask you to also set aside a few hours on Sunday, April 1 at 12:00 p.m. EST in case the draft takes longer than the alloted time on Saturday or we decide we need a break. The draft will be taking place over AOL IM. If we don't communicate over IM regularly, send me your screenname.

Fifth, I am giving notice of a new rule - we will be making the waiver order the order team's finished last year. That is, the first place team has waiver priority and everyone else follows.

Finally, Justin will be tracking the draft with a spreadsheet that we can all access during the draft. I highly recommend you take advantage of this. Justin, please give everyone access and send them the link.

Yours Truly,
Richard