Check 1: Free Agency

The first free agent bidding went very well. Thanks to everyone for submitting their bids as requested and making the process go as smoothly as possible. We may be able to submit free agent bids thru the Web site next time, but we'll get back to you about that.

Okay, on to the bids. Surprisingly, only 1 player received multiple bids: new hotshot shortstop Tony Pena. His new NFSL home? Coram . The Crushers won his rights with a bid of $2 million for 3 years. (New Libertatia's bid was $.25/1)

Everyone else got who they wanted:

Bay Ridge:
Antonio Alfonseca .25/1 (Doug Mientkiewicz released)
Mike DeJean .25/1 (Reggie Abercrombie released)
Brandon Backe .25/1 (Cesar Izturis released)
Kyle Lohse (Mark Kotsay released)

Coram:
Tony Pena 2.00/3 (Bartolo Colon on DL)

New Libertatia:
Jose Bautista .50/1 (John Grabow on DL)
Alejandro de Aza .50/1 (Freddy Sanchez on DL)
Mike Stanton .25/1 (Carlos Quentin on DL)

Ninth Street:
Juan Salas .75/1 (Jose Capellan released)
Joakim Soria .75/1 (Brandon League released)

North Babylon:
Matt Morris .50/1 (Matt Clement on DL)

Riverhead:
Robinson Tejada .50/2 (Josh Johnson on DL)

Setauket:
Brian Bruney .25/1 (Taylor Tankersley on DL)

Shaolin:
Randy Wolf .25/1 (Pedro Martinez on DL)


Mike will send out an updated spreadsheet.