Friday, March 7, 2014

Spring Training Injury Rundown

"Jimmy's gonna get you, Kramer!"
Howdy, FBLG gang! We're just three weeks away from our draft, so let's check in with the notable guys who are battling injuries this spring:

Arizona: SP Bronson Arroyo is (back) should be ready for opening day. OF Cody Ross (hip) might be back by late April.

Atlanta: SP Mike Minor (shoulder) should be ready for opening day. SP Gavin Floyd (shoulder) could be back by late May.

Chicago: SS Starlin Castro (hammy) could be ready by opening day. SP Jake Arrieta (shoulder) could be back by late April.

Cincinnati: SP Mike Leake (lat) should be ready for opening day. SP Mat Latos (knee) might not be ready for opening day.

Colorado: SP Jhoulys Chacin (shoulder) might not be ready for opening day.

Los Angeles: SP Zack Greinke (calf) might not be ready for opening day in Australia but appears to be in line for the stateside opener a week later. SP Josh Beckett (shoulder) should be ready for opening day. SP Paul Maholm (elbow) should be ready for opening day. SP Chad Billingsley (elbow) might be back by May. OF Matt Kemp (ankle) might not be ready for opening day. OF Yasiel Puig (lots of stuff) is banged up but should be ready for opening day.

Miami: None

Milwaukee: None

New York: SP Matt Harvey (elbow) is likely out for the season. SP Jon Niese (shoulder) might not be ready for opening day. RP Bobby Parnell (neck) should be ready for opening day.

Philadelphia: 3B Cody Asche (hand) is day-to-day. SP Cole Hamels (shoulder) might be out until May.

Pittsburgh: SP Wandy Rodriguez (arm) should be ready for opening day.

San Diego: SP Cory Luebke (elbow) is out for the season. SP Huston Street (groin) is day-to-day. OF Cameron Maybin (biceps) could be back in April. 3B Chase Headley (calf) might miss opening day. C Yasmani Grandal (knee) might miss opening day.

San Francisco: 2B Marco Scutaro (back) might miss opening day.

St. Louis: OF Peter Bourjos (leg) should be ready for opening day. SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) is out indefinitely.

Washington: SP Doug Fister (elbow) should be ready for opening day.

Monday, March 3, 2014

Draft Month!

The Smarch weather may be lousy where you are, but baseball is still close.
The calendar has flipped over to March, which means it's draft month. The Dodgers and Dbacks kick off the regular season in a couple weeks, and Opening Day is just a week later.

It's almost here.

A reminder that our draft will be Saturday, March 29th at 4 p.m. Pacific time.

We have shared a variety of documents with you to help you prepare for the draft, all of which should be available through Google Drive. Here's what you should have access to:

  • 2014 FBLG preseason stats
  • Projected NL rosters 2014
  • FBLG emails 2014
  • FBLG rulebook
  • FBLG scoring
  • Head to head
  • FBLG best available players
  • FBLG history
We'll also be sharing the 2014 Draft document with you before draft day. 

If you don't have access to any of these, or can't find Google Drive, or anything like that, please email the commishes ASAP. 

The projected NL rosters are still in flux, and we'll keep updating those as needed. There are still a few unsigned free agents who could be added as well.

If there are any names missing from the preseason stats, please alert the commishes. We think we've gotten everyone, but you never know.

Otherwise, enjoy spring training and March Madness. The draft is 26 days away.