Over Thirty Baseball, Inc.

Pre-Draft Meeting Minutes

February 28, 2008

 

TEAM

MANAGER

ASSIST MGR

TEAM REP

OTHER

AL

 

 

 

 

Athletics

 

Marc Creamer

 

 

Indians

Kevin Johnson

Dave Pinard

 

Drew Smith

Orioles

Don Bongiovi

 

 

 

Red Sox

Scott Merrill

Brian Cole

 

 

Tigers

 

Jimmy Flynn

 

 

Twins

Ethan Bloomberg

 

Tom Burgess

 

White Sox

Mike McNally

 

 

 

Yankees

Kevin Fleming

 

 

Roger Peretti

NL

 

 

 

 

Astros

 

 

 

Bill Brooks

Braves

George Dristiliaris

 

John Spadaro

 

Cardinals

Tom Walsh

Wayne Smokler

Ken Machado

 

Cubs

 

Mark Hamel

 

 

Dodgers

 

Dan Ruggiero

 

 

Giants

Mike Correa

Dom Caraco

 

 

Phillies

Bill Keefe

John Kelley

George Peavey

 

Pirates

Rich Brouillette

 

 

 

Executive &

other repÕs

 

 

 

President

Chris Augeri

Treasurer

Mike Gilronan

 

VP - Ops

 

VP - Admin

Bill Brooks

 

Secretary

Brian Miner

Advisor

 

 

Other attendees

 

 

 

 

Draft

Steve Prutzer

 

 

 

 

TEAMS WITHOUT REPRESENTATION AT MOST RECENT MEETINGS:

Feb 28, 2008   None (Predraft)

Feb 18, 2008   None

Jan 21, 2008    None

 

 

 

OPENING OF MEETING – Chris Augeri:

¯  Chris Augeri opened the meeting at 7:15PM at the Centralville Social Club.

 

PRESIDENTÕS REPORT:

¯  n/a

 

MEETING MINUTES – Brian Miner:

¯  n/a

 

TREASURERSÕ REPORT – Mike Gilronan:

¯  n/a

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

 

AUDIT:

¯  tbd

DISCIPLINE:

¯  tbd

DRAFT:

¯  New format is optimistic but experimental.

¯  Goal for the evening is to Finalize Team Draft Scores, Finalize Team Matrix, pass out necessary Registration Forms, discuss potential trades, and leave knowing where you stand for SundayÕs draft.

¯  RATING SYSTEM – Teams send in player ratings to Chris & Bill. (5) Teams need player clarifications as a follow-up: Dodgers, Giants, Cardinals, Indians, & White Sox

¯  Open issues:

 

 

1.     Indians – 2006 draft had a player leave the team after the draft. 2007 Indians had no picks in the draft and had asked to have that compensation carried over. For the 2008 draft, Chris Augeri asked that the Indians receive compensation.

¯  Chris Augeri explained to managers to rate players as if it were a tryout. A player may rate anywhere from 0 to 25. A player may be a 5/10/15 but it can be changed over time based on various circumstances like chronic injuries, not being able to play a certain position any more based on physical health, etcÉ.

¯  Based on the returned information and the rating system approved at the February 18, 2008 meeting, the PRELIMINARY draft order is as follows:

 

1.     Braves

A.   Braves Pre-supplemental (later slotted by motion AFTER #2 pick for Pirates)

2.     Pirates

3.     AÕs

4.     Dodgers

5.     Astros

6.     Orioles

7.     Giants (later switched to 8 after draft scores finalized)

8.     Twins (later switched to 7 after draft scores finalized)

9.     Cubs

10.  Cardinals (later switched to 11 after draft scores finalized)

11.  Indians (later switched to 10 after draft scores finalized)

12.  Phillies

13.  Tigers

14.  White Sox

15.  Red Sox

16.  Yankees

 

¯  Based on the returned player ratings, Bill Brooks handed out (5) teams player rankings for clarification and to see if anything needed to change and whether it would affect the initial draft order.

¯  Open Issues with the Draft Scores:

 

GIANTS – Does team get the Ò0 TurnoverÓ award? STRAW POLL RESULTS:

1.     No Wait List Award and No Draft adjustment Change – 11 YES – Giants receive no adjustment to draft score

2.     No Draft adjustment but wait list award? 6 YES – Not a majority so no adjustment to Giants draft score

1.      

 

Based on the straw poll results, the draft scores were adjusted and finalized. For the record, the scores were projected from a laptop computer on a wall for all OTB Board Members to see the entire draft score matrix by team. All teams had the opportunity to view each team draft score to ensure no corrections or adjustments were necessary.

 

After review and finalization, a motion was made by Bill Tancreti and 2nd by Bill Keefe to accept the 2008 Draft Scores. The motion passed unanimously.

 

¯  A discussion took place regarding the ÒPre-supplementalÓ 2nd pick of the draft for the Braves. The thought was that the draft order should be Braves/Pirates/Braves instead of Braves/Braves/Pirates.

 

Ken Freitas made a motion and 2nd by Bill Keefe to switch the #2 Braves pre-supplemental pick and the Pirates #3 pick so no team has (2) picks in a row in the draft. Motion passed by majority vote of YES = 12 and NO = 3.

 

¯  Rich inquired about a supplemental pick for the Pirates. The response was that it was considered but the Board did not pursue.

 

 

Following final discussion of all issues, a motion was made by Bill Brooks and 2nd by Don Bongiovi to approve the 2008 Draft Matrix. The vote passed by majority with only 2 NO votes.

 

 

FIELD:

¯  tbd

NOMINATIONS:

¯  tbd

NOTB:

¯  tbd

 

 

PURCHASING:

¯  tbd

REGISTRATION:

¯  Final player registration and drafting status by team was as follows with (206) returning players and (34) total player applications needed for the draft:

 

 

RETURN

IN DRAFT

NOT RETURNING

TOTALS

Notes

ASTROS

14

1

 

15

 

ATHLETIC

11

 

4

15

(1)

BRAVES

9

1

5

15

(2)

CARDS

12

 

3

15

 

CUBS

15

 

 

15

 

DODGES

12

 

3

15

 

GIANTS

14

 

1

15

(3)

INDIANS

13

 

2

15

 

ORIOLES

12

2

1

15

 

PHILLIES

14

 

1

15

 

PIRATES

13

 

2

15

 

RED SOX

14

 

1

15

(4)

TIGERS

14

 

1

15

 

TWINS

11

 

4

15

 

W. SOX

13

 

2

15

 

YANKEES

15

 

 

15

 

Totals

206

4

30

240

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

 

 

 

 

 

(1) A's have (3) not returning and (1) that was not able

 

to be replaced at the end of 2007 as the wait list

 

pool was exhausted.

 

 

 

(2) Braves Not Returning # includes returning player

 

application that was turned in after deadline.

 

(3) Giants 14 returning players includes

 

 

Mike Correa (Mgr) trade from Cards

 

 

(4) Red Sox 14 returning players includes

 

 

George Dristiliaris (Mgr) trade to Braves

 

 

 

 

 

RULES & REGS:

 

SCHEDULING:

¯  tbd

TECHNOLOGY:

¯  tbd

UMPIRES:

¯  Meeting has been scheduled with the umpires and John Shaheen (Assignor) right after the Draft Meeting.

 

OLD BUSINESS:

¯  n/a

 

NEW BUSINESS:

¯  n/a

 

ADJOURNMENT AND FUTURE MEETINGS:

¯  Next meeting is scheduled for Sunday March 2, 2008 @ 10AM. (Draft)

¯  Motion to adjourn made by John Kelley and 2nd by Bill Brooks. Motion passed unanimously.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Brian Miner

OTB Secretary