UFS Baseball Newsletter

Press Box

January 29, 2012

UFS now has a twitter page.
@UFSJohn is the handle.
On this page, I'm going to follow everything in the Fantasy Sports world that can help with you with your team(s). Injury Info sites, the best fantasy writers, etc... Feel free to e-mail or suggest your favorite sites.

It will also be used if the site is ever down for informational purposes. The Twitter account is not to be used for Customer Service. That e-mail link is above to the right.

24 hours later..... off to a great start. It takes all of five seconds to create an account. I also am "re-tweeting" anything UFS Baseball releveant, which means you don't have to hunt for it, it's just there on your home page to click on if you like.

Occasionally, I'm going to put out a message or a topic for you to respond to. If you could add a "#fantasybaseball" at the end of your reply, it means that anyone that searches "fantasybaseball" will see your reply. Feel free to "re-tweet" anything I send you to people following you. This can be a great way to get new people involved with UFS. Feel free to ask me any fantasy related questions? i.e. "Who was the top FA pick last night? #fantasybaseball" Right now, I'm going to post, "Predict the Super Bowl score"

If you'd like to get on the "10-payment plan" for 2012, you must do so by 2/10/12. Please send me an e-mail and we'll get you set up.

New for 2012...
1) Players waived on Thursday can be picked up on Friday. We've had unanimous support for this. The FA list will always be correct on Friday from now on.

2) 2012 Positions will be updated around March 15, and an adjustment will be made effective the start of Week 7.

Here's a list of players that you should keep an eye on when the games start ... Spring games start March 2!! Send me an e-mail if you want thoughts on anyone else, these are just a quick glance....

J.Kubel LF... Young CF, Upton RF
R.Roberts... 3B only?
M.Reynolds/C.Davis... I've seen reports of 1B and 3B only....
D.Viceiedo... RF only... didn't even play 3B when called up Sept.
C.Gonzalez... LFCF? Does Cuddyer take away RF?
M.Scutoro... 2B... looks like a lock
M.Cuddyer... 1BRF? RF only?
V.Martinez... DH? Reports say he wasn't going to C this year...
C.Lee...1B only?
B.Butler... Is going to start as 1B. Will need to see 5 starts at 1B by Week 7.
B.Abreau/M.Trumbo... no idea until spring games
H.Kendrick... 2B only.
H.Ramirez... 3B
Revere/Span/Willingham... spring for sure here...
Y.Alonso....1B only
J.Montero... Could wind up DH only again.
A.Pagan/M.Cabrera... one in LF, one in CF?
L.Berkman... 1B only?
D.Jennings... LF only?
M.Young... here's a guy that it might be best for Wk 7 to decide.
J.Bautista... RF? Lowrie the 3B now..
M.Cabrera...3B>

UFS 2012 UL Baseball Teams are now for sale!!
Max Instant Winning Bid is now $150. Minimum bid is now $90.

The following teams can be purchased under this special:
Buy any two for $150.
Buy any three for $200.
Buy any four for $250.
Buy any five for $300.

Next year, you must keep at least one of the teams you buy on this special. Ex: Buy four for $250, you must keep one of the four next year. You can keep any or all of them also :-) No restocking fee on these teams. Any teams given back to UFS MUST be given back before the start of the off-season next year.

Any team you keep next year will get $0.40 (40 cents) off 2013 for every win (rounded up to next $) that team earns in 2012. Win 80 games, get $32 off that team for 2013. There is no 2013 discount if the team makes the finals in 2012. There is no discount unless you work all teams purchased diligently all 22 weeks.

This is a great way for friends to join the same league!

These are the teams available for purchase on this plan:
Teams in red were added 1/10/12
300, 302
700, 701
801, 802
1200, 1201, 1202, 1203
2200, 2201
3600, 3601
4100, 4101
4200, 4201, 4202
4901, 4902, 4903

To bid, please visit:
http://www.ultimatefs.com/availteams.html

During the off-season, you can not sign an ML player if your active roster is over 29. If you sign a ML player while over the 29-man active limit, it will be voided.

Other reminders...
1) It's a rule that you must send me a link to add an ML player to the system. I really prefer the baseball-reference link to the right here, as they have positions played broke down nicely.

2) All ML add requests must be in 24 hours before the deadline. No player will be added during the 24-hour period before the deadline.

3) I'm not making open team trades at the moment. I'm working on get open teams "evened out" before the trans deadline and get them up for sale next Monday.

2012 UFS Baseball Off-Season Schedule
1st Trans period - Sun Nov 20 1pm PT - Tue Nov 22 9pm PT
2nd Trans period - Fri Dec 2 9am PT - Sun Dec 4 9pm PT
3rd Trans period - Fri Dec 16 9am PT - Sun Dec 18 9pm PT
4th Trans periuod - Fri Jan 6 9am PT - Sun Jan 8 9pm PT
5th Trans period - Fri Jan 27 9am PT - Sun Jan 29 9pm PT
6th Trans period - Fri Feb 17 9am PT - Sun Feb 19 9pm PT
7th Trans period - Fri Mar 9 9am PT - Sun Mar 11 9pm PT
8th Trans period - Fri Mar 23 9am PT - Sun Mar 25 9pm PT
Week 1 Deadlines:
Mon April 2 - 2pm PT (Thur trans link)
Tue April 3 - 2pm PT (Fri trans link)
Wed April 4 - Week 1 lineup deadline.

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Week	In/Out	TOW
1	In	UL41 Kingpins 263
2	In	UL24 ImTheBest 368
3	Out	BBL Devore 384
4	In	UL30 Twin Billing 389	`
5	Out	BBL Dilligaf 402
6	In	UL22 SummerBreeze 378
7	In	UL21 OldSchool 367
8	Out	UL48 BrewCrew 373
9	In	UL40 TheBank 429
10	Out	UL27 SlyDogs 407
11	In	UL13 Parts Unknown 415
12	In	UL6 Hunters 386
13	Out	UL47 Gougers 406
14	In	UL41 Crush 395
15	Out	UL21 Steinsback 431
16	In	UL41 Kingpins 306
17	In	UL42 PK Pointers 368
18	Out	UL9 RotoRooters 425
19	In	UL12 BasherTarr 411
20	Out	UL2 BudFrogs 371
21	In	UL28 Cheetahs 401
22	In	UL47 LetsPlay2 399
P1		M 8/29-Sun 9/4
P2		M 9/5-Sun 9/11
P3		M 9/12-Sun 9/18
P4		M 9/19-Sun 9/25