<div dir="ltr">No results are missing through week 6. Great job!<br><br><br>PITCHER STARTS RULING<br>---------------------<br>We passed a rule that gives pitchers starts for MLB relief appearances in which they face 18 or<br>more batters, so that they can legally be used early in IBL games. However, some of these pitchers<br>were not given a starting pitcher fatigue rating because they never officially started a game.<br><br>I am now ruling that as long as a pitcher has one or more starts listed in the starts/limits file,<br>they may be used as a starting pitcher in the IBL. Their starting pitcher BF rating should be<br>considered to be the same as their relief pitcher BF rating.<br><br> <br>MILESTONE<br>---------<br>Congratulations to Miguel Cabrera of the Monrovia Madness! With the Madness trailing<br>the South Florida Flamingos 7-5 in game two of their week 5 home series, Cabrera drilled <br>a walk-off three run home run for his second homer of the game and the 500th of his career.<br>He becomes the 12th member of the IBL 500 home run club.<br><br><br>SCHEDULE<br>--------<br>It is week 7, and August for weather.<br><br>I've decided at Sean's suggestion to add a real life week off before the trading deadline,<br>to allow a little extra time to settle trades and set up playoff rosters.<br><br>Also, a reminder -- we don't have expanded rosters this year. Active rosters will be 26<br>players for the entire regular season and postseason.<br><br>Week 7 results are due Monday, July 19.<br>Week 8 transaction deadline is Tuesday, July 20.<br><br>Week 8 results are due Monday, August 2.<br>Real life off week from August 3 to August 9.<br>Week 9 transaction deadline (TRADE DEADLINE) is Tuesday, August 10.<br><br>Week 9 results are due Monday, August 23.<br>Week 10 results are due Monday, September 6.<br>Week 11 results are due Monday, September 20.<br><br><br>LEAGUE DUES<br>-----------<br>Third friendly reminder to please pay your IBL league dues for 2021 if you<br>haven't done it yet.  (Looking at you: SFL, KAT, NJR, WMS, BOW, POR, MAD, SDQ, SNH, SFP, SCS, <br>ODM, BAL). If you have already paid ahead from a previous year, thank you and please disregard.<br><br>The preferred method of payment is to use PayPal (send to <a href="mailto:sweda@ibl.org">sweda@ibl.org</a>). <br>If you use a credit card make sure to add a little extra to cover the fee. <br>If you prefer to send a check let Sean know and he'll send you the address. <br><br>League dues are tracked here:<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r4E52X9ROM9D9xX_PsAdTkvsZFgoAHsIcYBC2TKU_TY">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r4E52X9ROM9D9xX_PsAdTkvsZFgoAHsIcYBC2TKU_TY</a><br><br><br>ROTATIONS<br>---------<br>For week 7.<br><br>BAL CHN Mills, PHI Eflin, COL Freeland<br>BOW KC Keller, TB Yarbrough, PIT Ponce<br>CAN BAL Cobb, SF Gausman, LAA Bundy<br>GTY TB Morton, TB Glasnow, MIA Alcantara<br>KAT OAK Manaea, CLE Quantrill, NYA Montgomery<br>MAD WAS Corbin, HOU Greinke, ARI SmithC.<br>MCM LAN Urias, CLE Carrasco, PIT Brubaker<br>NJR TOR Stripling, STL Oviedo, LAN May<br>NYK MIN Berrios, CHN Chatwood, LAA Sandoval<br>PHI LAN Gonsolin, CHA Foster, LAN Kershaw<br>POR NYN Porcello, SD Morejon, HOU McCullers<br>SCS BOS Mazza, CLE Bieber, CIN Bauer<br>SDQ BAL Means, SD Lamet, SD Davies<br>SEA CIN Castillo, CHN Darvish, CHA Giolito<br>SFL OAK Minor, PHI Nola, MIL Woodruff<br>SFP CHA Dunning, CHA Lopez, ATL Wilson<br>SLG HOU Valdez, NYN deGrom, CHA Keuchel<br>SNH STL Wainwright, CLE Allen, TEX Gibson<br>WMS ARI Weaver, COL Castellini, WAS Scherzer<br><br><br>STANDINGS<br>---------<br>Through week 6.<br>Reminder, the top seven teams in each conference make the playoffs this year,<br>with the #1 seed getting a bye and the next six teams playing a best-of-5 series.<br><br>American Conference W L Pct GB Road IP<br><br>Bowling Green Bandits 23 13 0.639 -- 12-6 35<br>Kansas Tornados 21 15 0.583 2 12-6 35<br>Motor City Marauders 21 15 0.583 2 12-6 35<br>So. FL Flamingos 20 16 0.556 3 8-10 32<br>Philadelphia Phantasm 20 16 0.556 3 10-8 35<br>Williamstown Thunder 20 16 0.556 3 11-7 35<br>Everett Grays 18 18 0.500 5 8-10 35<br>Round Rock Gryphons 16 20 0.444 7 8-10 35<br>New Jersey Riptide 15 21 0.417 8 6-12 35<br>Occidental Millers 15 21 0.417 8 6-12 35<br>Monrovia Madness 15 21 0.417 8 6-12 34<br>Portland Raptors 12 24 0.333 11 6-12 35<br> <br>National Conference W L Pct GB Road IP<br><br>San Diego Quakes 24 12 0.667 -- 12-6 35<br>Seattle Rainiers 23 13 0.639 1 10-8 35<br>Salt Lake Gulls 22 14 0.611 2 9-9 35<br>Sparkle City Sluggers 22 14 0.611 2 9-9 32<br>So. KY Hilltoppers 20 16 0.556 4 12-6 35<br>Baltimore Sand Crabs 18 18 0.500 6 8-10 35<br>Canberra Redbacks 17 19 0.472 7 9-9 35<br>So. NH Spectre 15 21 0.417 9 7-11 33<br>New York Knights 15 21 0.417 9 7-11 35<br>Oaksterdam Bombers 15 21 0.417 9 8-10 35<br>Santa Fe Prairie Dogs 13 23 0.361 11 5-13 35<br>Gettysburg Generals 12 24 0.333 12 7-11 35<br><br><br>TRANSACTIONS<br>------------<br>July 7 (for Week 7)<br>-------------------<br>BAL   -- Deactivates NYN Gimenez, TEX Dietrich<br>-- Activates COL Owings, PHI Haseley<br>BOW   -- Trades BOW#6 (22) to NJR for MIL Yardley<br>-- Releases SEA Marmolejos, NYN Hughes<br>-- Signs WAS Noll<br>-- Activates MIL Yardley, PIT Ponce<br>-- Deactivates PHI Wheeler, SF Coonrod<br>CAN   -- Deactivates ATL Toussaint, ATL Ynoa, TOR Ray<br>-- Activates CIN Aquino, SF Gausman, SF Peralta<br>EVE   -- Trades LAN Kolarek to SKY for SF AndersonT.<br>-- Activates CIN Jankowski<br>-- Releases CHN Kipnis, MIL Mathias, NYN Gsellman<br>-- Deactivates DET Goodrum, MIN Jeffers, CHN Hendricks, PIT Williams, SEA <br>Kikuchi<br>-- Activates CHA Cishek, DET Jimenez, HOU Bielak, NYA King, SF AndersonT.<br>-- Signs DET Jimenez<br>-- Signs CHA Cishek<br>-- Signs CIN Jankowski<br>GTY   -- Signs PIT Murphy<br>-- Deactivates CHN Lester, MIL Rasmussen<br>-- Activates MIA Bleier, TEX Martin<br>-- Releases STL Wieters<br>-- Activates PIT Murphy<br>KAT   -- Signs LAA Barnes<br>-- Activates MIL Peterson, STL Knizner, KC Singer<br>-- Deactivates SD Mejia, SEA Fraley, BOS Eovaldi<br>-- Releases COL Dahl<br>-- Trades LAA Canning, KAT#7 (22) to POR for NYA Tanaka<br>MAD   -- Releases ATL Camargo<br>-- Signs CHN Maybin<br>-- Activates CHN Maybin, MIN Alcala, MIN Maeda, TOR Romano<br>-- Deactivates MIL Braun, MIL Claudio, SF GarciaJ., TB Richards<br>MCM   -- Signs NYN Oswalt<br>-- Activates TOR Davis, CHN Osich, CLE Carrasco, LAN Urias<br>-- Deactivates LAA Robles, SF Webb, TOR Ryu<br>-- Releases CHN Almora, CHA Fry, COL Estevez<br>-- Signs CHN Osich<br>-- Signs TOR Davis<br>NJR   -- Trades MIL Yardley to BOW for BOW#6 (22)<br>-- Deactivates PHI Arrieta, TOR Kay<br>-- Activates SF Bart, HOU Scrubb, NYN Brach<br>-- Signs HOU Scrubb<br>NYK   -- Signs SEA Newsome<br>-- Signs COL DiazE.<br>-- Signs NYA Ford<br>-- Activates CHA Mazara, NYA Ford, CHN Chatwood<br>-- Deactivates PHI Howard<br>-- Releases BAL Williams, CHN Souza, PHI Phelps<br>ODM   -- Deactivates MIN Donaldson, TB Tsutsugo, CIN Miley, DET Turnbull, <br>TEX Lyles<br>-- Trades BAL Severino, ARI Guerra to RRG for HOU Toro<br>-- Signs CIN StephensonR.<br>-- Activates COL Rodgers, HOU Toro, MIA SanchezJ., BOS Perez, CIN <br>StephensonR., MIA SanchezS., MIL Anderson<br>OXY   -- Signs TOR Waguespack<br>-- Signs ATL Newcomb<br>-- Deactivates HOU Altuve, CIN Gray, COL Marquez, OAK Weems<br>-- Activates TEX Taveras, MIA Lopez, NYA Cole, TOR Waguespack<br>PHI   -- Releases PHI Moniak, TOR Zeuch<br>-- Signs CLE DeShields<br>-- Signs BAL LeBlanc<br>-- Activates MIN Rooker, WAS Stevenson, COL Senzatela, PIT Rodriguez, TEX <br>Cody<br>-- Deactivates COL Hilliard, TB Arozarena, CHA Foster, DET Cisnero, NYN <br>Ramirez<br>POR   -- Releases STL Fowler<br>-- Trades NYA Tanaka to KAT for LAA Canning, KAT#7 (22)<br>-- Activates CHA Madrigal, NYN Porcello, NYN Wilson, SD Morejon, TEX <br>Hernandez, WAS McGowin<br>-- Deactivates OAK Kemp, OAK Smith, SEA Sheffield, TOR Borucki [UC20]<br>-- Signs CHA Collins<br>RRG   -- Activates BAL Severino, ARI Clarke, ARI Guerra, BAL Armstrong, <br>LAA Heaney<br>-- Deactivates BAL Kremer, SEA Dunn, SEA Margevicius<br>-- Releases TB Perez<br>-- Trades HOU Toro to ODM for BAL Severino, ARI Guerra<br>SDQ   -- Activates PIT Gonzalez, SEA Ramirez<br>-- Deactivates CHA Mendick, MIA Rojas<br>SEA   -- Activates MIA DiazI., PHI Gosselin, CHN Darvish, CIN Castillo, <br>MIL Lauer<br>-- Deactivates NYA Gardner, ARI Gallen, COL Gray, KC Duffy, LAN Kelly<br>-- Trades PIT Turley, CLE Hedges to WMS for PHI Gosselin<br>-- Signs NYN Chirinos<br>SFL   -- Activates ATL Melancon, CLE Cimber, OAK Minor, PHI Nola<br>-- Deactivates CIN Bradley, NYN Peterson, OAK Trivino, TB Chirinos<br>SFP   -- Activates BOS Arroyo, TEX Apostel<br>-- Deactivates CIN DeSclafani, TB Beeks<br>SKY   -- Deactivates BOS Pivetta, STL Kim, TB Snell, WAS Rainey<br>-- Activates TB LoweN., CIN Mahle, LAN Kolarek, PHI Velasquez<br>-- Trades SF AndersonT. to EVE for LAN Kolarek<br>SLG   -- Deactivates BOS Plawecki, DET Jones, SD Moreland<br>-- Activates ARI KellyC., KC McBroom, MIA Sierra<br>SNH   -- Activates CLE Allen<br>-- Deactivates SF Watson<br>WMS   -- Activates CLE Hedges, ARI Weaver, COL Castellani, PIT Turley<br>-- Deactivates SEA Gonzales, SEA Sadler, TOR Walker [UC20]<br>-- Trades PHI Gosselin to SEA for PIT Turley, CLE Hedges<br>-- Signs COL Castellani<br>-- Releases KC Junis, MIA Urena<br><br><br>Late Week 6<br>-----------<br>GTY   -- Signs STL Wieters<br>-- Activates STL Wieters<br>-- Deactivates MIN Garver<br>-- Releases OAK Machin<br>MAD   -- Activates ARI SmithC., CHA Detwiler<br>-- Deactivates MIN Alcala, NYA Garcia<br>SCS   -- Deactivates KC Cordero [UC20], BOS Houck<br>-- Activates PIT Brault, STL MillerA.<br>SFL   -- Deactivates OAK Minor<br>-- Activates CLE Hill, MIL Woodruff<br>-- Deactivates CHN Wick, PHI Nola<br>-- Activates TB Chirinos<br>SKY   -- Activates BOS Pivetta<br>-- Deactivates PHI Velasquez<br><br><br>-Rusty<br></div>