The Fuzzy Memorial League

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Nov. 22, 2023

The FML

Welcome to the Fuzzy Memorial League, one of the oldest Rotisserie-style fantasy baseball leagues in United States. Formed in 1984 at the now-defunct Turbot Restaurant on North State Parkway in Chicago, the FML is in its 39th year, as of 2019.

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2024 FML Transactions

2023 AL Transactions

2023 FML Transactions

2023 Minor League Draft

2024 Minor League Draft

2023 FML All-Star Team

2023 First-Half All Stars

2024 FML Auction

The 2024 Fuzzy Memorial League auction will be held on Saturday, March 23 at 2 p.m., CDT at the home of Phil Dlatt in Lake Zurich, Ill. The deadline for 15-player freeze lists and long-term contracts will be the preceding Tuesday, March 19 at 2 p.m., CDT. Major League Baseball Opening Day is Thursday, March 28.

Brew Jays Win Their Fourth FML Title in 2023

Wayne Deering’s Brew Jays won their fourth Fuzzy Memorial League title in 2023. The franchise previously won league championships in 2004, 2007 and 2012. This year’s team won handily with 85 points, 13.5 points ahead of Phil Dlatt’s second-place Shoeless Sandmen at 71.5 points. The 13.5 point margin is the fourth-best in league history. The Sandmen, in Dlatt’s fifth year in the league, went 14-for-36 (.389) with five RBI on the final day of the season, which was enough to overcome Paul Larson’s L.L. Beans at 71 points for second place. Norman Alexandroff’s Patton’s High Velocity finished fourth.

The Jays moved into first place during the week of April 17 and were never seriously threatened. With a balanced attack of 44 offensive points and 42.5 pitching points, the team won the RBI category but finished second in batting average, home runs, runs scored, strikeouts, wins and ratio, while taking third in both earned run average and saves.

2023 FML Post-Season Awards

Shohei Ohtani (.305, 44 HR, 95 RBI, 20 SB, 10-5, 3.14/1.06), who wound up the 2023 FML season on the Shoeless Sandmen roster, was named this year’s “Co-Most Valuable Player,” along with the Wa-Wa Two Sees’ Corey Seager (.327, 33 HR, 96 RBI, 2 SB). Gerrit Cole (15-4, 2.63/0.98), from the L.L. Beans, won the “Most Valuable Starting Pitcher” award for the second time in three years. The league’s “Most Valuable Relief Pitcher” was Karp’s High Ratios’ Emmanuel Clase (3-9, 44 saves, 3.18/1.16). The Beans’ Gunnar Henderson (.255, 28 HR, 82 RBI, 10 SB) shared “Rookie Co-Position Players of the Year” with the Three Stooges’ Josh Jung (.266, 23 HR, 70 RBI, 1 SB), while Tanner Bibee (10-4, 2.98/1.18) from the Karp’s took “Rookie Starting Pitcher of the Year” honors. Click here for the complete post-season team.

The Record Book

Karp’s High Ratios’ 204 stolen bases was tied for the fourth-best all-time and was only 20 shy of breaking the Nordica Knucklers’ 1987 team record of 223…Patton’s High Velocity’s 1,488 strikeouts, while officially a league record, gets an asterisk, since he played nearly the entire season without a relief pitcher on the roster. Otherwise, the Brew Jays’ 1.425 strikeouts might have set a new league mark…even with an all-starting pitcher lineup, Patton’s did not break their own 2010 league record of 113 wins…the Nordica Knucklers league-leading 1.1883 WHIP marked the first time that team has won a ratios title since joining the league in 1985. Karp’s High Ratios have won that category a league-leading 12 times, including four in a row from 1989 to 1992…the Knucklers also won their first-ever saves category with 77. Karp’s also has the all-time lead in winning the saves category with 10…the Shoeless Sandmen set an unofficial record for its phoenix-like rise from 10th place in 2022 to second place this year…in the futility area, the Three Stooges let a league mark this year for the worst team batting average in 40 years at .2340, breaking a mark of .2353 set by the 2002 Brew Jays.

FML Accounts

The following teams owe money to the league, as of Oct. 2

Addison Lights, $109, payment now due

Blues City Bruisers, $0, paid in full

Brew Jays, $227, no payment needed

L.L. Beans, $100, no payment needed

Nordica Knucklers, $109, payment now due

Patton's High Velocity, $141, no payment needed

Shoeless Sandmen, $22, no payment needed

Three Stooges, $18, deficit to be charged to 2024 account

Wa-Wa Two Sees, $0, paid in full

Rookie Eligibility

The following players lost their rookie eligibility in 2023:

Enmanuel Valdez, Addison Lights (Sept. 4)

Tyler Soderstrom, Addison Lights (Sept. 11)

Zach Neto, Addison Lights (June 1)

Edouard Julien, Addison Lights (July 10)

Jordan Westburg (Aug. 14)

Will Brennan, Addison Lights (May 8)

Kerry Carpenter, Addison Lights

Drew Waters, Addison Lights

Taj Bradley, Addison Lights (June 26)

Ken Waldichuk, Addison Lights

Logan O’Hoppe, Blues City Bruisers ( Sept. 4)

Samad Taylor, Blues City Bruisers (Aug. 21)

Lawrence Butler, Blues City Bruisers (Sept. 25)

Grayson Rodriguez, Blues City Bruisers (May 22)

Gabriel Moreno, Karp’s High Ratios

Yainer Diaz, Karp’s High Ratios

David Hensley, Karp’s High Ratios

Osleivis Basabe, Karp’s High Ratios (Sept. 25)

Zack Gelof, Karp’s High Ratios (Sept. 4)

Masataka Yoshida, Karp’s High Ratios (May 22)

Corey Julks, Karp’s High Ratios (May 22)

Tanner Bibee, Karp’s High Ratios (June 12)

Hunter Brown, Karp’s High Ratios

Bryan Woo, Karp’s High Ratios (July 24)

Chase Silseth, Karp’s High Ratios (May 8)

Louie Varland, Karp’s High Ratios (May 15)

Bo Naylor, L.L. Beans (July 31)

Connor Wong, L.L. Beans

Gunnar Henderson, L.L. Beans

Oswald Peraza, L.L. Beans (April 27)

Jonathan Aranda, L.L. Beans (July 17)

Logan T. Allen, L.L. Beans (June 5)

Gavin Williams, L.L. Beans (Aug. 14)

Michael Baumann, Nordica Knucklers

Joey Wentz, Nordica Knucklers

Jordan Diaz, Patton’s High Velocity (May 22)

Matt Wallner, Patton’s High Velocity (July 24)

Bryce Miller, Patton’s High Velocity (June 19)

Nate Pearson, Patton’s High Velocity (May 8)

Tristan Casas, Shoeless Sandmen

D.L. Hall, Shoeless Sandmen (Sept. 4)

Cody Morris, Shoeless Sandmen (July 17)

Anthony Volpe, Three Stooges (May 15)

Josh Jung, Three Stooges

Oscar Colas, Three Stooges (July 24)

Reese Olson, Three Stooges (July 17)

Korey Lee, Wa-Wa Two Sees (Sept. 11)

Royce Lewis, Wa-Wa Two Sees (June 26)

2024 FML Transaction Deadlines

All times Central Daylight. Please note that FML deadlines are determined by the first MLB game, not necessarily the first American League contest.

Day/Date	First MLB Game	FML Deadline
Thursday, March 28	Atlanta at Philadelphia, 2:05 p.m. MLB Opening Day	1 p.m.
Monday, April 1	Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m.	Noon
Monday, April 8	Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 5:40 p.m.	4:30 p.m.
Monday, April 15	Cleveland at Boston, TBA	TBA
Monday, April 22	Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 5:40 p.m.	4:30 p.m.
Monday, April 29	St. Louis at Detroit, 5:40 p.m.	4:30 p.m.
Monday, May 6	San Francisco at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m.	2 p.m.
Monday, May 13	Miami at Detroit, 5:40 p.m.	4:30 p.m.
Monday, May 20	Chicago at Toronto, 2:07 p.m.	1 p.m.
Monday, May 27	Kansas City at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.	8 a.m., CDT/9 a.m., EDT*
Monday, June 3	Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 5:40 p.m.	4:30 p.m.
Monday, June 10	Colorado at Minnesota, 6:40 p.m.	5:30 p.m.
Monday, June 17	San Diego at Philadelphia, 5:40 p.m.	4:30 p.m.
Monday, June 24	Philadelphia at Detroit, 5:40 p.m.	4:30 p.m.
Monday, July 1	Houston at Toronto, 2:07 p.m.	1 p.m.
Friday, July 8	St, Louis at Washington, 3:05 p.m.	2 p.m.
Friday, July 19	Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m. All-Star Break	Noon
Monday, July 22	N.Y. Mets at Miami, 5:40 p.m.	4:30 p.m.
Monday, July 29	Cleveland at Detroit, 5:40 p.m.	4:30 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 5	Cincinnati at Miami, 5:40 p.m. FML Trade Deadline	4:30 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 12	St. Louis at Cincinnati, 5:40 p.m.	4:30 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 19	Arizona at Miami, 5:40 p.m.	4:30 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 26	Houston at Philadelphia, 5:40 p.m.	4:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 2	Houston at Cincinnati, 3:10 p.m. FML Roster Expansion	2 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 9	Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 5:40 p.m.	4:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 16	Detroit at Kansas City, 6:40 p.m.	5:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 23	Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 5:40 p.m.	4:30 p.m.

*Earlier deadline due to Commissioner’s vacation plans in NYC