[USML Announce] The Draft Recap

[Richard E. Robbins]

Thanks Jeff.

 

You missed uber-prospect Delmon Young.

 

By the way, our league has a rich history of pre-season prognostication.  Go
to www.usml.net <http://www.usml.net/>  and click on prognosticators alley
to see what I mean.  

 

In recent years though, we, as a group, have dropped the ball.  C'mon
Pippin. It's time to get back in the game.

 

-- Rich

 

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From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf
Of JHWinick at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 9:28 AM
To: announce at usml.net
Subject: [USML Announce] The Draft Recap

 

Gentlemen,

 

Congratulations on a terrific and successful draft.  Despite conducting our
first evening draft and by far, our earliest draft, I thought things went
smoothly.

 

I woke up this morning to realize I had drafted possibly the oldest team in
the history of the USML.  I can't believe I drafted Benito Santiago (39),
John Olerud (36), Eric Karros (36), and Brian Jordan (37).  Looks like
somebody is going to have to worry about injuries.  

 

I will offer my annual post-draft predictions later this weekend, but for
the time being I'll share some of the interesting bits of information that
the software program kicked out.  I encourage you to take this information
with a huge grain of salt.

 

Draft Inflation:

Hitting Inflation Was 0% at the end of the draft.  It was running anywhere
from +20 to -15% for most of the draft.  There was only a very brief window
for hitting bargains this year.

 

Pitching Inflation was -79%.  It was running as high as -125% during the
draft.  Pitchers went for full value and then some all draft long.

 

Hitting/Pitching Splits:

 

Most lopsided hitting spending - Klein Nine spent 219 on hitting and only 40
on pitching.

Most lopsided pitching spending - The Nukes spent 131 on pitching and 120 on
hitting.

League average split:  172 hitting/88 pitching

 

Most Overpriced Players (according to the software):

 

Keith Foulke            -15

Carlos Delgado        -14

Vladimir Guerrero    -14

Alexis Rios             -13

C.C. Sabathia         -12

Fernando Rodney    -12

 

Most Underpriced Players (according to the software):

 

Bobby Higginson        +8

Matt Lawton               +5

Willie Harris               +5

Scott Hatteberg          +5

Larry Bigbie               +4

 

Most Expensive Hitters:

 

Carlos Beltran          43    

Vladimir Guerrero     39    

Carlos Delgado         37    

Nomar Garciaparra    35   

Manny Ramirez        34    

  

Most Expensive Pitchers:

 

Curt Schilling        34

Keith Foulke         34

Mike Mussina       30

Javier Vasquez     29

Tim Hudson          29

 

Prospecting:

 

Justin Morneau         10

Alexis Rios                8

Guillermo Quiroz        5

Mike Cuddyer            2

Brandon Phillips        1

Grady Sizemore        1

Dallas McPherson     1

Adrian Gonzalez        1

 

Good luck to everyone - it should be a great year.

 

Jeff Winick

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