[USML Announce] Baseball Draft

[Richard E. Robbins]

That was my point. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: announce-bounces at usml.net 
> [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf Of Andy Klein
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 6:19 PM
> To: USML Announcements
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Baseball Draft
> 
> Juan Rivera still sucks.  Just ask Blocker, who paid
> $8 for him this year!
> 
> -Andy
> 
> --- "Richard E. Robbins" <RERobbins at iTinker.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > Jeff is very selective. 
> > 
> > Only the finest grade beans make it to his roster. 
> > That's in stark contrast to the crud I accumulate. 
> > (I was sure that Juan Rivera was going to be very
> > valuable)
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: springkerb at aol.com
> > Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:50:44
> > To:announce at usml.net
> > Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Baseball Draft
> > 
> > Wait--we don't have to imagine it.  Open up that e-mail Jeff sent 
> > right after Weaver signed!  And that was about a 
> pitcher--one of those 
> > guys Jeff says to stay away from.
> >  
> > Mark
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: springkerb at aol.com
> > To: announce at usml.net
> > Sent: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:46:21 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Baseball Draft
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> >  
> >  
> > It's fun to imagine how different Jeff's messages would 
> have been if 
> > his college guys had landed in the AL.  Hey Jeff, pass me the sour 
> > grapes, will you?
> >  
> > Mark
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: JHWinick at aol.com
> > To: announce at usml.net
> > Sent: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 11:42:11 EDT
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> >  
> > In a message dated 6/8/2005 10:17:25 A.M. Central Daylight Time, 
> > springkerb at aol.com writes:
> > $10 rookies?  Not super-common, but not particularly rare, either.  
> > Baldelli and Crawford come to mind without thinking about 
> it very hard 
> > or going back more than a couple of years.  Advanced 
> college hitters 
> > like Gordon and Clement are particularly good candidates to succeed 
> > quickly--think about John Olerud, Dave Winfield and Barry Bonds, or 
> > more recently Mark Teixiera.  And my guys all have $2 salaries, so 
> > it's not like there's any downside risk.
> >  
> > I agree with the comment on rookie pitchers, though.
> >  They are nothing but rolls of the dice. 
> >  
> > Mark
> >  
> > Not super rare? I beg to differ.  Olerud, Winfield and 
> Bonds are all 
> > old enough that they pre-date most of our rotisserie 
> involvement and, 
> > as you'll see below, their rookie campaigns were hardly stellar.
> > Baldelli wasn't particularly highly touted, so I don't 
> think he fairly 
> > qualifies.  And he sure did fade after a hot start.  
> Crawford put up 2 
> > HR, 30 RBI and 9 SB's his rookie year.  Not a very valuable 
> effort.  
> > Olerud - 14-48-0 .265.  $10? I don't think so.  Bonds - 
> 16-28-36 .223.  
> > The 36 stolen bases probably get him to double digits in value, but 
> > the
> > .223 average means he wasn't worth too much more. 
> > And Bonds is a hall of famer.  You really think the likes of Alex 
> > Gordon and Jeff Clement are going to do better?
> >  
> > I appreciate the puffery.  I'm taking notes for future pitches to 
> > Blocker and Robbins.  But I think the proof is in the 
> pudding and most 
> > of these magic beans never sprout.
> >  
> > Jeff
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> Andrew R. Klein
> anrklein at yahoo.com
> 
>