[USML Announce] Top 5 Reasons Winick Won't Even Beat Me....

[springkerb at aol.com]

Jeff:
 
You're usually quite thorough, but you missed one significant issue.  TB is grossly overloaded with speed and light on power among its young outfielders, both in the majors and the minors, a situation that won't improve when Aubrey Huff leaves either in July or in the off-season.  So Gathright is almost certainly trade bait, and he has "NL player" written all over him.
 
Just trying to help.
 
Mark 
 
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From: JHWinick at aol.com
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Sent: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 09:27:43 EDT
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Top 5 Reasons Winick Won't Even Beat Me....


In a message dated 6/20/2005 7:56:09 AM Central Daylight Time, mblocker at Sidley.com writes:
Too little power?  Scott Podsednik was a $40 player this year and he has hit 10 doubles all year long. 
Mark,
 
Just in case you missed it.  Gathright has 22 doubles for his CAREER (1100+ at bats).  And that's against minor league pitching.  Podsednik has 10 in 223 at bats against major league pitching.  That's a ratio of 1 in 22 for Podsednik versus 1 in 50 for Gathright.
 
The Roto Establishment???  Is that what you've reduced Baseball America to?  I'll have to remember to share that with Jim Callis.  He'll get a real kick out of it.  
 
Heck, Mark, you're right.  Why let the consensus of Baseball America, Baseball HQ, Baseball Prospectus, and John Sickles interfere with a little Blocker hucksterism.  Spin away.   
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