[USML Announce] Top 5 Reasons Winick Won't Even Beat Me....
Doug Shabelman
doug at burnsent.com
Mon Jun 20 17:40:14 EDT 2005
Where were the offers with the top prospects while I was languishing? Do I
detect jealousy from Kerber and Winick that I was so easily taken?
What was I thinking in not waiting for top talent like Cuddyer to be made
available to me for the price of an MVP??
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard E. Robbins [mailto:RERobbins at itinker.net]
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 4:34 PM
To: announce at usml.net
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Top 5 Reasons Winick Won't Even Beat Me....
Jeff,
You are not making your best case. It wasn't just Mussina for Weaver, I got
Morales too (with Aubrey as a modest offset).
-- Rich
On June 20, 2005, JHWinick at aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 6/20/2005 2:52:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> springkerb at aol.com writes:
>
> 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
>
>
>
> Damn - didn't even think of that one. Thanks for the help.
>
> Other than the whole NL issue, the only other thing that's worthy of
mention
> is the fact that Blocker was extolling the virtues of this guy in
comparison
> to Jared Weaver. That didn't strike me until this morning. Let's see,
fast
> guy who can't hit versus #1 rated college pitcher. And I only asked for
one
> pitcher in return for Weaver. Mark asked for a veritable boatload of
talent
> in exchange for his Monster Talent.
>
> Yep....I've got to give the guy credit. He's got chutzpah. This is a
whole
> side of him I've never seen before. From here on out, I will no longer
be
> referring to Mark as "DFF" (that's an acronym for Drive for Five). From
now
> on, I'm just calling him PT (as in Barnum)
>
> What I'm really looking forward to is hearing about what he's pitching
now.
> Can't you just hear him whispering in Klein's ear:
>
> "But Andy, Nageotte's just been struggling. He's a MONSTER TALENT.
Don't
> pay any attention to the so-called roto-establishment. What do they
know.
> This guy can flat out pitch. I know they talk about his lack of control
and
> injury history, but they said the same thing about Todd Van Poppel.
Oops, I
> mean Kerry Wood. So, let's get this done - Nageotte for A-Rod. And
don't pay
> any attention to Winick's guys like Bush and Thames. They're in the
minors
> and their contracts are running, like Granderson......Oh, never mind.
And
> that guy Cuddyer, he's worthless. So what if he has eligibility at both
middle
> infield and the corners for a mere $2. He's no more valuable than a guy
> like Cantu. Oops - never mind. But, Danks, now that guy is just a long
shot
> prospect, beloved only by the Roto Establishment guys, like Baseball
America.
> Hell, he's no more likely to have a major league job soon than say, Kevin
> Youkilis. Ummm, sorry, where was I. And, please, don't even mention a
supposed
> hot shot prospect like Moss - he's no monster talent. I'm the only one
> shrewd enough to identify them at the draft."
>
> That's all for now.
>
> Jeff
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