[USML Announce] MLB Amateur Draft

[Blocker, Mark B.]

Colleagues:

  For teams like mine that our annually out of the running for the USML title by June 1, the baseball amateur draft brings a much-needed level of excitement into my hum-drum USML existence.  Since the first dozen or so picks are now in the books, I thought I would look at the winners and losers among USML league members:

1.  Big Winners:  Mighty Red Hots

  Noted Bean Watcher Rich Robbins scores biggest, correctly predicting two names from the first three picks in the draft, and both of them (Beckham, Hosmer) went to AL teams.  Kudos to Rich.  Message to Beckham/Hosmer: don't expect to be going anywhere anytime soon.

2.  Smaller Winners:  Nukes, Bombers

  I think Kerber actually chose Smoak two years ago and reserved him this year; is that right?  Anyway, Kerber's patience pays off (and he "Smoaks" the rest of us), as J. Smoak goes to the 1B-light Rangers.

  The Bombers were of course roundly criticized for taking Brian Matusz, but the powerful lefty goes to the pitching-starved Orioles with the 4th pick, making this two years in a row that the Bombers taking home the top pitching prize in the draft (amateur).

3.  Losers:  Berliners

  Bummer for Jeff:  his picks were excellent, but unfortunately, the roulette wheel stopped on the Pirates (P. Alvarez) and the Reds (Y. Alonso), both in the NL last time I checked.  Jeff, the silver lining is that you just had two spots open on your roster!

  -- Mark B.

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