[USML Announce] MLB Amateur Draft

[jhwinick at aol.com]

Sure they are.....but at what price?? I'm guessing the starting bid has to be roughly equivalent to Carl Crawford and Alex Rodriguez together for one of these two beans.

As for my miserable luck, what can I say.? You win some, you lose some.? As for Mr. B's complaint that he was given crap for taking Matusz, I beg to differ.? I merely predicted that he would draft him.? And I was correct.

The King


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From: Richard Robbins <RERobbins at iTinker.net>
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Sent: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 2:50 pm
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] MLB Amateur Draft



Beckham and Hosmer are available today.
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From: "Blocker, Mark B." <mblocker at Sidley.com>

Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 14:47:24 
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Subject: [USML Announce] MLB Amateur Draft


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! 
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