[USML Announce] USML - Impact Players from 2008 Rotation Draft

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If you were looking forward to '09, I think Adam Lind would be somewhere on the list.? I had to force Brad to take him off my hands.

Mark
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From: Mark Blocker <mbblocker at aol.com>
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Gang:

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??????????? With the 2008 season in the books, I went back to look at some data that has always interested at least me.? We always joke about the rotation draft picks being ?outcome determinative,? but I have always wondered how much real production comes from those draft picks.? With that in mind, and in the interest of generating some discussion, I present my list below of eight rotation draft picks that provided significant impact in 2008.? Note that I have not included players that brought significant return in trade but provided little or no production in 2008.? Those players are clearly valuable, but I was focused on actual production.? The number following the player is his slot number in the draft, not my own ranking.

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Jason Giambi #1.? He put up 32 HRs, yet no one bought him.? Not your typical number 1 rotation pick (usually its someone ineligible for the auction), but an excellent buy.

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Jesse Litsch #10.? Try these numbers:? 3.58/1.23 over 176 innings.? Rick, you are the master.

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Cliff Lee #19.? 
The AL Cy Young was purchased in the rotation draft !!!? When has that ever happened ?? Nice work, Buddha.

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Eric Hinske #50.? It seems like he slips through every year, but Rich found a player who put up 20-60 and 10 SBs to boot.

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Joey Devine #58.? A Brats pick, and check the numbers: .58 ERA and .83 WHIP, over 45 IP.

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Chris Davis #61.? A Red Hots pick.? Numbers over 300 ABs were 17-55-.285.

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Nick Blackburn #86.? A K-9 pick.? What would these numbers have gone for in the draft 187 IP, 4.14 and 1.37.? Not Cy Young numbers, but in the 8th round of the rotation draft, that is a pretty good find.

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Justin Masterson #93.? I may be biased here; Doug drafted him and I traded for him rather than Joel Zumaya.? His production: 90 IP, 70Ks, 31.6 and 1.22.? This guy was drafted in the 9th round!

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? -- Mark B.

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