[USML Announce] Draft Date/Trade

jhwinick at aol.com jhwinick at aol.com
Sun Feb 7 11:52:33 EST 2010


I figure no news is not good news on the draft date front.  Just checking in since the sooner we get this nailed down the better.

More importantly, although the all important Baseball America Top 100 isn't yet out, Keith Law of ESPN.com has released his top 100 prospect list and I wanted to make sure that people fully appreciated the kind of talent that I'm making available:

Justin Smoak - #9
Jesus Montero - #10
Brian Matusz - #11
Neftali Feliz - #13
Aaron Hicks - #19
Eric Hosmer - #34
Lars Anderson - #56
Mike Moustakas - #69
Jake Arrieta - #90
Grant Green - #93

Baseball HQ also has its top 100 prospects list out.  Here's where these same guys line up on that list:

Justin Smoak - #5
Jesus Montero - #3
Brian Matusz - #9
Neftali Feliz - #10
Aaron Hicks - #54
Eric Hosmer - #27
Lars Anderson - #81
Mike Moustakas - #63
Jake Arrieta - #64
Grant Green - #89

Are you sensing a pattern?  And remember that these are top 100 lists that include NL players.  

And, yes, I can hear Brad Lee in the background advising everyone that I'll have to let some of these guys go.  Maybe so, but do you really think a single one of them slips past the $10 rounds?  And check out their salaries:

Smoak - $2
Montero - $2
Matusz - $2 (Full disclosure - contract is running)
Feliz - $2
Hicks - $5
Hosmer - $2
Anderson - $5
Moustakas - $10
Arrieta - $5
Green - $5

And if your tastes don't run to minor leaguers, take a look at the rest of my roster.  Would you like to build around Arod?  At $32, you definitely wouldn't get him for that at the draft.  Are you a White Sox fan?  How about the soon to be 2nd base eligible Gordon Beckham at $15?  Like young pitchers?  Rick Porcello at $5 should be intriguing.  And there's more where they came from.

You know where to find me.  Let's make a deal!

TOeFuKi

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