[USML Announce] Ask Andy

[Brad Jansen]

Andy, you're thinking of Shannon Stewart, a Riptorn favorite.
Anyway, will you make an offer of Gonzalez and get this over with?


On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Andrew Klein <anrklein at gmail.com> wrote:

>  I see that I'm late to the party.
>
> First, as official USML historian, I believe that Crawford's first contract
> was $15, not $5.  As I recall, Brad took him in the first round of a
> rotation draft.
>
> Second, as to Hosmer - yawn.  If you're bragging about doubles, he's not
> there yet.  As Kerber says, let's wait a year or two. (BTW ... just back
> from a trip to KC, and the sports talk was all about hometown boy Aaron
> Crow.)
>
> Third, as to the best keeper ever, I'm tempted to nominate Matt Wieters.
> But, in the end, he's edged out by Bautista and Kenny Lofton, from back in
> the day.
>
> That is all.
>
> -Andy
>
>
> On 6/1/11 2:31 PM, Brad Jansen wrote:
>
> a Rip I believe as most good young players were at one point
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:29 PM, <springkerb at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't think so.  I'm pretty sure he was originally drafted as a minor
>> leaguer.
>>
>>
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>> From: Richard Robbins <RERobbins at iTinker.net> <RERobbins at iTinker.net>
>> To: 'USML Announcements' <announce at usml.net>
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>>  Wasn't Ellsbury also at $1 initially?
>>
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>>  I think Carl Crawford's first contract ($5 as I recall) would have to
>> rank pretty high.  Given the huge bucket of SBs, he would have been more
>> valuable than either Bautista or Sizemore.  Jon Lester's original contract
>> at $1 was pretty sweet.  And I believe Kenny Lofton was initially $4, if I
>> remember correctly--pretty similar in value to Crawford (although we were
>> playing straight roto then, so the runs scored wouldn't have helped his
>> value).  For power hitters, I think Cecil Fielder for $1 would have to rank
>> up there near the top.  I didn't have any of those guys, by the way, so this
>> is not self-promotion.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Richard Robbins <RERobbins at iTinker.net>
>> To: 'USML Announcements' <announce at usml.net>
>> Sent: Wed, Jun 1, 2011 10:50 am
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>>  Naah -- it was Grady Sizemore when I had him at $1 and even after I extended
>> his contract.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net <announce-bounces at usml.net?>] On Behalf
>> Of Jim Barrett
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 9:45 AM
>> To: USML Announcements
>> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Ask Andy
>>
>> No.  That would be Bautista.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jun 1, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Dear Professor:
>> >
>> >        KC MAJ Hosmer, Eric 1B 4 2 2 2 .283 2B (6), SB (2)
>> >
>> > Best? Keeper? Ever?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Brad
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