[USML Announce] Ask Andy

[anrklein at gmail.com]

I stand corrected. You are exactly right that I was thinking of Shannon  
Stewart!

-Andy

On , Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.








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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.







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> From: Richard Robbins RERobbins at iTinker.net>

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> Naah -- it was Grady Sizemore when I had him at $1 and even after I  
> extended
> his contract.

> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf
> Of Jim Barrett
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> 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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