[USML Announce] The Truth About Dumping
Brad Jansen
bljansen at gmail.com
Wed May 18 13:06:17 EDT 2011
Dear Brothers Blocker and Winick:
Now that you have opened shop, so to speak, I reprint for your benefit
my forecaster's guide for 2010 dumping. I somewhat revise my forecast:
Minimal movement. Teams behind the K-9 will conclude that dump deals will
not help them enough to catch the prohibitive favorite and, in any event,
they will not willingly part with their beloved keepers. (I also revise any
comment that suggests Young Alex Gordon is worth pursuing. He's lost the
keeper's glow, which shone ever so brightly but briefly this Spring).
And that, my brothers, is The Truth. You may read on....
The Dump Deal Forecaster: League's Interest Begins To Swell as June 1
Approaches
May 10 (7 days ago)
4th Place Nukes
Needs: A slugger and a #1/#2 starting pitcher.
Best they can offer: Hicks, Jennings
Likely trade partners: Berliners (Lester, Verlander); AYM
(Sabathia, Choo, Konerko); Bombers (Cano)
Forecast: stormy negotiations with Bombers net Cano
3rd Place Mighty Red Hots
Needs: SBs, #1/#2 starting pitcher
Best they can but probably won't offer: Santana, Hosmer, Gordon
Likely trade partners: Berliners (Lester, Verlander, Crawford,
Rios); AYM (Sabathia)
Forecast: warning downgraded to watch
2nd Place Lake Michigan Calamari
Needs: SBs and saves
Best they can offer: Lowrie, Moustakas, Cortes the Killer Future Closer
Likely trade partners: Brats (Soria); Bombers (Papelbon); AYM
(Abreu, Francisco); Berliners (Crawford, Thornton)
Forecast: partly cloudy with a small chance of trade
1st Place Klein Nine
Needs: None
Wants: 2nd closer, quality SP
Best they can offer: Segura
Forecast: mildly coaxes Hoosier Daddies into parting with B.J.
Upton to get easy SB points and pries Francisco from AYM
--Tom Skilling
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