[USML Announce] Shandler's Top Prospects

[Brad Jansen]

Dear Jeffrey:
   Thank you for sharing Shandler's analysis and your own little nuggest of
wisdom.
   Your rainbow-hued chart does little to brighten my darkened spirits. Can
I tell you why? While shopping at the Jewel-Osco I ran across the Sporting
News Baseball Fantasy magazine and took a glance at the dollar values those
editors assigned to the players I traded away this off-season....Beltre the
AL's 2nd best 3B at $29...Swisher at $25....Sergio Santos the AL's premier
closer with value in mid-twenties.....while the guys I got back range from
"sleeper" status (i.e., Viciedo) to minus twenty (Matusz).  Now I learn
that Mike Trout isn't the world's best prospect after all....This has not
been a bright, cheerful day. And now thanks to your document I have to get
a new color ink cartridge as well. Thanks. Thanks for everything.
--Brad Lee



 2012 at 11:07 AM, Jeffrey Winick <jhwinick at aol.com> wrote:

> Well, Shandler's list of 2012 Top Prospects is out and the news is all
> good for the Berliners;  (i) 4 out of the top 6 (was 5 out of the top 6
> before the recent trade with Brad Lee); (ii) #1 overall (Matt Moore), (iii)
> 5 out of the top 15 and (iv) 7 out of the top 30 prospects.
>
> The Hoosier Daddies come in right behind the Berliners with 5 top 30
> prospects, topping out with Miguel Sano at #7.
>
> Calamari, Brats and Riptorns all have 2 prospects in the top 30.  Riptorns
> top out with the #2 AL prospect (Mike Trout), thanks to my overly generous
> recent offer.  The Calamari top out at #4 with Jurickson Profar and the
> Brats top prospect is Travis d'Arnaud at #15.
>
> The only other teams with top 30 prospects are the Nukes with Dellin
> Betances at #27 and the Bombers with Martin Perez at #10, another top
> prospect generously traded from the Berliners.
>
> What makes this crop of prospects most interesting is the extent to which
> they are held at very favorable salaries.  Among the 20 prospects that are
> owned, more than half of them are $5 or less (3-$2 salaries and 9-$5
> salaries).
>
> That is all...for now.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> announce mailing list
> announce at usml.net
> http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://usml.net/pipermail/announce_usml.net/attachments/20120123/90a714d9/attachment-0001.html>