[USML Announce] Hosmer, Ajax and You

[Jeffrey Winick]

If that were the case, they'd have already been published.  Just busy.  The Pippin's Nothing But A Dog predictions are coming.

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From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On Behalf Of Brad Jansen
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 1:58 PM
To: USML Announcements
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Hosmer, Ajax and You

Jeffrey, you do such a fine job trumpeting your players, I saw no need to carry your water. Hey, whatever happened to those long-promised predictions? Or do you only share those when your team is expected to finish first?
--Brad Lee



On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Jeffrey Winick <jhwinick at aol.com<mailto:jhwinick at aol.com>> wrote:
The selected passage was actually part of a much longer article by Tristan Cockcroft.  The Rasmus section was buried in the article.  Not that I mind Brad Lee focusing his pen on someone other than me for a change, but it's worth pointing out that the lead to the story read as follows:

It took 40 of his team's games, but in his (and the Kansas City Royals') past 14 contests, Eric Hosmer is a .353 hitter (18-for-51) with two home runs and 10 RBIs. Even better: He has chipped in three stolen bases during that time.

The title of the story, by the way, was "Time To Start Believing in Eric Hosmer, Gordon Beckham, Jay Bruce and Austin Jackson."

I'm sure Brad Lee just missed the parts about how Hosmer and Jackson are roto studs that any wise fantasy player should be targeting.  No doubt he was too excited about pointing out Colby Rasmus' perceived deficiencies since that created an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone (attack Andy and me at the very same time).  But he had to skip past an awful lot of encouraging news for the Berliners to do so.

You know where to find me.

Jeff




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FROM THE espn WIRES:


"It is now time..." to call Colby Rasmus' recent hot spell a mirage and declare this a perfect time to sell. During his past 14 games, Rasmus is a .351/.403/.702 hitter with four home runs, 10 RBIs and two stolen bases, and that he's 25 years old and has long been projected to be a future fantasy stud might have his owners wondering whether he has finally arrived. I say no, he hasn't. Not yet. Take a look at Rasmus' schedule during that hot spell: Three games at Rangers Ballpark (May 25-27), games against starters in funks like Tommy Hunter (May 28), Jake Arrieta (May 29), Daniel Bard (June 3) and Philip Humber (June 5). Rasmus also hasn't shown substantial improvement this season, neither the full year nor in his past 14 contests, in the weakest area of his game: He's a .205/.205/.409 hitter against breaking pitches (curveballs and sliders) this season, although he did hit a home run off a Humber slider on Tuesday. That homer is a start, but Rasmus has work to do. I think this is more likely a hot spell and a sell-high opportunity for his owners than it is a sign of him having arrived.


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