[USML Announce] Fun With Rotolab

[Richard Robbins]

I think you are spot on Jeff.

-- KR

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Jeffrey Winick <jwinick at harriswinick.com>wrote:

> So says the man who has spent heavily on protected pitching.
>
> While I agree that the very top starting pitchers have all been retained,
> it looks to me like there's a reasonably deep pool of pitchers at the next
> tier.  It's the offense where I think things are likely to get more
> interesting.  Factoring in that:  (i)  most teams already have at least one
> top starting pitcher retained; and (ii) the historical hesitancy of this
> league to bid up pitchers, I expect the inflation factor on hitting to be
> quite high and the inflation factor on pitching to be relatively low.  I
> figure Pujols and Fielder go for $50+.
>
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On
> Behalf Of Jim Barrett
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 11:19 AM
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> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Fun With Rotolab
>
> All well and good if it weren't for the fact that there needs to be
> non-retained players to spend the money on. That's going to be especially
> challenging for those on the hunt for starting pitchers.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 5, 2012, at 8:23 PM, Richard Robbins <rerobbins at itinker.net> wrote:
>
> > I took the estimated value for each team's current active roster
>  (except as noted below) and then added to that number the amount the team
> has in draft day funds.
> >
> > I then boosted the Berliners by $30 as credit for Moore and Montero.
>  Similarly, I added $15 to the Nukes for Darvish and $10 to the Torns for
> Trout.
> >
> > When I was done, here's what came out:
> >
> > Nukes 485
> > Berliners 476
> > Angries 463
> > Bombers 459
> > Brats 448
> > Daddies 444
> > Riptorns 435
> > Squid 391
> > K9 360
> > Red-Hots 347
> >
> > It looks to me like lots of teams could be competitive.  I look forward
> to trading season. . .
> >
> > -- KR
> >
> >
> >
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