[USML Announce] 2012 Draft Day Self-Analysis: Riptorns

[Jeffrey Winick]

Dennis,

Vasquez is a stretch since he seems committed to retiring, but if not 
he may well land with a team that will make him a reasonably valuable 
commodity.  and Dice-K is getting some fairly good press and will back 
in the middle of the season.  Look at the rest of the Boston rotation 
and you'll see plenty of opportunity.

And check out the prospects I got you.  The numbers are Baseball 
America Top #100 Ratings:

Mike Olt  #43
AJ Cole  #57
Daniel Norris #91
Taylor Guerrieri  #90

And while there wasn't much to pick from, I think I got you active 
players to fill all the holes in your roster.

I'm trying to make sure I have our compensation deal correct though - 
you'll be sending Pujols my way for Trevor Plouffe sometime in early 
May, right?

Jeff


-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Adams <dadams17 at gmail.com>
To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
Sent: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 1:39 pm
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] 2012 Draft Day Self-Analysis: Riptorns


Here goes...
 
DRAFT DAY STRATEGY
-Wake up in time for draft and stay awake for duration.
- Pump up the price on big name players, acknowledging I could afford 
to "get stuck" with them
- Draft Phil Hughes
- Stay long enough to complete the auction, but leave early enough to 
have Sensei Winick complete my rotation while I overexert myself 
playing basketball
 
WHAT WENT RIGHT
- Nerves and anxiety kept me up almost the entire night, so made it to 
draft with Dunkin Donuts
- "Got stuck" with Puojls at $46.  Was actually hoping to pump him 
higher and not get him, but I like that price for him.
- Drafted Phil Hughes for less than $15.  Also noteworthy:  V-Mart 
($10), Brett Anderson ($5), and Mike Adams ($8)
- Stayed long enough to complete the auction, showed up at halftime of 
my first bball game and dropped a quick 12 points en route to the first 
of 2 victories for the Attractive Nuisances.
 
WHAT WENT WRONG
- Nerves and anxiety kept me up almost the entire night, so I was fueld 
by about an hour of sleep, donuts, soda and cookies.
- Got stuck with Gavin Floyd at $15 and fell out too soon on bidding 
for Cruz, Andrus, Sal Perez and Miggy Cabrera.
- I drafted Phil Hughes for $14 due to homerism and inexplicable man 
crush.
- Leaving my team at the mercy of Winick after bidding him out on 
players he wanted left me with a few revenge selections (see: Vazquez, 
Javier and Dice-K.)  Otherwise, great job though.
 
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Andy Klein <anrklein at gmail.com> wrote:
I'll try, too ...

DRAFT DAY STRATEGY

*Dog Blocker as much as possible in retaliation for the 2010 Wieters 
Trade.
*After dealing Sabathiato to Winick, spend less money on my entire 
pitching staff than CC's salary.
*Get outfielders who are likely to play every day.
*Limit myself to two cups of coffee so as not to spend half the draft 
in pain because I had to take a piss.

WHAT WENT RIGHT

*Succeeded in annoying Blocker and bidding up enough of his guys to 
ensure that the Bombers won't compete in 2012.
*Sabathia's salary $34.  Klein Nine pitching staff $32.  Check.
*Got every day outfielders.
*Limited coffee intake to two cups.

WHAT WENT WRONG

*In bidding up Blocker, I got stuck with some bums myself.  (Seth Smith 
at $12?)
*Used the biggest coffee mug in Winick's office, so two cups of coffee 
felt like five.
*Ended up buying Carl Crawford when I had no intention of doing so.  
Crawford was a "Winick Pick," and the magazine said to bid with 
confidence up to $30.  I was blithely moving things along, and then 
everyone else just stopped.

-Andy





On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com> 
wrote:



Great to see everyone. Dennis, welcome my friend to the show that never 
ends. Jim B, congrats and all the best to your wife and you. And to 
everybody else, it was great to see everyone looking so moderately 
healthy.

Now, let me propose something. This proposal certainly is not intended 
to displace Jeffrey's typically self-serving analysis of the draft, but 
I ask each team to consider posting its own critical and objective 
analysis of its draft day performance. 

I will begin:

DRAFT DAY STRATEGY:
   * Avoid drafting Shoppach and Cervelli again.
   * Corner the market on SB by getting one more impact SB guy.
   * Draft decent SP for under $20.
   * Draft one reasonably priced thumper. 
   * Pick up enough sleepers and keepers via auction and rotation draft 
to shop to Winick when his team crashes and burns in June.

WHAT WENT RIGHT
   * Arrived too late to gorge on doughnuts.
   * Personally escorted to draft by always affable Mark Kerber.
   * Elvis at 27, nice SPs from 7 to 17.
   * Restocked the Prospect Parade (Segura-1, yes!!).

WHAT WENT WRONG
   * Arrived too late to gorge on doughnuts.
   * Personally escorted to draft by always affable Mark Kerber.
   * Lind-21, Smoak-12, no thumpers and Andrus surrounded by the likes 
of Getz and Brignac.


OK--who's next??
  




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Dennis F. Adams III
Candidate, Juris Doctor 2013
Northwestern University School of Law


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