[USML Announce] HELLO COWHILL IN THE SAND.....

[Brad Jansen]

My comments, on behalf of Riptorn management, are in red.....

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Jeffrey Winick <jhwinick at aol.com> wrote:

> DRAFT DAY STRATEGY
> 1.  Play it safe - build upon solid retention roster by drafting
> relatively safe players - avoid prospects and injury risks in the
> auction.
> 2.  Buy at bats - save enough money for late in the draft to make sure
> I don't get stuck with part time (or worse) players in the starting lineup.
> 3.  Bid up the big bats to take $$'s of the table.
> 4.  Find a seat away from Brad Lee to avoid the distractions associated
> with Brad's constant questions.
> 5.  Get a second closer from the top 3 available (Soria, Valverde and
> Thornton) at a reasonable price.
> 6.  Build a solid pitching staff if pitching salaries stay low.
>
> WHAT WENT RIGHT
> 1.  Top dollars spent on relatively safe guys like Kendrick, Markakis
> and Swisher.  Check  So you could spend the balance on high-risk guys: Youkilis-$25,
> Peavy-$9, Scherzer-$18, Thornton-$16....
> 2.  Filled nearly all offensive slots and all of pitching slots with
> full time players.  Check I guess you could say 8 out of 14 offensive
> slots occupied by regulars means your cup is nearly half full. Of course,
> that assumes Youkilis is healthy....



> 3.  Fielder $41, Pujols $46, Cabrera $43, Longoria $39, Teixeira $35,
> Hamilton $32, Choo $31.  Check And don't forget Izturis $2, Plouffe $4,
> Reimold $10, Murphy $11. Good price enforcements there, too....
> 4.  Find a seat away from Brad Lee.  Was working like a charm until he
> pathetically sat on the floor and forced an invitation to sit right next to
> me. Fail. I was fine on the floor. The only reason you invited me to take
> a seat was to peek at my notes.



> 5.  Thornton $16.  Check. Pardon me, but Matt Thornton does not rank
> among the top 3 closers available in draft. *See, e.g.,* Grant Balfour
> ($9), Addison Reed ($15).
> 6.  Scherzer $18, Peavy $9, Slowey $4, Davis $1.  Check. Peavy as likely
> to open season on DL as he is to appear on your active roster, Slowey
> cannot even beat Derek Lowe for a spot in the Indians' rotation, Scherzer's
> WHIP offsets any other value he may offer and Davis is Matt Morris's road
> kill.
>
> WHAT WENT WRONG
> 1.  Allowed Kerber to bid me up 3 separate times without ever returning
> the favor.  Cost me $6 and invaluable pride.
> 2.  Got stuck with Plouffe, Izturis and Cowgill at the end of the draft -
> not exactly secure playing time.
> 3.  $25 on Youkilis.  Is there any player in the AL that is a greater
> injury risk that isn't already injured?
> 4.  Allowed the young guy to mess with my mojo - inexcusable.
> 5.  Failed to deliver a single pithy one liner in Brad Lee's direction -
> embarrassing.
> 6.  Actually drafted a nice reserve roster for the young guy who messed
> with my mojo - WTF was I thinking?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JOHN FRUIT (FAF ADVISORS INC.) <jfruit1 at bloomberg.net>
> To: announce <announce at usml.net>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 2:04 pm
> Subject: [USML Announce] Fwd:FW: Fwd:Re:  2012 Draft Day Self-  Brats
>
>
>  apologize if this is a duplicate, I tried e-mailing from a different
> e-mail    address and it didn't appear it had went out.  This is 2nd
> attempt to forward   to the group.---- Original Message From: John Fruit <
> John.Fruit at nuveen.com> At:  3/12 14:02:27-----Original Message-----From:
> Fruit, John (Minneapolis) Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 10:43 AMTo: '
> announce at usml.net'Subject: RE: Fwd:Re: [USML Announce] 2012 Draft Day
> Self-Analysis: BratsDraft day strategy;Obtain one of the big boppers at 1B
> at a reasonable pay-up to Miguel Cabrera's $39 retention salary, swear off
> Justin Morneau, and to keep the country music background noise to a hushed
> level so as not to incur the wrath of Dennis and Doug.  Given a decent
> retention roster, make relatively safe picks.What went right;Not much.
> Cabrera at $43 is what I would have expected and so was fine with that.
>  Although I didn't really need starting pitching,  Morrow at $18, Masterson
> at $12, and Pavano in the rotation draft should make for a relatively good
> starting staff.What went wrong;Overpaying for Cespedes ($25) and M.
> Brantley ($18)at OF when guys like Nelson Cruz and Nick Markakis went for
> $28 and $23 respectively.  Planned on being able to get back the
> un-retained JJ Hardy for his $19 retention price but then didn't pull the
> trigger and ended up with A. Escobar at $20, who is likely to disappoint.
>  Finally, ended up with too many longshots in the saves department, and
> spent handsomely to do so, a combined $18 on Pestano, Glenn Perkins and
> Joey Devine.  And Brandon Allen at Ute most certainly was not a safe pick,
> but more likely a Kila Ka'auhui starter kit.-----Original Message-----From:
> JOHN FRUIT (FAF ADVISORS INC.) [mailto:jfruit1 at bloomberg.net] Sent:
> Monday, March 12, 2012 9:08 AMTo: Fruit, John (Minneapolis)Subject: Fwd:Re:
> [USML Announce] 2012 Draft Day Self-Analysis: ---- Original Message From:
> announce at usml.net At:  3/12  6:49:28 OK, I'll try.Draft Day
> Strategy:Don't over-study.  Clear my mind.  Let the Zen of the moment guide
> my thoughts and actions.See if Brad will still do the Robertson/Salty deal
> so I can get out of the catcher mosh pit.Get some quality hitters.Don't buy
> a second established closer (unless I get one cheap), but pick up some
> quality arms that could fall into some saves.What went right:Nailed the Zen
> thing.  Had a long bike ride and a nice Italian dinner on Saturday.  Knew
> nothing on Sunday.  Ignorance is beautiful.Got the deal done.  Didn't have
> to buy a catcher.  (Waiting to see a constitutional amendment proposed to
> outlaw future pre-draft deals.) Got plenty of power at least.I think I got
> that last one done.  Check with me in August.Herrera (1), Porcello (4).What
> went wrong:Ended up with about 12 guys I know absolutely nothing about.
>  Who are these guys?Didn't get a deal done with Robbins at the end of the
> draft.  I was shooting for bookend trades.Got 14 clones of Rob Deer.
>  Looking at an all-time franchise record for lowest BA.Ate both a chocolate
> donut and a jelly donut at the same draft--donut equivalent of meat and
> dairy.Konerko (26), Jeter (21), Reynolds (18)--WTF?-----Original
> Message-----From: Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com>To: USML Announcements <
> announce at usml.net>Sent: Sun, Mar 11, 2012 9:06 pmSubject: [USML Announce]
> 2012 Draft Day Self-Analysis: RiptornsGreat 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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