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

Dennis Adams dadams17 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 12 21:42:24 EDT 2012


I'm here to learn from the seasoned vets, absorb all the wisdom I can, and
then begin my march towards a championship in a year or so.

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Andrew Klein <anrklein at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sabathiato, Sabathia ... what's the difference.  And Blocker only looked
> unphased because he was squinting at the draft software that apparently
> told him to buy Trumbo for $11.
>
> -Andy
>
>
> On 3/12/12 6:19 PM, Jeffrey Winick wrote:
>
>> Some questions/comments:
>>
>> 1.  Who is this Sabathiato guy?
>> 2.  I was listening carefully and didn't hear a single Wieters comment.
>> In fact, Blocker looked utterly unphased through the draft.
>> 3.  Carl Crawford will likely be worth his $30 salary this year.  More
>> importantly, he will be one of the better keepers for 2013.  You can thank
>> me later.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andy Klein <anrklein at gmail.com>
>> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
>> Sent: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 9:53 am
>> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] 2012 Draft Day Self-Analysis: Riptorns
>>
>>
>> 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??
>>
>>
>>
>> ______________________________**_________________
>> announce mailing list
>> announce at usml.net
>> http://lists.usml.net/mailman/**listinfo/announce<http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ______________________________**_________________announce mailing
>> listannounce at usml.nethttp://li**sts.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/**announce<http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce>
>>
>> ______________________________**_________________
>> announce mailing list
>> announce at usml.net
>> http://lists.usml.net/mailman/**listinfo/announce<http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce>
>>
> ______________________________**_________________
> announce mailing list
> announce at usml.net
> http://lists.usml.net/mailman/**listinfo/announce<http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce>
>



-- 
Dennis F. Adams III
Candidate, Juris Doctor 2013
Northwestern University School of Law
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://usml.net/pipermail/announce_usml.net/attachments/20120312/a284370c/attachment-0001.html>


More information about the Announce mailing list