[USML Announce] Balfour Grants Riptorns' Wish

Richard Robbins rerobbins at itinker.net
Thu Feb 14 18:43:46 EST 2013


Zunino is a Red Hot.

On Thursday, February 14, 2013, Jeffrey Winick wrote:

> Putting aside that Balfour will still be ready for opening day, it doesn't
> change the fact that young Ryan Cook, not unlike his doppelganger Addison
> Reed, doesn't throw enough strikes (no matter how much heat) to get the job
> done.
>
>  On a more useful note than the jive talk from Brad Lee I offer the
> following:
>
>  Baseball America's Prospect Handbook was released today.  Here are the
> #1 Prospects for each AL team:
>
>  Baltimore - Dylan Bundy (Riptorns - but did I mention that his contract
> was running?)
> Boston - Xander Bogaerts (Riptorns)
> Chicago - Courtney Hawkins (Free Agent)
> Cleveland - Francisco Lindor (Berliners)
> Detroit - Nick Castellanos (Klein Nine)
> Houston - Carlos Correa (Hoosiers)
> Kansas City - Kyle Zimmer (Free Agent)
> Los Angeles - Caleb Cowart (Adams)
> Minnesota - Miguel Sano (Riptorns)
> New York - Mason Williams (Riptorns)
> Oakland - Addison Russell (Free Agent)
> Seattle - Mike Zunino (Free Agent)
> Tampa Bay - Wil Myers (Riptorns)
> Texas - Jurickson Profar (Calamari)
> Toronto - Aaron Sanchez (Actually #3 - 1 and 2 were traded to the
> Mets)(Red Hots)
>
>  5 Riptorns!  That surely means that the Riptorns might be relevant again
> by 2016.
>
>  Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'bljansen at gmail.com');>>
> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
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> Sent: Thu, Feb 14, 2013 12:32 pm
> Subject: [USML Announce] Balfour Grants Riptorns' Wish
>
>  *ITEM*
>  A's right-hander Grant Balfour is scheduled to undergo right knee surgery
> to repair a torn meniscus Thursday afternoon, leaving Oakland without its
> closer for approximately four to six weeks.
>
>  *LOSER*
>  Berliners. Spurned in off-season efforts to trade fringe closer Grant
> Balfour, Berliners were banking on him to anchor 2013 bullpen. With the
> closer's career in jeopardy  cold-hearted Winick now *WILL CUT THE CORD.*
> *
> *
> *WINNER*
> * *Riptorns. Flamethrower Ryan Cook (5) will regain 9th-inning role and
> will not relinquish it this time around. Rippers now wait for Mariano
> Rivera to announce plans so they can decide how long to extend David
> Robertson's contract as team's *FOUNDATION IS SETTLING.*
>
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