[USML Announce] Draft Day Reflections: Glad I...Wished I....Steal of The Draft....

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First, I've checked my roster and it's generally accurate.  However, the salary on Giavotella should be $3, rather than $8 (which will then bring my total active roster salary down to $260).

Glad I picked up some relatively cheap, young or injured guys for the future (Tex, Carter, Bourjos, Alburquerque, Feliz, Garcia, Donaldson, Giavotella).  If a few of them come through, they could pay nice long-term dividends.

Wish I had laid off on Santana and put the money into an equivalent value hitter.  I love CC, and I'll be trading him anyway, but I could have used that slot to pick up one of the cheap end game pitchers--which I also wish I had done.  I'm sure I could find a taker for a $30 hitter just as easily as I'll find a taker for CC.

Bargain of the draft?  You have to like those end game pitchers.  Also, if Lohse and/or Valverde land in the AL (and if Valverde gets a closer gig), they could be reserve gems.  Of course, it's a virtual lock that some cheap reserve guy or future FAAB guy is going to break out, and you never know where those guys will come from.  For what it's worth, I like Fister at $17 better than Dickey at $20.

Mark



-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Blocker <blockermark at gmail.com>
To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
Sent: Tue, Mar 19, 2013 7:46 am
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Draft Day Reflections: Glad I...Wished I....Steal of The Draft....


Hmm..here goes...


Glad I...managed my spending so that I did not end up with any dead/empty slots.  Time will tell if the "no player costing more than $21" plan works.


Wish I...(a) had more time to prepare for the draft and (b) had bid one more dollar on CJ Wilson.  That was a steal.



Steal of the draft:  Its easy to pick cheap guys, but I will say these two:  RA Dickey at $20 (my software had him way higher) and CJ Wilson.


-- Mark




On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 6:17 AM, Andrew Klein <anrklein at gmail.com> wrote:

K9

Glad I ... resisted Winick's offseason overtures for Edwin Encarnacion.  
Wished ... my back was strong enough to have sat on the floor next to Brad during the draft.  I also wish I had chased some of the top middle infielders (or Jose Bautista) a little higher so I didn't have so much money left to spend on starting pitchers.
Steal of the Draft:  Any number of good end-game pitching purchases -- Buehrle ($2), E.Santana ($1), Nova ($1), Doubront ($1), Diamond ($1), Veras ($4).  Would have loved some combination of those guys instead of spending $24 on J.Jonnson and W-Y Chen.

-Andy



On 3/18/13 12:18 PM, Brad Jansen wrote:



Gang: 
  I encourage each of you to submit statements to complete those phrases. I will take the liberty of going first:




        RIPTORNS
            Glad I...picked up impact players Fielder, Reyes and Sale.
            Wished I....spent less on Altuve so I could have bought another SP, and bought Cody Allen for a buck instead of Bonderman.
            Steal of the Draft: Brats get HOU closer Veras for just $4. I also will nominate my modest $4 acquisition of Chris Archer.  He could be a good one, maybe even this year.....




Since Jeffrey is busy today, he asked me to draft his "Glad I/Wished I" contribution, so here goes:
          BERLINERS
             Glad I....woke up in time to make Melky Cabrera my first purchase of the day
             Wished I....bought better software so I wouldn't get stuck with guys like Jed Lowrie for 14
             Steal of the Draft: Parmalee at 2. My End Game Strategy pays off again!    




OK, let's see some submissions!!
--Brad "I Love the Day After the Draft" Jansen


 


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