[USML Announce] 2018 Keepers

[Jeffrey Winick]

Not just yet.  Apparently word of his demise is premature.



-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Shabelman <Doug.Shabelman at burnsent.com>
To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
Sent: Mon, Oct 2, 2017 3:28 pm
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] 2018 Keepers




RIP Tom Petty. 

On Oct 2, 2017, at 3:26 PM, Blocker, Mark B. <mblocker at sidley.com> wrote:





Deleted as nonsense.
 

MARK B. BLOCKER


SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
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mblocker at sidley.com

 

From: Announce [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net]On Behalf Of Jeffrey Winick
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2017 1:51 PM
To: USML Announcements (announce at usml.net) <announce at usml.net>
Subject: [USML Announce] 2018 Keepers

 
I was curious how long it would take me to come up with players who will be more valuable 2018 keepers than second baseman Whit Merrifield ($5) and his 19 HR, 34 SB and .288 BA.  It didn’t take long.  Looking only at players with contracts of $5 or less, it was easy to find a bunch of guys whom most everyone other than Mark Blocker would prefer to Merrifield in 2018:
 
The obvious candidates:
 
Eddie Rosario $1 – 27HR, 78 RBI, 9 SB, .290 BA
Edwin Diaz $5 – 34 Saves, 89 K (Closer)
Gary Sanchez $5 – 33 HR, .278 BA (C)
Jose Ramirez $2 – 29 HR, 17 SB, .318 BA (3B)
Byron Buxton $5 – 16 HR, 29 SB (OF)
 
The close call candidates:
 
Trevor Bauer $2 – 196 K’s in 176 innings (SP)  
Lucas Giolito $4 – 2.38 ERA, 0.949 WHIP (SP)
Tim Anderson $5 – 17 HR, 15 SB (SS)
 
And that’s leaving out three guys who are so obviously better keepers than Merrifield that they couldn’t be left out, despite the fact that they’re a little more expensive:
 
Alex Bregman $10 – 19 HR, 17 SB, .284 BA (3B)
Aaron Judge $8 – 52 HR, .284  BA, 128 R (OF)
Rafael Devers $10 (3B) – the sky is the limit
 
Just to further highlight the absurdity of the Whit Merrifield nonsense, there’s even another player on the Bombers that I like every bit as much as Merrifield, but one who plays a position other than the one that is the absolute deepest in the AL:
 
Andrelton Simmons $3 – 14 HR, 69 RBI, 19 SB, .278 BA
 
I rest my case.  And I haven’t even mentioned Shohei Otani ($5).
 
Jeff
 
P.S.  I’m taking all bets on Merrifield’s 2018 home run total being 12 or less.
 


 
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