[USML Announce] Baseball America Top Prospects Update - The Winick Analysis

[Richard Robbins]

Somehow I knew how this message was going to end as soon as it hit my in
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On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 4:45 PM Jeffrey Winick <jwinick at hwhlegal.com> wrote:

> The list is out and it is my pleasure to provide my analysis.
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> There are 55 AL Prospects in the Top 100
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> 12 are USML free agents
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> Only 32 are hitting prospects
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> And only 25 of those hitting prospects are owned by a USML team
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> Of the 25 hitting prospects, only a very few are presumably available for
> trade:
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> There are 3 teams within 7 points of first place:
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> *Bombers* have only 1 – #45 - Luis Roberts $5 and this is his first year
> in MLB.  Assuming his development doesn’t stall, we won’t see him until
> 2020.
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> *Calamari* have only 1 - #76 – Lourdes Gurriel $10 – but he is on a Y1
> contract.  Admittedly the Calamari do a very impressive 6 Pitching
> prospects, but when’s the last time one of those worked out?  (See, for
> example Dane Dunning).
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> *Berliners* have traded away #12 - Royce Lewis $10 and  #96 – Nick Gordon
> $10, but still have 3 remaining - #13 – Jo Adell $10, #46 – Leody Taveras
> $10 and #58 – Kyle Lewis $10.
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> There are another 2 teams in the 50’s:
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> *Nukes *have 4  - #38 – Alex Kiriloff $2, #80 - Brandon Marsh $5, #92 –
> Ronaldo Hernandez $2 and #96 – Nick Gordon $10.  But the Nukes have already
> indicated that they’re playing for 2019.
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> *AYM* have only 1 - #51 – Franklin Barreto $5
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> There are 4 teams in the 40’s:
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> *Buddha* has 4, however one is on a running contract (#65 – Austin
> Hayes).  The other three are #1 – Vlad Guerrero, Jr. $5, #41 – Jake Bauers
> $5 and 66 – Ryan Mountcastle $5.
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> *Lubeasts* have 3 though one is on a running contract - #5 – Eloy Jimenez
> $13.  The other two are #7 – Bo Bichette $10 and #57 – Estevan Florial $10.
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> *Klein Nine *have 3 - #11 – Wily Adames $5, #25 – Francisco Mejia $5 and
> #37 – Yordan Alvarez #5.
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> *Brats *have 2, but one of them is on Y1 contract (#55 – Willie Calhoun
> $9).  The other is a good one though, #10 – Kyle Tucker $5.
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> Bringing up the rear are the *Hoosier Daddies* with 3, though one is on a
> Y1 contract (Dustin Fowler $10).  The other two are #12 – Royce Lewis $10
> and #78 Danny Jansen $5.
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> What does it all mean, you ask.  Assuming that the race is boiling down to
> 3 or 4 teams, there is really only one place to shop if you’re looking for
> top notch prospects from which to build for the future.
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> You know where to find me.
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> Jeff
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> Jeffrey H. Winick
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