[USML Announce] Draft day - the unsigned?

[Rick Gammons]

      Agree with Doug that MLB is severely testing my patience.  Like the
Commish, I’m willing to revisit this next weekend though.  What is it with
the timing of strikes and the strength of the White Sox roster?
   Rick




On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 4:27 PM Klein Nine via Announce <announce at usml.net>
wrote:

> That makes sense to me, Mark.
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> -------- Original Message --------
> On Mar 6, 2022, 5:05 PM, Mark Blocker < blockermark at gmail.com> wrote:
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> All good points, but I suggest we table this discussion until next weekend
> to see if the CBA is resolved by then. I think it would be unwise to cancel
> the draft 3 weeks in advance of draft day, but if we are still in this same
> spot next weekend, we could revisit this.
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>   -- Mark B.
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> On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 3:29 PM Jim Barrett <chicagojab at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Regarding the schedule- we can always do a virtual draft. That should
>> make it easier. I know not ideal but it just doesn’t make sense to draft on
>> Mar 27 under current conditions.
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>> Jim
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> > On Mar 6, 2022, at 3:20 PM, Klein Nine via Announce <announce at usml.net>
>> wrote:
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>> > I genuinely understand the sentiment, but still prefer drafting at our
>> regular time.  I don't want to risk missing the season by having it start
>> and then not being able to get everyone's schedule aligned.  So, I'd go
>> with the plan that Mark B. outlined earlier, with an online supplemental
>> draft for the free agents.
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>> > -Andy
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>> >> On Sunday, March 6th, 2022 at 3:48 PM, Frank Luby <
>> frank at presenttensellc.com> wrote:
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>> >> Completely agree with what Jim just wrote.
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>> >> - Frank
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>> >>>> On Mar 6, 2022, at 2:39 PM, Jim Barrett chicagojab at gmail.com wrote:
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>> >>> I know a statement has already been made about not changing date but
>> I will throw it out there anyway. I think we should delay selecting a draft
>> date until lockout is ended. The number of unsigned players is too large
>> and it doesn’t only affect those players. It could dramatically influence
>> value of other players who might get bumped as a result of a signing.
>> >>>
>> >>> Jim
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>> >>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> >>>> On Mar 6, 2022, at 2:21 PM, Frank Luby frank at presenttensellc.com
>> wrote:
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>> >>>> Hi everyone,
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>> >>>> With the draft three weeks away, I wanted to check in to see about
>> the potential provisions for the mass of unsigned players (Freeman, Bryant,
>> etc.).
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>> >>>> Any fresh thoughts on how we should/will handle that?
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>> >>>> Thanks,
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>> >>>> Frank
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