[USML Announce] USML - 2022 Season update

[Richard Robbins]

Happy birthday Andy!


On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 10:36 AM Jim Barrett <chicagojab at gmail.com> wrote:

> Happy Birthday Andy! May you receive the present of a deal between owners
> and players saving the season!
>
> Jim
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 9, 2022, at 9:11 AM, Jeffrey Winick <jwinick at hwhlegal.com> wrote:
>
>  Happy Birthday Chancellor Klein!!
>
> Jeffrey H. Winick
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> On Mar 9, 2022, at 7:39 AM, Present Tense <frank at presenttensellc.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Happy birthday, Andy!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 9, 2022, at 7:12 AM, Mark Blocker <blockermark at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Happy birthday Andy !
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 7:10 AM Doug Shabelman <doug.shabelman at burnsent.com>
> wrote:
>
>> A quick happy birthday to Chancellor Andrew Klein whose Chief of Staff
>> and speechwriter will receive this note before he does.
>>
>> Andy, hope your reign is as successful as the IUPUI women’s basketball
>> team!
>>
>>
>> Doug Shabelman
>>
>> CEO, Burns Entertainment
>>
>> 773.269.9732
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 6, 2022, at 5:23 PM, Blocker, Mark B. via Announce <
>> announce at usml.net> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> League:
>>
>>
>>
>>   I am writing with an update on plans for the USML season. As all of you
>> have read, it appears likely that both spring training and the start of the
>> season may be delayed. Some are projecting that the season may not start
>> until May. As a result, we need to do some contingency planning to address
>> the delayed start. Here is a tentative plan for consideration, which I have
>> discussed with a subset of league owners.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.  Draft: The draft will proceed as scheduled on Sunday, March 27, 2022
>> (Mark K: put this date in your calendar).  Given that we have 11 owners,
>> finding a future date on short notice when 11 different people can block
>> off a big chunk of time seems unlikely.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2.  Auction/Draft eligible players:  There are a sizeable number of
>> players who remain free agents because of the timing of the lockout. Some
>> of those players have values vastly in excess of their salary in a rotation
>> draft. This has happened in the past, but never in the sort of numbers that
>> exist now. As a result, the current thinking is that we will exclude those
>> players from the auction and the rotation draft.  A sample:  Freddie
>> Freeman, Trevor Story, Kris Bryant, Nick Castellanos, Kyle Schwarber, Kyle
>> Seager, Anthony Rizzo, Jorge Soler, Jonathan Villar, Tommy Pham, Eddie
>> Rosario, Josh Harrison, Nelson Cruz, Carlos Correa, Clayton Kershaw, Carlos
>> Rodon, and Zack Greinke.
>>
>>
>>
>> 3.  Supplemental Draft:  The current thinking is that we will take the
>> Excluded Players and have a short supplemental auction/draft. The precise
>> contours are not yet determined; we are assembling a list to determine the
>> best path.  If we have an auction for those players, they will be
>> tradeable. If we have a draft for those players, then they will not be
>> tradeable. Whether auction or draft, the thinking is that they will not be
>> retainable. Also, if one of the Excluded Players is currently eligible for
>> retention on a USML roster, we will have some system for right of first
>> refusal.
>>
>>
>>
>>   Two important points.  First, none of this is set in stone; comments
>> are welcome on these proposals. Second, I recognize that none of this is
>> ideal, but we are an adaptable group and I am sure we can find an
>> acceptable solution.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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