[USML Announce] Drafy Day Observations......

[springkerb at aol.com]

Current lifetime BAs:

Dunn:  .250 (so not exactly a lock to hit .260)
Reynolds:  .242 (including the .198 last year)

Until last year, Reynolds' lifetime BA was slightly higher than Dunn's.

However, having gone to $15 to get Matt LaPorta and filled 3B with Wilson Betemit, I must obviously concede that pickings at the corners were slim indeed.  It made more sense to pay up for the big dogs than to get stuck with the just plain dogs.

Mark






-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Winick <jhwinick at aol.com>
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Sent: Mon, Mar 14, 2011 12:03 pm
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Drafy Day Observations......


I'm certainly no fan of Mark Reynolds and his .198 average, but I do think he'll put up the power numbers. The problem is that Adam Dunn will hit more home runs (perhaps a lot more) and is nearly a lock to hit at his standard .260 average. For $11 more, he was the far better way to go. 
 
As for comparisons to Edwin Encarnacion, I'm no fan of his either, but he's $8 cheaper and he hit 21 home runs last year in only 330 at bats due to health issues. If he can stay healthy, at least he has some upside. 
 
Mark's point is well taken and why Andy's buy of Alex Rodriguez (and maybe Rich's buy of Michael Young) now looks so shrewd. There simply wasn't much available at third base. 
 
The King 
 
-----Original Message----- 
From: Blocker, Mark B. <mblocker at Sidley.com> 
To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net> 
Sent: Mon, Mar 14, 2011 11:11 am 
Subject: RE: [USML Announce] Drafy Day Observations...... 
 
Agreed on Reynolds IF he hits .198 again, but if he hits .240 (more 
consistent with prior years), then $18 seems non-puzzling. That said, I 
am not wild about having him. I wish I had bought a 3B earlier; there 
were not many left when I bought him. Encarnacion went later for $10 
with lower power numbers and comparable average (again, assuming .240). 
 
-----Original Message----- 
From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net] On 
Behalf Of Brad Jansen 
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 9:53 AM 
To: USML Announcements 
Subject: [USML Announce] Drafy Day Observations...... 
 
Puzzlers: Scott Baker-$20....Mark Reynolds-$18.....Red Hots filling 
ute with Yorvit....Nukes.....A. Escobar-$22.....David 
Ortiz-$1.....Berliners getting away with buying both Verlander and 
Lester (granted, they ended up with Teahan and Encarnacion, but 
still.....)..... 
 
First report of post-draft injury: was it Duchscherer (MRH-$1) and his 
hip? Didn't he get that replaced yet? 
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