[USML Announce] The Truth About Dumping

[Brad Jansen]

Dear Brothers Blocker and Winick:
    Now that you have opened shop, so to speak, I reprint for your benefit
my forecaster's guide for 2010 dumping.  I somewhat revise my forecast:
Minimal movement. Teams behind the K-9 will conclude that dump deals will
not help them enough to catch the prohibitive favorite and, in any event,
they will not willingly part with their beloved keepers. (I also revise any
comment that suggests Young Alex Gordon is worth pursuing. He's lost the
keeper's glow, which shone ever so brightly but briefly this Spring).
    And that, my brothers, is The Truth.  You may read on....


The Dump Deal Forecaster: League's Interest Begins To Swell as June 1
Approaches

  May 10 (7 days ago)


4th Place Nukes
  Needs: A slugger and a #1/#2 starting pitcher.
  Best they can offer: Hicks, Jennings
  Likely trade partners: Berliners (Lester, Verlander); AYM
(Sabathia, Choo, Konerko); Bombers (Cano)
   Forecast: stormy negotiations with Bombers net Cano


3rd Place Mighty Red Hots
  Needs: SBs, #1/#2 starting pitcher
  Best they can but probably won't offer: Santana, Hosmer, Gordon
  Likely trade partners: Berliners (Lester, Verlander, Crawford,
Rios); AYM (Sabathia)
  Forecast: warning downgraded to watch

2nd Place Lake Michigan Calamari
  Needs: SBs and saves
  Best they can offer: Lowrie, Moustakas, Cortes the Killer Future Closer
  Likely trade partners: Brats (Soria); Bombers (Papelbon); AYM
(Abreu, Francisco); Berliners (Crawford, Thornton)
   Forecast: partly cloudy with a small chance of trade

1st Place Klein Nine
    Needs: None
    Wants: 2nd closer, quality SP
    Best they can offer: Segura
    Forecast: mildly coaxes Hoosier Daddies into parting with B.J.
Upton to get easy SB points and pries Francisco from AYM

--Tom Skilling
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