[USML Announce] 2012 Draft Day Self-Analysis: Riptorns

[Jeffrey Winick]

Some questions/comments:

1.  Who is this Sabathiato guy?
2.  I was listening carefully and didn't hear a single Wieters comment. 
 In fact, Blocker looked utterly unphased through the draft.
3.  Carl Crawford will likely be worth his $30 salary this year.  More 
importantly, he will be one of the better keepers for 2013.  You can 
thank me later.

Jeff


-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Klein <anrklein at gmail.com>
To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
Sent: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 9:53 am
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] 2012 Draft Day Self-Analysis: Riptorns


I'll try, too ...

DRAFT DAY STRATEGY

*Dog Blocker as much as possible in retaliation for the 2010 Wieters 
Trade.
*After dealing Sabathiato to Winick, spend less money on my entire 
pitching staff than CC's salary.
*Get outfielders who are likely to play every day.
*Limit myself to two cups of coffee so as not to spend half the draft 
in pain because I had to take a piss.

WHAT WENT RIGHT

*Succeeded in annoying Blocker and bidding up enough of his guys to 
ensure that the Bombers won't compete in 2012.
*Sabathia's salary $34.  Klein Nine pitching staff $32.  Check.
*Got every day outfielders.
*Limited coffee intake to two cups.

WHAT WENT WRONG

*In bidding up Blocker, I got stuck with some bums myself.  (Seth Smith 
at $12?)
*Used the biggest coffee mug in Winick's office, so two cups of coffee 
felt like five.
*Ended up buying Carl Crawford when I had no intention of doing so.  
Crawford was a "Winick Pick," and the magazine said to bid with 
confidence up to $30.  I was blithely moving things along, and then 
everyone else just stopped.

-Andy



On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com> 
wrote:
Great to see everyone. Dennis, welcome my friend to the show that never 
ends. Jim B, congrats and all the best to your wife and you. And to 
everybody else, it was great to see everyone looking so moderately 
healthy.

Now, let me propose something. This proposal certainly is not intended 
to displace Jeffrey's typically self-serving analysis of the draft, but 
I ask each team to consider posting its own critical and objective 
analysis of its draft day performance. 

I will begin:

DRAFT DAY STRATEGY:
   * Avoid drafting Shoppach and Cervelli again.
   * Corner the market on SB by getting one more impact SB guy.
   * Draft decent SP for under $20.
   * Draft one reasonably priced thumper. 
   * Pick up enough sleepers and keepers via auction and rotation draft 
to shop to Winick when his team crashes and burns in June.

WHAT WENT RIGHT
   * Arrived too late to gorge on doughnuts.
   * Personally escorted to draft by always affable Mark Kerber.
   * Elvis at 27, nice SPs from 7 to 17.
   * Restocked the Prospect Parade (Segura-1, yes!!).

WHAT WENT WRONG
   * Arrived too late to gorge on doughnuts.
   * Personally escorted to draft by always affable Mark Kerber.
   * Lind-21, Smoak-12, no thumpers and Andrus surrounded by the likes 
of Getz and Brignac.


OK--who's next??
  


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