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I see that I'm late to the party.<br>
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First, as official USML historian, I believe that Crawford's first
contract was $15, not $5. As I recall, Brad took him in the first
round of a rotation draft.<br>
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Second, as to Hosmer - yawn. If you're bragging about doubles, he's
not there yet. As Kerber says, let's wait a year or two. (BTW ...
just back from a trip to KC, and the sports talk was all about
hometown boy Aaron Crow.)<br>
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Third, as to the best keeper ever, I'm tempted to nominate Matt
Wieters. But, in the end, he's edged out by Bautista and Kenny
Lofton, from back in the day.<br>
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That is all.<br>
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-Andy<br>
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On 6/1/11 2:31 PM, Brad Jansen wrote:
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<div>a Rip I believe as most good young players were at one point</div>
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204, 204);"><font color="black" face="arial" size="2">I don't
think so. I'm pretty sure he was originally drafted as a
minor leaguer.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font
color="#0000ff" face="Verdana" size="2">Wasn't
Ellsbury also at $1 initially?</font></span></div>
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<font color="black" face="arial" size="2">I think
Carl Crawford's first contract ($5 as I recall)
would have to rank pretty high. Given the huge
bucket of SBs, he would have been more valuable
than either Bautista or Sizemore. Jon Lester's
original contract at $1 was pretty sweet. And I
believe Kenny Lofton was initially $4, if I
remember correctly--pretty similar in value to
Crawford (although we were playing straight roto
then, so the runs scored wouldn't have helped his
value). For power hitters, I think Cecil Fielder
for $1 would have to rank up there near the top.
I didn't have any of those guys, by the way, so
this is not self-promotion. <br>
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<pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>Naah -- it was Grady Sizemore when I had him at $1 and even after I extended
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No. That would be Bautista.
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> KC MAJ Hosmer, Eric 1B 4 2 2 2 .283 2B (6), SB (2)
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> Best? Keeper? Ever?
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