<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Mark,</div><div><br></div><div>Don't take the bait. Brad's just puffing Salty to make a market. If Brad can't pawn him off on one us us, he'll be available at the draft. </div><div><br></div><div>Avila would definitely be my choice for best value retainable catcher. Though I don't think Santana and his 26 HR at $11 is too far behind. </div><div><br></div><div>The King<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Sep 20, 2011, at 8:39 PM, "Mark Blocker" <<a href="mailto:mbblocker@aol.com">mbblocker@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Brad:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> Saltalamachia: .240 BA. Compare and contrast: Alex Avila ($7) 19-77-3-.297.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> -- Mark B.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net">announce-bounces@usml.net</a> [mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brad Jansen<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 20, 2011 5:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> USML Announcements<br><b>Subject:</b> [USML Announce] other good cheap pick ups<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">I'm basing this solely on 2011 auction acquisitions: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> $1 category: Dayan The Tank Viciedo will be good next year (maybe) and Jesus Vargas blessed us for awhile, but neither comes remotely close to Big Papi and his 314 BA, 29 taters and 95 rib-eyes....keep a closer eye on Klein next year when he starts counting off....<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> $2 category: credit to Jeffrey Winick for two great picks: Ivan Nova (15 wins, 3.81 ERA, but caution flags abound with that high WHIP and low strike out total) and Saltalamacchia (16 homers and 56 RBI--compare that to other AL catchers, dear fellows)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> $3 category: special award to K-9 for picking up AJ Burnett, just 'cos that's such a ballsy, self-destructive move.....<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">More, later..... <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>announce mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce">http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>