My comments, on behalf of Riptorn management, are in <font color="#ff0000">red.....</font><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Jeffrey Winick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jhwinick@aol.com">jhwinick@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">DRAFT DAY STRATEGY<br>1. Play it safe - build upon solid retention roster by drafting<br>relatively safe players - avoid prospects and injury risks in the<br>
auction.<br>2. Buy at bats - save enough money for late in the draft to make sure<br>I don't get stuck with part time (or worse) players in the starting lineup.<br>3. Bid up the big bats to take $$'s of the table.<br>
4. Find a seat away from Brad Lee to avoid the distractions associated<br>with Brad's constant questions.<br>5. Get a second closer from the top 3 available (Soria, Valverde and<br>Thornton) at a reasonable price.<br>
6. Build a solid pitching staff if pitching salaries stay low.<br><br>WHAT WENT RIGHT<br>1. Top dollars spent on relatively safe guys like Kendrick, Markakis<br>and Swisher. Check <font color="#ff0000">So you could spend the balance on high-risk guys: </font><font color="#ff0000">Youkilis-$25, Peavy-$9, Scherzer-$18, Thornton-$16.... </font><br>
2. Filled nearly all offensive slots and all of pitching slots with<br>full time players. Check <font color="#ff0000">I guess you could say 8 out of 14 offensive slots occupied by regulars means your cup is nearly half full. Of course, that assumes Youkilis is healthy....</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">3. Fielder $41, Pujols $46, Cabrera $43, Longoria $39, Teixeira $35, Hamilton $32, Choo $31. Check <font color="#ff0000">And don't forget Izturis $2, Plouffe $4, Reimold $10, Murphy $11. Good price enforcements there, too....</font><br>
4. Find a seat away from Brad Lee. Was working like a charm until he pathetically sat on the floor and forced an invitation to sit right next to me. Fail. <font color="#ff0000">I was fine on the floor. The only reason you invited me to take a seat was to peek at my notes.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">5. Thornton $16. Check. <font color="#ff0000">Pardon me, but Matt Thornton does not rank among the top 3 closers available in draft. <em>See, e.g.,</em> Grant Balfour ($9), Addison Reed ($15). </font><br>
6. Scherzer $18, Peavy $9, Slowey $4, Davis $1. Check. <font color="#ff0000">Peavy as likely to open season on DL as he is to appear on your active roster, Slowey cannot even beat Derek Lowe for a spot in the Indians' rotation, Scherzer's WHIP offsets any other value he may offer and Davis is Matt Morris's road kill. </font><br>
<br>WHAT WENT WRONG<br>1. Allowed Kerber to bid me up 3 separate times without ever returning the favor. Cost me $6 and invaluable pride.<br>2. Got stuck with Plouffe, Izturis and Cowgill at the end of the draft - not exactly secure playing time.<br>
3. $25 on Youkilis. Is there any player in the AL that is a greater injury risk that isn't already injured?<br>4. Allowed the young guy to mess with my mojo - inexcusable.<br>5. Failed to deliver a single pithy one liner in Brad Lee's direction - embarrassing.<br>
6. Actually drafted a nice reserve roster for the young guy who messed with my mojo - WTF was I thinking?<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: JOHN FRUIT (FAF ADVISORS INC.) <<a href="mailto:jfruit1@bloomberg.net" target="_blank">jfruit1@bloomberg.net</a>><br>
To: announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>><br>Sent: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 2:04 pm<br>Subject: [USML Announce] Fwd:FW: Fwd:Re: 2012 Draft Day Self- Brats<br><br><br> apologize if this is a duplicate, I tried e-mailing from a different e-mail address and it didn't appear it had went out. This is 2nd attempt to forward to the group.---- Original Message From: John Fruit <<a href="mailto:John.Fruit@nuveen.com" target="_blank">John.Fruit@nuveen.com</a>> At: 3/12 14:02:27-----Original Message-----From: Fruit, John (Minneapolis) Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 10:43 AMTo: '<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>'Subject: RE: Fwd:Re: [USML Announce] 2012 Draft Day Self-Analysis: BratsDraft day strategy;Obtain one of the big boppers at 1B at a reasonable pay-up to Miguel Cabrera's $39 retention salary, swear off Justin Morneau, and to keep the country music background noise to a hushed level so as not to incur the wrath of Dennis and Doug. Given a decent retention roster, make relatively safe picks.What went right;Not much. Cabrera at $43 is what I would have expected and so was fine with that. Although I didn't really need starting pitching, Morrow at $18, Masterson at $12, and Pavano in the rotation draft should make for a relatively good starting staff.What went wrong;Overpaying for Cespedes ($25) and M. Brantley ($18)at OF when guys like Nelson Cruz and Nick Markakis went for $28 and $23 respectively. Planned on being able to get back the un-retained JJ Hardy for his $19 retention price but then didn't pull the trigger and ended up with A. Escobar at $20, who is likely to disappoint. Finally, ended up with too many longshots in the saves department, and spent handsomely to do so, a combined $18 on Pestano, Glenn Perkins and Joey Devine. And Brandon Allen at Ute most certainly was not a safe pick, but more likely a Kila Ka'auhui starter kit.-----Original Message-----From: JOHN FRUIT (FAF ADVISORS INC.) [mailto:<a href="mailto:jfruit1@bloomberg.net" target="_blank">jfruit1@bloomberg.net</a>] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 9:08 AMTo: Fruit, John (Minneapolis)Subject: Fwd:Re: [USML Announce] 2012 Draft Day Self-Analysis: ---- Original Message From: <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a> At: 3/12 6:49:28 OK, I'll try.Draft Day Strategy:Don't over-study. Clear my mind. Let the Zen of the moment guide my thoughts and actions.See if Brad will still do the Robertson/Salty deal so I can get out of the catcher mosh pit.Get some quality hitters.Don't buy a second established closer (unless I get one cheap), but pick up some quality arms that could fall into some saves.What went right:Nailed the Zen thing. Had a long bike ride and a nice Italian dinner on Saturday. Knew nothing on Sunday. Ignorance is beautiful.Got the deal done. Didn't have to buy a catcher. (Waiting to see a constitutional amendment proposed to outlaw future pre-draft deals.) Got plenty of power at least.I think I got that last one done. Check with me in August.Herrera (1), Porcello (4).What went wrong:Ended up with about 12 guys I know absolutely nothing about. Who are these guys?Didn't get a deal done with Robbins at the end of the draft. I was shooting for bookend trades.Got 14 clones of Rob Deer. Looking at an all-time franchise record for lowest BA.Ate both a chocolate donut and a jelly donut at the same draft--donut equivalent of meat and dairy.Konerko (26), Jeter (21), Reynolds (18)--WTF?-----Original Message-----From: Brad Jansen <<a href="mailto:bljansen@gmail.com" target="_blank">bljansen@gmail.com</a>>To: USML Announcements <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank">announce@usml.net</a>>Sent: Sun, Mar 11, 2012 9:06 pmSubject: [USML Announce] 2012 Draft Day Self-Analysis: RiptornsGreat 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?? ______________________________<u></u>_________________announce mailing listannounce@usml.nethttp://<a href="http://lists.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/announce-----" target="_blank">li<u></u>sts.usml.net/mailman/listinfo/<u></u>announce-----</a><br>
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