The Brats are going to win. End of story.<br><br>This trade locks the Nukes into second.<br><br>The real this battle is for third: AYM v. Winick v. K9. Bring it on!!<br><br>-Andy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Brad Jansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bljansen@gmail.com" target="_blank">bljansen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>As I wrote a few days ago:</div>
<div> <br>FLAMING BRATS: <br> What to expect: Team stays the course and <font color="#ff0000">hopes Nukes and Berliners fail to make big</font> <font color="#ff0000">moves</font>. In any event, such dump deals could help Brats because they'd grab offensive points from dumpers. Main concern is pitching holds steady--and that's a question mark.<br>
Player to watch: Pujols. Period. End of story.<br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><i>ANALYSIS:</i></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Verlander better risk than Darvish and even Young's declining production is big improvement over that slug Smoak. In today's slow trade market, Nukes could not realistically expect a better haul, especially after they previously traded their other chit, Nick "Franklin" Mint. It's shaping into a two-team brawl. Will the Brats counter-punch?</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 7:10 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" target="_blank">springkerb@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"><font color="black" face="arial"><font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Just to see if anybody's still awake out there, the Nukes have traded Yu Darvish and Don Kelly to the Red Hots for Justin Verlander and Michael Young.</font></font><font color="black" face="arial"><br>
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