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<div>First, I've checked my roster and it's generally accurate. However, the salary on Giavotella should be $3, rather than $8 (which will then bring my total active roster salary down to $260).</div>
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<div><STRONG>Glad I</STRONG> picked up some relatively cheap, young or injured guys for the future (Tex, Carter, Bourjos, Alburquerque, Feliz, Garcia, Donaldson, Giavotella). If a few of them come through, they could pay nice long-term dividends.</div>
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<div><STRONG>Wish I</STRONG> had laid off on Santana and put the money into an equivalent value hitter. I love CC, and I'll be trading him anyway, but I could have used that slot to pick up one of the cheap end game pitchers--which I also wish I had done. I'm sure I could find a taker for a $30 hitter just as easily as I'll find a taker for CC.</div>
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<div><STRONG>Bargain</STRONG> of the draft? You have to like those end game pitchers. Also, if Lohse and/or Valverde land in the AL (and if Valverde gets a closer gig), they could be reserve gems. Of course, it's a virtual lock that some cheap reserve guy or future FAAB guy is going to break out, and you never know where those guys will come from. For what it's worth, I like Fister at $17 better than Dickey at $20.</div>
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From: Mark Blocker <blockermark@gmail.com><br>
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Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Draft Day Reflections: Glad I...Wished I....Steal of The Draft....<br>
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<div>Glad I...managed my spending so that I did not end up with any dead/empty slots. Time will tell if the "no player costing more than $21" plan works.</div>
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<div>Wish I...(a) had more time to prepare for the draft and (b) had bid one more dollar on CJ Wilson. That was a steal.<br>
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<div>Steal of the draft: Its easy to pick cheap guys, but I will say these two: RA Dickey at $20 (my software had him way higher) and CJ Wilson.</div>
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<div class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 6:17 AM, Andrew Klein <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:anrklein@gmail.com">anrklein@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<br>
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</B>Glad I ... resisted Winick's offseason overtures for Edwin Encarnacion. <br>
Wished ... my back was strong enough to have sat on the floor next to Brad during the draft. I also wish I had chased some of the top middle infielders (or Jose Bautista) a little higher so I didn't have so much money left to spend on starting pitchers.<br>
Steal of the Draft: Any number of good end-game pitching purchases -- Buehrle ($2), E.Santana ($1), Nova ($1), Doubront ($1), Diamond ($1), Veras ($4). Would have loved some combination of those guys instead of spending $24 on J.Jonnson and W-Y Chen.<br>
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<div>On 3/18/13 12:18 PM, Brad Jansen wrote:<br>
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<div> I encourage each of you to submit statements to complete those phrases. I will take the liberty of going first:</div>
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<div><B> </B>Glad I...picked up impact players Fielder, Reyes and Sale.</div>
<div> Wished I....spent less on Altuve so I could have bought another SP, and bought Cody Allen for a buck instead of Bonderman.</div>
<div> Steal of the Draft: Brats get HOU closer Veras for just $4. I also will nominate my modest $4 acquisition of Chris Archer. He could be a good one, maybe even this year.....</div>
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<div>Since Jeffrey is busy today, he asked me to draft his "Glad I/Wished I" contribution, so here goes:</div>
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<div> Glad I....woke up in time to make Melky Cabrera my first purchase of the day</div>
<div> Wished I....bought better software so I wouldn't get stuck with guys like Jed Lowrie for 14</div>
<div> Steal of the Draft: Parmalee at 2. My End Game Strategy pays off again! </div>
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<div>OK, let's see some submissions!!</div>
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