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<div>If I could foresee the futures of all those players, would I be watching the title race from 10th place?</div>
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<div>By the way Alex "Seis por Seis" Rios is available. Yes, he's almost certainly on the trading block. I'm willing to entertain offers now, for those who want to take on the added risk and take advantage of a reduced price. For those who are risk-averse, I'm also willing to wait for the deadline to see what happens. And I won't hesitate to retain him at $15 if he stays in the AL.</div>
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<div>Jeff: Given that you're being so complimentary, I assume you're buttering me up (or perhaps applying some lube). I'll watch for your offer.</div>
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<div>Mark "Just a Simple Country Boy" Kerber<br>
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From: Brad Jansen <bljansen@gmail.com><br>
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Sent: Wed, Jul 10, 2013 1:24 pm<br>
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<div id=AOLMsgPart_2_d1db27ea-1b5f-416c-957b-8e00a58db66f>Jeffrey, if Chris Carter were on the trade block, wouldn't the Astros be playing him?
<div>--Pissed and pissed off in Maui</div>
<div> Brad Lee Badtai</div>
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<div>P.S. Didn't bother to bring onroto password, but<I> </I> can only guess I'm in 6th now. Any keepers besides Machado and Profar left???<br>
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<div class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:22 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><FONT color=black face=arial><FONT face=arial>But for a slight miscalculation on Eric Hosmer (which apparently only Rick Gammons was wise enough to foretell - and yes, there should be lots of apologetic emails to Rick for the criticism he had to endure), Mr. K has been simply brilliant this year. One great trade after another. Consider what's he's managed to accomplish:</FONT>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">He turns Chris Carter (now rumored to be on the trading block) for the $1 Nate McLouth</div>
<div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">He turns CC Sabathia (and his obviously fading stuff) into Eric Hosmer and Chris Tillman; and</div>
<div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">He turns Valverde (once again a complete bum) into a $2 Chris Parmelee, top bean George Springer and Japaneses wunderkind Masahiro Tanaka.</div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">But his greatest masterpiece has to have been turning perhaps the single greatest disappointment in the American League in 2013 into one of the leading candidates for the Cy Young award, the $5 Yu Darvish. Here's what Buster Olney just reported on Mr. Verlander:</div>
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<SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 12px">The White Sox racked up 23 hits -- </SPAN><A style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-STYLE: none; OUTLINE-COLOR: invert; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(96,143,214) !important; FONT-SIZE: 12px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; PADDING-TOP: 0px" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/ct-spt-0710-white-sox-tigers-chicago-20130710,0,684873.story" target=_blank>six of them</A><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 12px"> by Alex Rios. </SPAN><br>
<SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 12px">From ESPN Stats & Information: For the fourth time this season, Verlander allowed five or more earned runs. That is one shy of his total from the previous two seasons combined.</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 12px"> </SPAN></div>
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<div><FONT color=#333333 face="verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; FONT-SIZE: 12px">Fair warning - he's a sneaky one that Mr. Kerber. And he clearly knows what he's doing. Of course, I say that with great admiration.</SPAN></FONT></div>
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