So, by doing deals that hurt each of us we are where we started and Kerber is better off?<span></span><br><br>On Wednesday, July 10, 2013, Jeffrey Winick  wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Rich,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I couldn’t help myself and had to take a quick look.  I compared Parker and Fister assuming that you would have made up any difference there.  Well…..let’s just say that things were even worse than I thought.    Hey at least after considering everything you picked up an extra win to compensate for the 21 fewer strikeouts , considerably worse ERA and lousy ratio.  And Wieters has hit 4 more home runs that Flowers, so it wasn’t a total loss.  ;-)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">But for consolation, here’s Valverde’s stats for my team:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">6.7 innings, 9.45 ERA and 1.96 WHIP.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">And Sabathia has a 3.99 ERA to go with his mere 112 K’s over 133 innings pitched.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">He’s an evil genius I tell you.   Right up there with Brad Lee.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Jeff<u></u><u></u></span></p><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="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'announce-bounces@usml.net');" target="_blank">announce-bounces@usml.net</a> [mailto:<a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'announce-bounces@usml.net');" target="_blank">announce-bounces@usml.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Robbins<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 10, 2013 2:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> USML Announcements<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Beware Mark Kerber!!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p>Amen Jeff.  I don't want to go back and see how my stats would have differed had I not traded for Verlander and the also disappointing Weiters.  Ugh.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p>On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Jeffrey Winick <<a>jwinick@harriswinick.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Brad Lee,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Keep sipping on the Mai Tai.  Your season was already over before you left.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">According to Rotowire, Carter has a hand injury, but it’s not serious.  He’ll be back today or tomorrow.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="line-height:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><img border="0" width="100" height="100" src="cid:image001.png@01CE7D7B.5991F470" alt="Description: http://www.rotowire.com/images/teamlogo/baseball/100HOU.png"></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#666666">7/9/2013</span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="line-height:15.0pt;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://www.rotowire.com/myrotowire/watchlist_addplayer.htm?player_ids=9694&activity_code=MLB" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#025d8c;text-decoration:none">+ Watchlist</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Carter, who is out of the Astros' lineup Tuesday in St. Louis, is suffering through a minor hand concern, after he was hit by a throw in the weekend series against the Rangers, the <a href="https://twitter.com/ChronAstros/status/354720937712680960" target="_blank"><span style="color:#025d8c;text-decoration:none">Houston Chronicle</span></a> reports.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-top:3.75pt;line-height:13.5pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Fantasy Analysis</span></b><u></u><u></u></p><p style="line-height:13.5pt;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">The absence will mark Carter's third consecutive, a span in which he fit in just one unsuccessful pinch-hit appearance. However, he participated in batting practice Tuesday, and the ailment shouldn't keep him out of commission for too much longer.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">As for the trade thing, here’s what Rotowire had to say:</span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><img border="0" width="100" height="100" src="cid:image001.png@01CE7D7B.5991F470" alt="Description: http://www.rotowire.com/images/teamlogo/baseball/100HOU.png"></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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