<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'>Not just yet. Apparently word of his demise is premature.<br>
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<div>RIP Tom Petty. </div>
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On Oct 2, 2017, at 3:26 PM, Blocker, Mark B. <<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:mblocker@sidley.com">mblocker@sidley.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeffrey Winick<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 02, 2017 1:51 PM<br>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">I was curious how long it would take me to come up with players who will be more valuable 2018 keepers than second baseman Whit Merrifield ($5) and his 19 HR, 34 SB and .288 BA. It didn’t take long. Looking only
at players with contracts of $5 or less, it was easy to find a bunch of guys whom most everyone other than Mark Blocker would prefer to Merrifield in 2018:</div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">The obvious candidates:</div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Eddie Rosario $1 – 27HR, 78 RBI, 9 SB, .290 BA</div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Edwin Diaz $5 – 34 Saves, 89 K (Closer)</div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Gary Sanchez $5 – 33 HR, .278 BA (C)</div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Jose Ramirez $2 – 29 HR, 17 SB, .318 BA (3B)</div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Byron Buxton $5 – 16 HR, 29 SB (OF)</div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">The close call candidates:</div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Trevor Bauer $2 – 196 K’s in 176 innings (SP) </div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Lucas Giolito $4 – 2.38 ERA, 0.949 WHIP (SP)</div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Tim Anderson $5 – 17 HR, 15 SB (SS)</div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> </div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">And that’s leaving out three guys who are so obviously better keepers than Merrifield that they couldn’t be left out, despite the fact that they’re a little more expensive:</div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Alex Bregman $10 – 19 HR, 17 SB, .284 BA (3B)</div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Aaron Judge $8 – 52 HR, .284 BA, 128 R (OF)</div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Rafael Devers $10 (3B) – the sky is the limit</div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Just to further highlight the absurdity of the Whit Merrifield nonsense, there’s even another player on the Bombers that I like every bit as much as Merrifield, but one who plays a position other than the one that
is the absolute deepest in the AL:</div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Andrelton Simmons $3 – 14 HR, 69 RBI, 19 SB, .278 BA</div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">I rest my case. And I haven’t even mentioned Shohei Otani ($5).
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">P.S. I’m taking all bets on Merrifield’s 2018 home run total being 12 or less.</div>
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