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From: Bill Strotman via Announce <announce@usml.net><br>
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Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Baseball America Top Prospects Update - The Winick Analysis<br>
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<div dir="auto" class="aolReplacedBody">Winicks guys are overrated. Was that the topic??<br>
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On Jun 30, 2018, at 5:12 PM, Richard Robbins <<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:RERobbins@itinker.net">RERobbins@itinker.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 4:45 PM Jeffrey Winick <<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:jwinick@hwhlegal.com">jwinick@hwhlegal.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The list is out and it is my pleasure to provide my analysis. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">There are 55 AL Prospects in the Top 100<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">12 are USML free agents<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Only 32 are hitting prospects<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">And only 25 of those hitting prospects are owned by a USML team<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Of the 25 hitting prospects, only a very few are presumably available for trade:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">There are 3 teams within 7 points of first place:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Bombers</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> have only 1 β #45 - Luis Roberts $5 and this is his first year
in MLB. Assuming his development doesnβt stall, we wonβt see him until 2020.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Calamari</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> have only 1 - #76 β Lourdes Gurriel $10 β but he is on a Y1 contract. Admittedly
the Calamari do a very impressive 6 Pitching prospects, but whenβs the last time one of those worked out? (See, for example Dane Dunning).<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Berliners</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> have traded away #12 - Royce Lewis $10 and #96 β Nick Gordon
$10, but still have 3 remaining - #13 β Jo Adell $10, #46 β Leody Taveras $10 and #58 β Kyle Lewis $10.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">There are another 2 teams in the 50βs:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Nukes </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">have 4 - #38 β Alex Kiriloff $2, #80 - Brandon Marsh $5, #92 β
Ronaldo Hernandez $2 and #96 β Nick Gordon $10. But the Nukes have already indicated that theyβre playing for 2019.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">AYM</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> have only 1 - #51 β Franklin Barreto $5<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">There are 4 teams in the 40βs:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Buddha</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> has 4, however one is on a running contract (#65 β Austin Hayes). The
other three are #1 β Vlad Guerrero, Jr. $5, #41 β Jake Bauers $5 and 66 β Ryan Mountcastle $5. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Lubeasts</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> have 3 though one is on a running contract - #5 β Eloy Jimenez
$13. The other two are #7 β Bo Bichette $10 and #57 β Estevan Florial $10.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Klein Nine </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">have 3 - #11 β Wily Adames $5, #25 β Francisco Mejia $5 and
#37 β Yordan Alvarez #5.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Brats </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">have 2, but one of them is on Y1 contract (#55 β Willie Calhoun
$9). The other is a good one though, #10 β Kyle Tucker $5.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Bringing up the rear are the <b>Hoosier Daddies</b> with 3, though one is on a Y1 contract (Dustin Fowler $10). The other two are #12 β Royce Lewis $10 and #78
Danny Jansen $5.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">What does it all mean, you ask. Assuming that the race is boiling down to 3 or 4 teams, there is really only one place to shop if youβre looking for top notch
prospects from which to build for the future. <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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