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<div>In a past year when I had the first reserve pick, we also had a standout free agent (don't recall who that was or what year). I took him with my first pick, and he quickly signed in the NL. If either Machado or Harper is a FA on draft day, I imagine that's what will happen again.</div>
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<div class="yiv2645643881MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Now you’ve done it Mr. K, you’ve further guaranteed that Mr. B will return to his annual Drive for Five ways.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2645643881MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">I don’t have a strong feeling either way about their eligibility this year, though given how late players are signing, I do think that, at a minimum, we ought
to change the rules for future drafts. It makes no sense to me that we should have a loophole that allows a $40+ dollar player to potentially go in the reserve draft.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2645643881MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">But I’m nearly certain this isn’t going to be a problem. Let’s not get our tights all twisted up at this point. Pitchers and catchers report in just a few
short weeks. Let’s celebrate the return of baseball instead.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2645643881MsoNormal">Re the auction, that's bullshit. We have a rule, and we're not going to change it in the off-season just because that would be more convenient for some folks. I was very conscious of finishing 5th last year, and I'm not going to get screwed.</div>
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<div class="yiv2645643881MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">First, I don’t think they’ll be unsigned by March 15<sup>th</sup>, but I would agree that they should
be eligible for the auction with the express understanding that if they sign in the other league they must be dropped.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2645643881MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">As for where they land, I say Machado in Philadelphia and Harper in Washington.</span></div>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Blocker, Mark B. via Announce<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 05, 2019 10:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> USML Announcements<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Blocker, Mark B.<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] Thoughts on who will sign when and where ...?</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2645643881MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D;">And my prediction: at way less $$$ than they are seeking. Last year, JD Martinez signed in mid-Feb. for reference.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2645643881MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Proposal: if they are unsigned by March 15, they should either be (1) eligible for the auction or (2) ineligible for rotation draft.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> Announce <announce-bounces@usml.net>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 05, 2019 10:01 AM<br>
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My prediction. Phillies get Machado. Nats re-sign Harper.</div>
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Another interesting question. If they don't sign by the time of our USML draft, will they be the first picks in our rotation round?</div>
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-Andy</div>
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On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 10:40 AM Frank Luby via Announce <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" ymailto="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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Hi everyone,</div>
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It's getting tedious to refresh MLB.com 10 times a day, hoping that one of those red "Breaking News" banners will appear.</div>
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So I'm curious about everyone's best guesses on what big free agents will sign where and when. </div>
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