Very nice report! Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 24, 2011, at 12:57 PM, [email protected] wrote: > First year back went better than expected, as team record appears to have > improved over last year. We made some trades and continue to look ahead for > more trades. > The first player we were considering trading for a nice blockbuster trade is > uber stud Clay Buchholz. Not a fire sale. I might not be as eager to trade > since he will get a relief rating as he is heading to bullpen upon his > return, probably next week. > Our starting pitching for next year looks pretty good without Buchholz. Big > game James Shields takes over as our #1 SP in 2012 followed by Chacin, Lohse, > and Stauffer. At this time, we plan to plug in Derek Holland as number #5 SP > and obtain #6 guy in the draft or through trade. 4 of our top 5 SPs were > obtained in trade or draft in 2011. Chen could end up #6 (also from 2011 > draft). On the bubble is Dempster, Carmona, and Mazzaro. I do not expect > those three guys will be returning next year. > Our bullpen looks better starting in 2012 than what we had starting in 2011. > Valverde remains our big time closer. Byrdak takes over as our LT RP and we > will be shopping in the draft for a second one. We believe Chen will not go > to the bullpen this year. SPs without a RP rating are too ineffective for my > likes. Webb and Wood will be throwing from the right side. We plan to get > some RP relief in draft again, as I notice an adequate supply is already > available. Buchholz might make a great reliever for 2012 if he gets the > rating. > C- Very happy with Carlos Ruiz and Jonathon Lucroy. We usually like to have > three catchers, but at this time Max Ramirez has no playing time, so he will > probably NOT be making the trip north next year from spring training. > 1B- Very happy with Gabby Sanchez. At this time we do NOT expect Russell > Braynan to be on our team next year. (5) > 2B- a big hole. We are happy, though, with Sean Rodriguez. Our experiment and > gamble with Bill Hall failed so he is gone (6). Schumacker stays and Hill is > on the bubble (7). Since we have an extra pick already, we need 11 drops. > 3B- Very happy with Kevin Youkilis. Inge is on the bubble (8). > SS- We like Carroll and Rollins. > OF- Very happy with Morrison in LF. Swisher keeps RF warm for Bryce. Happy > with Bourjos in CF. Willingham is doing nice as is Adam Jones. On the bubble- > Patterson (9), and Diaz(10). At this time I see no playing time for Kalish > and I need 11 drops. His minor league stats are yawners. > NCR- All six are keepers, we hope Montero gets called up in September and > ends up with catcher rating so we have our third catcher for 2012. This would > open up a spot for an NCR. Otherwise, we are staying pat, giving Purke one > more year to prove himself. > On the trading block= Buchholz, Carmona, Dempster, Mazzaro, Ramirez, Branyan, > Hall, Hill, Inge, Patterson, Diaz, and Kalish. > We could be happier at 2B and SS. > Later, > Ray-BKN > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NOMBL" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nombl?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NOMBL" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nombl?hl=en.
