<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hello,</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">SDQ is looking a bit weaker than last season (95-67), in which we made the playoffs (hooray!) and were easily swept in the division series (boo!). SDQ, as a team, is getting older and has too many holes to fill. It is decision time on if to completely rebuild (through youth!) or plug holes and hope.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I prefer players/prospects over picks so please don't take my "value assessment" below as the pick (or picks) I would in trade. I do have excess in LF (OAK Smith), 3B (Freese, Davidson, Chisenhall) and backup/part time catcher (DET Pena, MIL Maldonado, MIN Herrmann).</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Positional assessment and needs are:</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:
'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">2B: Massive hole with Uggla and fringe prospects</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">SP: Ok but not deep, would like another LH SP (swap of Morton, Kendrick or Pettibone for LH SP)</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">RP: Ok but not deep.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">1B: Loney. Very good card, getting older, would like to go younger.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:
'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">CF: Bourn. Down year, still an ok card, would like to go younger.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">RF: Venable (great card) and Schierholtz (good card). Would like to go younger.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">SS: Cozart. would like upgrade ... many other needs to worry about first.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">DH: Butler. Am ok with Butler, can trade if needed. "off
year" for him.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">3B: Freese, Chisenhall, Davidson. Not great, some prospects here so am other needs first.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">LF: PIT Marte, OAK Smith. No changes here!</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">C: WAS Ramos plus depth. Am ok here!</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">How I rate 'em ... and yes, in typical IBL fashion I have probably been generous in my evaluation of my own players!!</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">1st+ round value (solid starters, good cards, has future value):</div><div style="background-color: transparent;">SD Venable RF/6/C/+1 111/115/225 Ex 120/131/230 Ex 2/10/3 CF/7/E/+1</div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt;">TB Loney
1B/8/F 150/171/195 Fr 159/182/218 Av</span><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;">KC Butler 1b/3/I 117/178/173 Av 129/198/171 Av</div><div style="background-color: transparent;">CLE Bourn CF/7/F/0 119/146/146 Pr 124/158/183 Pr 4/8/2</div><div><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">1st/2nd round value:</div><div style="background-color: transparent;">STL Freese 3B/7/H 113/176/178 Av 109/175/158 Fr</div><div style="background-color: transparent;">ARI Davidson 3b/8/G 89/162/174 Av 77/147/175 Vg</div><div style="background-color: transparent;">PHI Pettibone RH SP 123/181/171 110/155/164
~25 DF v both</div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">2nd round value:</div><div style="background-color: transparent;">CHN Schierholtz RF/6/E/+1 45/94/99 Av 100/114/217 Ex</div><div style="background-color: transparent;">CLE Chisenhall 3B/6/G 35/48/96 Av 87/100/160 Vg</div><div style="background-color: transparent;">DET Pena C/5/F/0 147/147/183 Pr 156/159/191 Av 1b/K</div><div style="background-color: transparent;">PIT Morton RH SP 117/199/135 113/158/129 total of 7 DF on card</div><div style="background-color: transparent;">TOR Buehrle LH SP 100/125/155
121/142/183 6 pk</div><div style="background-color: transparent;">PHI Kendrick RH SP 103/123/142 152/176/200 nice reverse RH </div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div><br></div><div>3rd round value:</div><div><div>OAK Smith LF/9/H/+1 95/133/145 Fr 116/167/197 Fr rf/3/G/+1</div><div><div>LAA Fife RH SP/RP 156/207/203 128/176/207 Fr/-4 hold</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div><div>The rest:</div><div><div>MIL Maldonado C/7/F/-1 41/60/78 Fr 28/71/70 Av 2 pk 1b/I</div><div><div>ATL Uggla 2B/5/J 17/126/67 Vg 27/133/102 Ex</div><div><div>SD Cedeno SS/2/G 121/135/157 Fr 103/122/141 Pr 1b/0/K
3b/0/K</div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Not going anywhere: Marte, Ramos, Chacin, Tillman.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">No point in trading them: Clippard, Perkins, Medina</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco,
monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Cheers,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Larry</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div></div></body></html>