<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yiv4071032868"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_2578"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_2577"><div id="yiv4071032868yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488250796_2436">Going into the draft, CAN has a surplus of C and RP and is looking to deal a couple of pieces:</div><div id="yiv4071032868yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488250796_2477"><br></div><div id="yiv4071032868yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488250796_2550">1. We have four catchers, which is one or two too many. <br></div><div id="yiv4071032868yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488250796_2548"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv4071032868yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488250796_2549">CLE Gomes 103 OPS+, decent CS stats.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv4071032868yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488250796_2574">SD Hedges 94 OPS+, OK CS stats, young and improving.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv4071032868yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488250796_2598"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_2595">NYN Mesoraco 95 OPS+, mediocre arm, hit much better with NY and appears to have a piece of the job there.<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_3725">ATL Rivera Just a backup and not playoff eligible, but 800 OPS vRH and threw out 41% of opposing basestealers. If you need a late round spot catcher anyway, you could do worse.<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_4885"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_4938">I rank them Gomes > Hedges > Mesoraco >> Rivera</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_4936"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_4937">I'd ask for the following:</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_6034"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_7194">Gomes #2, Hedges #3, Mesoraco #4, Rivera some later round pick.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_7196"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_9581">2. OAK Rodney</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_9580"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_10723">Still doing his time-defying thing. He had interesting reverse platoon splits last year, in that RH killed him but he shut down LH. Has a job lined up next year doing more of the same.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_10722"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_10716">I'd ask a mid-to-late pick for him.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_10717"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_10721">He's the guy I want to move, but I am prepared to discuss others (Crick, Davis, Yates, Strahm) if the price is right.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_10718"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_10719">Looking for:</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_10720"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1543488653993_10724">Picks, another SP, a decent RF or CF, vLH bats<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>