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[Quahogs]

Senior analyst at Vanguard is stepping down. Something to do with his recommendation of J.Hamilton as a top 5 pick this year. Cramer tweeted they're looking to go tall and tan... hmmm

[Glenneration X]

Senior analyst at Vanguard is stepping down. Something to do with his recommendation of J.Hamilton as a top 5 pick this year. Cramer tweeted they're looking to go tall and tan... hmmm

Yes, but while at the brokerage firm of Duke and Kenyon, he recommended Trout as a top-3 pick. Cramer's weighing that whiff against the tall and tan assets... hmmm.

[DOUGHBOYS]

Senior analyst at Vanguard is stepping down. Something to do with his recommendation of J.Hamilton as a top 5 pick this year. Cramer tweeted they're looking to go tall and tan... hmmm

Yes, but while at the brokerage firm of Duke and Kenyon, he recommended Trout as a top-3 pick. Cramer's weighing that whiff against the tall and tan assets... hmmm.

Glenn, a question, maybe two.
This has nothing to do with your smartass reply above or the recent Shandler discussion....So, this isn't a Gekko trap or something of that nature

You took Trout, McCutchen, and Kemp in your three big drafts. You selected Trout higher than the other two because expectations were higher, so that much is a given, and I don't know if you had McCutchen or Kemp higher on your draft lists...

The question is: A month into the season, would you have selected somebody else knowing what you know now in any of these drafts?
And...Of the three picks, knowing what you know now, who do you feel will have the most superior stats by the end of the year?

Again, these are not questions that are tied to recent posts.
Just honest answers.

[KJ Duke]

Senior analyst at Vanguard is stepping down. Something to do with his recommendation of J.Hamilton as a top 5 pick this year. Cramer tweeted they're looking to go tall and tan... hmmm

Yes, but while at the brokerage firm of Duke and Kenyon, he recommended Trout as a top-3 pick. Cramer's weighing that whiff against the tall and tan assets... hmmm.

I've regressed!

[Glenneration X]

Glenn, a question, maybe two.
This has nothing to do with your smartass reply above or the recent Shandler discussion....So, this isn't a Gekko trap or something of that nature

You took Trout, McCutchen, and Kemp in your three big drafts. You selected Trout higher than the other two because expectations were higher, so that much is a given, and I don't know if you had McCutchen or Kemp higher on your draft lists...

The question is: A month into the season, would you have selected somebody else knowing what you know now in any of these drafts?
And...Of the three picks, knowing what you know now, who do you feel will have the most superior stats by the end of the year?

Again, these are not questions that are tied to recent posts.
Just honest answers.

Dan, you'll probably notice the similarities in the types of players I targeted in the first round for my Main Events. Part of my draft strategy this year was to start off each draft with an elite power/speed OF who would contribute across the board for all offensive categories. In fact, of the ten NFBC drafts I took part in March, I drafted this type of player in the first round for 9 of them, getting Trout once, Kemp three times, McCutcheon three times, Cargo once, and Harper once.

The only draft where I went in another direction was the Diamond where I grabbed Cano out of the 7-hole after Trout, Braun, McCutch, Kemp, and Cargo went picks 2 thru 6.

The truth is that outside of Braun who I had in his own tier, I had the other four ranked very closely in the same tier offering similar skill sets. Some maybe provided slightly better power, others speed, others BA, but all players I was very happy to start with. However, since I did have to rank them in some order if given the choice between any two or three of them, I decided I would go Trout first, followed by Kemp, McCutch, then Cargo. I based this order on ceiling rather than floor.

If I had to re-rank them now, I might have McCutch jump Kemp, though that's far from certain, and I'd likely have Upton and Harper added to the tier rather than kept in the next tier I included them in March. As far as Trout is concerned, I'd likely still rank him first in that tier after Braun.

[Edwards Kings]

Senior analyst at Vanguard is stepping down. Something to do with his recommendation of J.Hamilton as a top 5 pick this year. Cramer tweeted they're looking to go tall and tan... hmmm

Yes, but while at the brokerage firm of Duke and Kenyon, he recommended Trout as a top-3 pick. Cramer's weighing that whiff against the tall and tan assets... hmmm.

I've regressed!

So...you are on 5'10" now?