Apr 2 2004 12:00am

The RIMA Plan

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After six years of LIMA, most anyone can tell what you're doing within the first hour of the draft. Not so much with the RIMA Plan. RIMA is not easily recognizable from a scan of someone's roster, which is one of its hidden benefits. When I grabbed an $18 Esteban Loaiza early on in Tout Wars -- not a typical low-cost LIMA pitcher -- and then added a $15 Joel Pineiro, it was clear that something was different.

While its base is still entrenched in the LIMA philosophy, RIMA takes it one step further. It fleshes out one of the elements of the LIMA Plan and opens up some new opportunities for us.

LIMA is based on optimal resource allocation. These days, however, that's not enough. No matter how good of a...

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