Critique My Fantasy Baseball Teams?
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Team one decent batting, need pitching.\n\nTeam two good pitching, and decent batting.\n\nGet pitching now.\n\nQuarter way through season change some batting.\n\nI'm no expert, though I play and have a decent record.
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I would look at starting Vlad Guerrero full-time rather than Gomes.  Keep Wright at 3rd as he offers power plus stolen bases and batting average rather than Glaus.  Dump Baez for another closer.  Unless you really need the strikeouts, keep Hernandez on the bench until his ERA comes down.  Unless you are in my Yahoo League, do not cut him.\n\nThe big thing you have to do, given your games per position maximum, is to adjust your lineup DAILY to make sure you get stats whenever possible.  This might hurt the batting average, but a 1 for 4 with an RBI might be better than no stats.
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I'd take the second one.  Some decent power there with Dawson, Cepeda, and Killebrew, while the first group is more contact hitters for average.  Starting pitching not quite as good as the first group, but still with Marichal, Niekro, and Feller, a decent staff.  No real reliever though.
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I disagree if anything you can afford to trade speed.  Weeks, Granderson and Sizemore are all SB threats.  You could move one for some power, or drop Wilson for a more productive OF. Maybe trade Howard for a more experienced bat as well. I love your pitching.  Don't think I'd drop anybody when Liriano finally moves into rotation.
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this team is definately one of the more solid i've seen top to bottom...for a 12-team league, ur hitters are unbelievable, and your pitchers are pretty good as well...definately do that trade, it'd really benefit ur offensive production.
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C- Victor Martinez (Cleveland Indians)\n1B- Albert Pujols (St. Louis Cardinals)\n2B- Jeff Kent (LA Dodgers)\nSS- Derek Jeter (New York Yankees)\n3B- Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees)\nLF- Manny Ramirez (Boston Red Sox)\nCF- Andruw Jones (Atlanta Braves)\nRF- Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants; he is still the most feared hitter in baseball)\nDH- David Ortiz (Boston Red Sox)\n\nSP- Pedro Martinez (New York Mets; if Roger Clemens isnt available)\n\nCP- Mariano Rivera (New York Yankees)\n\nDefinately a tough question. Pujols is a definate, always will be, and so is Ortiz at DH, and A Rod at 3B...but the other ones were tough. I tried to have a lineup with some lefties, switch hitters and tried to makie it a balanced lineup with some power, some average and definately some clutch in Jeter at SS. Rivera is the best closer ever, without question if you ask me, and Pedro is awesome at SP, but it was tough between him and Schilling just because of how tough Schilling is. I believe that Pedron is definately better though now, also in consideration was Johan Santana the LHP from the Twins. In any case, that is my lineup and Im sticking to it.
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I'd trade T. Hunter and C. Floyd for a premier colser. Maybe J. Isringhausen, B. Jenks, or M. Rivera or maybe even J. Papelbon or F. Rodriguez.\nDon't take the trade. C. Floyd is very good trade bait. While R. Cano isn't that good of trade bait. Look for J. Borowski(Flo-RP), S. Camp(TB-RP) he's goin to take over the closing job in TB cuz T. Walker is on the DL. I'd would alos look into trading J. WEstbrook or T. Armas for T. Hoffman or M. Gonzalez, closers that don't get that much oppurtunities but will give u a save here and there.\nAnd that Japenese guy for the Dodgers. He's good.
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very good team but i would drop prior and pickup peavy, young, kasmir, or oswalt.\n edmonds shoulder is going to need surgery at the end of the year so his numbers will be down so i would try to get hawpe(of) or sullivan for colorado or willingham (of/c) for florida.\ndrop castillo for lopez(2nd/ss) for the reds\ndrop c. guillen for young(ss) of the rangers
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Dont go for guys like Brandon Phillips or earlier in the year Jason Smith because they r not guys who will put up great numbers for long.I'd put Clemens on the bench.that's what i did because i have him. u have 2 many guys on the bench!!!!Chris Burke should not be the Util player. Put someone like Alou or atleast Rios at Util. Espiacially take advantage of Rios being hot right now!!!!! DO NOT BENCH HIM!!!!!!!\nC Javy Lopez-I know, u want 2 trade him because he's not producing right now, but I have him for a reason, he'll start hitting.(He better!)\n1B-Paul Konerko-Good. Exept for David Ortiz, Jim Thome, and Albert Pujols, he the best.\n2B-Brandon Phillips-Get a Jose Vidro or Josh Barfield, even those guys r goin 2 b better.\nSS-Orlando Cabrera-Your choice, I'd trade him in a package deal with someone like Jason Marquis $ Joe Crede and get a guy like Kevin Mench.\n3B-Joe Crede-Trade\nKent and Overbay keep\nJermaine Dye and Chad Tracy might want 2 hit the bench. Alu and Rios workin.\nUtil-Burke-Drop\nYour Bench is VERY good.(for a bench)\nOnce Lee and Griffey start playin, ull be hard 2 beat.\nEspiacially with that good pitching!
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Well, I could help you if I knew what your team consisted of and what positions you needed to upgrade.  SOOO, since that is not possible, I'll throw some names out there from all positions.\n\nC--none, all the good catchers are probably rounded up, unless you can find Josh Willingham on the waiver wire.  He also is available for use in the outfield.  Been in a slump lately, but the last few days he has broken out of it.\n\n1B--Ben Broussard.  When he is at home against righties, he pretty much gets a hit every time (well over .400 with 9 homers).  The only problem with him is he sits the bench when a leftie starts, so you would have to pay close attention to match-up's with him.  Also, Prince Fielder? \n\n2B--Dan Uggla, Brian Roberts, Jose Castillo, in that order.  Surely one of those 3 are available.  Also, check for Jeff Kent.  He has been on the DL and is coming off on Tuesday.  He MAY have been dropped when he got hurt and should return to his normal form.  \n\n3B--Ryan Zimmerman or Freddy Sanchez.  Zimmerman is young and looks to be figuring out MLB pitching as the year goes on.  Sanchez leads the NL in batting, very quietly.  \n\nSS--David Eckstein and Freddy Sanchez.  Sanchez is available to play at SS, as well as 2B and 3B, so he is very versatile.  Eckstein gets you hits every night, but has no power.  SS is a very hard position to find players on the waiver wire.\n\nOF--Any outfielder who plays for the Texas Rangers.  As the summer heat in Dallas warms up, the more balls that will be flying into the stands and any of their outfielders can take care of that.  Mench, Wilkerson, Matthews Jr. most notably.  Jacque Jones is starting to figure out NL pitching and should be available.  Let's see....possible consider Randy Winn or Curtis Granderson as well.  \n\nYou mentioned nothing about pitching, so I'll stop there.  Hope this helps a bit.
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brian roberts: is he going to be able to go for the first part of the season?  you could shift freel to 2nd and grab another outfielder (one with power... are raul ibanez or geoff jenkins available?)  cabrera is a great hitter, so is his teammate jeremy hermida.  but the marlins will struggle to score... LOVE mike young and aramis ramirez.  sean casey could surprise!\n\ni like your pitching staff, rodriguez is going to be the best in the game very soon. valverde... hmm, we'll see. i do think vazquez and zito will bounce back... in fact the whole A's team feels good to me.  take a look at dan haren if he's available.\n\nhope they work out for you... 1 more day!
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A 18-team league!  Wow.  BTW, people cannot see your FA pool because they are not in your league.\n\nJason Smith could be just a hype.  He is not a everyday starter yet.  be careful.\n\nYou should be able to find someone better than Rocco Baldelli.  And no exact timetable for his return yet.\n\nJ.J. Hardy is ok, but as a bench/utility he is too weak.  Another 1B/OF would be better.\n\nYour pitchers are OK, but not specially good (maybe because of the 18-team).  Guys like Hendrickson, Verlander, Pineiro, they are not in good teams and won't help you with Win, ERA, WHIP, and even K.  You may want to get some relievers instead.
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I'd take a flyer on Martin or Napoli, the rookies who are putting up betters numbers than any of the others.  Ride Napoli while he's hot.  The thing about cathchers is you can always pick up an average one from the wire, so unles syou are coming up to a pick-up deadline, or you have a limit in your league, just pick the hot hand.   A month ago that was Ross, but he seems to have cooled off, and I didn't expect him to last.   I personally think Martin will continue to hit for average, but Naoli will cool off.    I've got Johjima and Willingham, who I think are good bets, better than the rest, but Napoli and Martin are doing better now, so why not take them?  After those I'd take Estrada.
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Are you looking at a trade involving these players?  If so, I'm not so sure that I'd pull the trigger on it.  Who else do you have for a catcher?  There are not a lot of good catchers out there.  Barrett is suspended, but has hit fairly well this year.  Sexson and Ensberg are worth keeping because they can produce pretty well.  Iguchi is a decent player, but I'm not so sure that I would keep him.  I don't know much about Atkins or Soler.\n\nShelton has only hit 4 or 5 home runs in the past couple of months, with the number of solid 1B in baseball, you can probably find better numbers from a different 1B.  Hall is a good grab because of his versatility, you can play him at a number of positions.  Phillips and Lopez have been playing well, as has Zimmerman.  Feliz has gotten some good playing time and produced fairly well this year.  I'm a little hesitant with Castillo because he hasn't played as well lately, though he is good for some speed numbers.\n\nI hope this has helped at least a little bit.
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Get rid of Clemens and Spahn and take Juan Marichal.  That gives you 2 lefty's and 3 righty's and a good combination of pitchers.
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I would keep Lee and Sheffield.\n\nTejada's numbers have the best chances of going down based upon the rest of that lineup and team chemistry.\n\nAlthough, if you drop Sheffield, because OF has so much depth, you may be able to get him back and minimal cost or a good draft location (depending on the draft type).\n\nI think you are set with any of the three.
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C-      J. POSADA                              \n     M. LIEBRATHAL\n1-       J. GIAMBI                                  \n     R. HOWARD\n2-       R.CANO                                   \n      C. UTLEY\nSS-    D. JETER                                 \n     J. ROLLINS\n3-       A-ROD                                     \n      S. ROLEN\nOF-    J- DAMON                                 \n      P. BURRELL\nOF-    G. SHEFFIELD                          \n      B. ABREAU\nOF-    J. MICHAELS                             \n      A. ROWAND\nP-       M. MUSSINA\n      T. GORDAN (CLOSER)