Board index » Word on the Street... » Sports




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 2 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: what's wrong with my fantasy team?
PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:16 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Got Some
 WWW  YIM  Profile

Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:02 pm
Posts: 1777
Location: Naperville, IL, USA Ten Club: 230xxx
Gender: Male
The Red Mosquito one, that is. I'm in 3rd to last place and I really don't think my team is that bad, though I didn't draft well (due to not being able to be there when intending to at the last minute AGAIN :() Here's some analysis:

C - Rod Barajas: I'm not going to do significantly better than this without losing something in the process. The Angels tandem killed me with its streakiness early on.
1B - Kevin Youkilis/Todd Helton: Youkilis has been great, I hedged on Pujols getting hurt and Youk staying good and I've won that one thus far. Helton has sucked but there isn't any one that's consistently better than him available here...perhaps had I gotten on the Thames bandwagon earlier...
2B - Brian Roberts/Alexei Ramirez/Kazuo Matsui: This is a pretty good tandem here, no complaints.
3B - Ryan Braun/Youkilis: I have one of the top 3B in the game, obtained in trade for Pujols, and if he goes down I can slot in Youkilis and find another 1B (Helton or FA) much easier than I can find a replacement 3B. So I'm good here.
SS - Orlando Cabrera/Clint Barmes: This is where I could use some help. Cabrera started out dismally, but has turned it around to become "above average" for the position. Barmes was on fire, again, until he got hurt, again, and hasn't been the same since, again. I could definitely use an upgrade here.
OF - Bobby Abreu/Hideki Matsui/Elijah Dukes/Alexei Ramirez: How I ended up with 2/3rds of the Yankees OF I'll never know, but it's ok. This, or the leftover Util position is probably where I am deficient on power. Still, it could be a lot worse...there's certainly a lot of VORP in that OF.
SP - Ervin Santana, Greg Maddux, Justin Verlander, Matt Garza, Kevin Slowey, Scott Baker, Mike Pelfrey, Justin Masterson: Obviously, I have a plethora of mid-tier starting pitching. I'd like to send 2:1 or even 3:1 to a team who has 1 or 2 great pitchers and the rest terrible, but there doesn't seem to be that type of deal out there. Verlander killed me early on and all the rest are FA pickups.
RP - Joe Nathan, Jon Rauch, Brian Fuentes, Brandon Lyon: My biggest strength is arguably here, as the problem with this league is there is only 2 RP slots, no P slots, so I have 2 very fine closers on the bench at all times. No one seems interested in trading for any of them, either.

So really what I need to do is unload Barmes (in a trade or just dropping him), any OF (or 2) except Abreu, at least 1 SP and 1 RP, and get a SS who's better than Cabrera and a power bat at any position in return.

Any ideas?

_________________
Saw you at: 4/23/03, 6/13/03, 6/18/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/5/04, 5/16/06, 5/17/06, EV 8/22/08, 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 10/31/09, 5/7/10, EV 6/28/11, 9/3/11, 9/4/11!

Me on Google+
Campaign For Liberty
Ludwig Von Mises Institute
antiwar.com


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: what's wrong with my fantasy team?
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:44 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Interweb Celebrity
 Profile

Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:47 am
Posts: 46000
Location: Reasonville
i would've kept pujols and played youk at third. todd helton sucks. without matsui your outfield is pretty weak now. not much power on that team. your starting pitching isn't great, but it's not bad either.

_________________
No matter how dark the storm gets overhead
They say someone's watching from the calm at the edge
What about us when we're down here in it?
We gotta watch our backs


Top
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 2 posts ] 

Board index » Word on the Street... » Sports


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
It is currently Sun Jul 06, 2025 4:14 pm