Is This Team Hopeless

[paul.czarnecki]

OK, I've been playing Strat online for 5+years now and I've never had a team stink so bad out of the gate.

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2007/team/team_other.html?user_id=4804

So, I ask for the wisdom of boarders, where did I go wrong? I didn't expect this team to be a world beater but I didn't expect them to fail miserably.

[paul.czarnecki]

Apparently it must be since no one bothered to comment. :(

[Palmtana]

It's kind of early to say your team stinks. Your ERA will come down. You are slanted to hit RHP better than you currently are. That will improve. I would use Zumaya's $ for a real closer. Your cheap RP's are getting to many innings. Check your settings. You won the series last night. Patience.

[keyzick]

Webb is the only good SP you have. Schmidt is overpriced...should be a #4.

Correia would be a decent set-up man..but like Palmtana said, you need to replace Zumaya (trade?) for a real closer.

Unless your bent on having a 1 outfielder, I'd dump Cameron for a 2 or 3 with better offense...same for Hudson. Then you could free up money to get some quality SP.

Hopefully you can accomplish through trades, otherwuise you'll be sacrificing a lot of salary $$s.

[Terry101]

Way too early to make a judgement, but, to repeat some obvious things,

You have no real closer.
Schmidt is not good for your park.
Hudson and Cameron- free up sofme dollars.

[paul.czarnecki]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm using Cordero as a "maximize" closer. I've had success in the past using closers below $1M. Have Zumaya as set-up.

You have to think Dye just isn't getting the rolls because he should be hitting more homers at Minute Maid.

[Loobee]

Being the manager in the past of some really hopeless teams I can tell you that your team is far from it. I have to agree with a couple points already posted though about needing a true closer. It is a must in my book. Also Schmidt has to go. As for Dye his numbers will come, he has never failed to produce for me in the past. He must just be getting some really nasty rolls. It is early for you yet though but if you feel the need to make moves those mentioned above would be a place to start.

[keyzick]

LOL...just realized the team you posted is in my league...just got a trade offer from you.

I was looking at the offer thinking "I don't like Shmidt, the guys being offered sound awfully familiar".... :lol:

[paul.czarnecki]

:lol:

[zonachoke]

I'm surprised others hadn't pointed this out before... but in 27 games Mike Cameron and Orlando Cabrera collectively:
(a) have reached first base at least 53 times not including HBP (48 H + 19 BB - 14 XBH = 53)
(b) stolen 1 base in 2 attempts.

I have both of them on the same team. Thru 6 games, they've collectively stolen 3 bases in their first 17 visits to 1B.

I must conclude you're somehow suppressing their SB capability... either with team or individual settings... or both.

Your team has HR power... but in an $80M cap league, it's middle-of-the-pack power. You can't afford to play Earl Weaver sit-back-and-wait-for-the-3-run-homerun ball with your speedsters.