I will be starting a season next week with two 5's in OF.

[Irahays]

[quote:85685ff198="durantjerry"]Getting Cordero is ideal. I would also dump Ardsma and let Cordero close, as he is perfect for your park and team. Cheap with no #HR's. You know what I would do with the $$$=More Hitting!!![/quote:85685ff198]

Haha, you're killing me. BTW, how is HAL when using defensive replacements? I have Lind/Gomes set for d-subs.

[AeroDave10]

One easy thing to keep in mind. If you want 270 HRs, that means an average of 30 HRs from every spot in the lineup. So far I see 7, maybe 8 spots potentially getting 30. The 1Bs are incredibly weak. At least pick up a guy like Jose Lopez or something.

[durantjerry]

It may be funny, but I'm not joking.

[Irahays]

[quote:b86a3cd5d6="AeroDave10"]One easy thing to keep in mind. If you want 270 HRs, that means an average of 30 HRs from every spot in the lineup. So far I see 7, maybe 8 spots potentially getting 30. The 1Bs are incredibly weak. At least pick up a guy like Jose Lopez or something.[/quote:b86a3cd5d6]

I'm sure a couple will come up short then a couple will hit 40+.

I'm actually pretty confident in Jones/Bailey platoon at 1st getting 30.

Thanks for the Jose Lopez though, I'll be honest I've never noticed him, nice hitting for his price.

[AeroDave10]

[quote:376d72e64b="Irahays"]I'm actually pretty confident in Jones/Bailey platoon at 1st getting 30. [/quote:376d72e64b]

At about that price, I'll take Chris Davis over Andruw Jones. Better production vs. righties, and a much better glove. In the end, though, I think you might as well go all out like durantjerry suggested, and get some real mashers.

[Irahays]

[quote:a75a2c4bac="AeroDave10"][quote:a75a2c4bac="Irahays"]I'm actually pretty confident in Jones/Bailey platoon at 1st getting 30. [/quote:a75a2c4bac]

At about that price, I'll take Chris Davis over Andruw Jones. Better production vs. righties, and a much better glove. In the end, though, I think you might as well go all out like durantjerry suggested, and get some real mashers.[/quote:a75a2c4bac]

Nice call on Davis, he would also give me another lefty in the lineup.

To be honest I don't understand the point in making my pitching staff weak for more hitting? What I'm trying to do is get the most production out of my offense with a solid pitching staff.

I might

[AeroDave10]

Your pitching staff isn't really "strong" right now as it is, anyways. All of your pitchers, if possible, should have ZERO bpHRs.

Johnson 0 / 3
Rodriguez 0 / 2
Zito 2 / 3
Arroyo 4 / 2

Vargas 0 / 1
Aardmsa 0 / 0
Cordero 0 / 0
Rodney 0 / 4
Johnson 1 / 3

All of the starters are risky. Rodney and Johnson don't really have a function, and Aardsma becomes a really expensive R1 if you keep Cordero to close. I'd maybe go with Sean White over Aardsma as a second R2 to soak up some innings. Just a few more thoughts.

[Irahays]

Couldn't get the pitchers I wanted, had to work with what was available. What's funny is i've actually had Zito/Arroyo at Yankee stadium before and the both did great, ERA's. under 4.00. I understand that may been a fluke.

Aards will be my closer.

Looking back I should have put Hill down on my draft list and got the ace I wanted.

[MARCPELLETIER]

Lind is gonna cost roughly 34 runs to your team defensively.

Gomes will cost 32 runs (he should save an extra 2 runs because of his arm).

DeJesus, at 4.82M, will save his team roughly 9.5 runs for his team over the course of a full season.

So, for similar $$$, Lind has to make up for 43 runs with his bat, compared to someone like DeJesus.

More or less a few runs and $$$, Gomes has to cover the same difference vs Francoeur.

Tough job, but not impossible. I have more confidence in Lind than in Gomes, mind you.

[Knerrpool]

I think your starters might be Ok but you've overpaid for relief. You're paying for 3 C6 closers (and 1 C3) which is overkill. I agree with Durantjerry to dump Aardsma and get more hitting. You may hit a lot of homeruns but they will all be solo shots as right now you have virtually no on-base besides maybe Tulo and Zim.

As far as defensive subs, HAL is pretty good about that but you might be forgetting one thing - you have to be in the lead.