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My third team, and I'm going to try something fun! I'm playing at Coors, and I am going with all less than a mil starters. I paln to go with overwhelming offense, decent defense, and strong relievers. I've got everything else sketched out, except my relief staff. I'd like to pay 18.5 for 5 or 6 relief guys. How many studs would you recommend, 3, 4, 5? and who would you recommend to help me win those 12-11 games at Coors? I am going to start 3 lefties and two righties, so i think it would be good to have at least one reliever on each side who will be good agsinst stacked lineups, plus a closer, and a good balanced guy. Nathan, Hensley, and Gonzales look good to me so far.

I haven't played in Coors myself but guys like Heilman and Helling might be valuable because of their r3 endurance rating.

Put a link to your team if you already have drafted one.

If not, I would make a couple of suggestions based on my experience with Coors.

You can spend a little more on starting pitching if you want.

Make sure to pay close attention to BP # on your pitchers cards, these will most likely be homers at Coors. Same goes for hitters.

Pitchers I have used there are Byrd, Lackey, Huarang, Glavine (he didn't do well for me, but has for others) Burnett, Colon, Buerle, Mulder.

They are what they are...remember only half of your games are at Coors

Relievers that I have used with some success Vogelsong, T. Williams, and Lebrink. The one must have is Aaron Heilman, I have had him on all but one Coors team and he has done the Job as Setup and Closer.

Look for R2 or R3 though since your starters won't last more than 4-6 innings for the most part.

I also have had success with Kerry Wood against Righty's at Coors

Just some thoughts

Bodie