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Hoping that I can get some opinions on southpaw starters. I currently have Pettite on a team but was thinking there may be a better and cheaper option or two out there. Being in my first 06 league any help would be appreciated. I am in a pretty lefty dominant ( hitter wise ) division with 3 lefty hitter friendly parks with one neutral. Mulder, Rodgers, Kazmir are some that are available !!!! Thanks Guys !!! Loobee

I've been favoring RH parks so I don't have the need for LHP, but I do and have had some luck w/ Davis.

Can you send a link so we can see the team? thanks. Depending on the park. I have had no luck with Mulder lately. I have Rogers on three teams and he is doing well in Coors, where he has a 3.79 ERA. I like Zito, been consistent with me. In PetCO go with Vargas - cheap and he does very well. I also have had little luck with Kazmir. I checked his card and he looks pretty good but for some reason he was mediocre against LH and got whacked against RH in the two leagues I had him. Davis is not as good as last year but good. I also had great luck with Redman in PetCo and of course in the right park paired with Randy Johnson Hampton can do .500 as a fifth starter.

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2006/team/team_other.html?user_id=5585

Here is my teams link I hope !!! I am not sure if Pettitte is worth his price tag. Thanks for any help !!!

Most of the decent cheap lefty starters give up HRs to RHs, and given your home park, I would avoid those guys....

Frst off, you should be more worried about RH hitters because I can tell you they hit foraverage at Citizen's Park. I have thatvery problem.

I generally like Petitte. He usually is consistent. You have to have one stud there. I guess I figure Moyer is okay and Glavine is a reverse LH and should be okay, although I have had no luck with him at all.

You have to check and see the BP HRs. 15 on both sides is a lot.

I have used Fassero, forgot what his numbers are in BP HRs.

I am not sure the RH pitchers will work here. You probably do not want a reverse RH pitcher.

I don't know who is available. You could check Lowry. As I said though Rogers works at Coors a 15 and 15 HR park. Is he available?

You probably don't need much change here. A little tweaking.

The guy who I am not sure about is Edmonds. Sure he has a lot of BP HRs but he is a LH who likes LH. I think you will face a lot of RH pitchers here. I have Edmonds on a Coors team that just started.

Anyhow 2 cents worth!! Good luck.

Pettitte had an ERA under 4 for me in Minute Maid, so I have to conclude that the guy is good.

Being that you're in my division and we're against each other tonight, I would strongly recommend you just cutting as many people as you can as fast as you can. That 80% rule will really pay off after awhile!

Actually, at first glance, I thought you had a few pitchers that will give up more HRs than you'll want to deal with. Your offense is scary-good. I'm gonna hate playing you.

Good luck!

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