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I have a five man rotation with five relievers, all R2 or better?...will that be enough at Coors?...(not neccesarily this team, but in general)...

I looked at a number of Coors/Cell teams (all successful) recently while putting together a Cell team of my own. They average 5 RP's (from 4-7). Most of the RP $ went into a couple of big guns. The highest salaried RP on the teams averaged 5.27 (Heilman, Helling, Linebrink etc.) while the second highest averaged 3.17 (Shields, Eldred, Ryan etc.) After the top two, the remnants of the staffs consisted of just as many R1's as R2's. Lots of defensive 1's scattered around on these teams too, helium. :) Are you sticking with your modus operandi in the field for this team?

three fours (with low e-ratings), two threes, two twos, one one...

and they all can hit...

Five is definitively enough, as long as you have two or three relievers take the load, and have the others take the rest. With that strategy, even four could be enough.

I've had an unusally high number of blown saves early on, but this team is otherwise doing fine with only 5 relievers.
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94 wins in coors 5 relivers,

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