Need recommendations for a 1B switch

[palacekillers]

Trade offers are not panning out so I need to drop Lance Berkman and add some right handed power to this team in Fenway Park.

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2007/team/team_other.html?user_id=1756

I apologize for the crudity of this copy, but here are the available 1B. Please let me know who you suggest for Fenway that will crush the ball for me.

Helms, Wes FLA R 1B 3e4 240 19 10 47 21 0 .329 .390 .575 1 2R 9.77M
Thome, Jim CHW L 1B 4e7 490 26 42 109 107 0 .288 .416 .598 1 8R 8.82M
Loney, James LAD L 1B 2e6 102 6 4 18 8 1 .284 .342 .559 1 1R 6.90M
Delgado, Carlos NYM L 1B 4e9 524 30 38 114 74 0 .265 .361 .548 1 3R 5.95M
Giambi, Jason NYY L 1B 5e21 446 25 37 113 110 2 .253 .413 .558 1 2R 5.87M
Norton, Greg TB S 1B 3e8 294 15 17 45 35 1 .296 .374 .520 1 1R 5.79M
Saenz, Olmedo LAD R 1B 4e18 179 15 11 48 14 0 .296 .363 .564 1 4L 5.79M
Overbay, Lyle TOR L 1B 2e10 581 46 22 92 55 5 .312 .372 .508 1 3R 5.71M
Cuddyer, Michael MIN R 1B 4e13 557 41 24 109 62 6 .284 .362 .504 1 1L 5.32M
Gonzalez, Adrian SD L 1B 1e8 570 38 24 82 52 0 .304 .362 .500 1 E 5.30M
Sexson, Richie SEA R 1B 3e4 591 40 34 107 64 1 .264 .338 .504 1 3R 5.30M
Ward, Daryle ATL L 1B 4e24 130 10 7 26 15 0 .308 .380 .546 1 8R 5.08M
Youkilis, Kevin BOS R 1B 2e7 569 42 13 72 91 5 .279 .381 .429 1 E 5.03M
Coste, Chris PHI R 1B 4e5 198 14 7 32 10 0 .328 .376 .505 2 1R 4.74M
Duncan, Chris STL L 1B 5e25 280 11 22 43 30 0 .293 .363 .589 1 9R 4.72M
Willingham, Josh FLA R 1B 4e8 502 28 26 74 54 2 .277 .356 .496 1 3L 4.72M
Anderson, Marlon LAD L 1B 4e16 279 16 12 38 25 4 .297 .354 .513 1 4R 4.60M
Garciaparra, Nomar LAD R 1B 3e6 469 31 20 93 42 3 .303 .367 .505 3 2L 4.46M
Garko, Ryan CLE R 1B 4e22 185 12 7 45 14 0 .292 .359 .470 1 1L 4.07M
Derosa, Mark TEX R 1B 4e25 520 40 13 74 44 4 .296 .357 .456 1 5L 3.69M
Aurilia, Rich CIN R 1B 3e9 440 25 23 70 34 3 .300 .349 .518 2 5L 3.62M
Valentin, Jose NYM L 1B 4e25 384 24 18 62 37 6 .271 .330 .490 1 5R 3.54M
Kent, Jeff LAD R 1B 3e22 407 27 14 68 55 1 .292 .385 .477 3 3L 3.49M
Millar, Kevin BAL R 1B 4e7 430 26 15 64 59 1 .272 .374 .437 1 2R 3.43M
Shelton, Chris DET R 1B 4e10 373 16 16 47 34 1 .273 .340 .466 1 1R 3.34M

[visick]

51 games in, you are seeing OVER 2X as many RH's to LH's and you wanna release your HR leader?

Ummm...bad move.

I'd say Jenks is hurting you more than Berkman is.

What are your lineups?

[palacekillers]

That is exactly the opposite of what I have been told in the past. I was told that Beltran and Berkman were all wrong for Fenway and that I need to get rid of one for a right handed masher. I guess I don't know who to listen to any more.

[palacekillers]

Sorry, almost forgot the lineups.

Brian Roberts
Jimmy Rollins
Vlad Guerrero
Beltran
Chone Figgins
Lance Berkman
The rest depend on the pitcher. Combination of Aubrey Huff, Mike Matheny/Chris Iannetta, and whoever I throw in as DH.

[jodynadu]

looks like you have 6 switch hitters on your team and you want to drop Berkman?

You have $$$ in your pocket and 4 CF's besides Beltran.

Keep Berkman and bat him where he should drive in runs. If you really want RH power -> Wes Helms from the list.

But it is a mistake.

[palacekillers]

Why were people telling me I had too many lefties and switch hitters and that I should dump one and go for right handed power? I'm so confused now.

[jodynadu]

you certainly do have too many... but make Beltran/Berkman work for you if you aren't seeing LHP!!!

Your bullpen has too many R1s. But you should outscore alot more opponents than you are.
You must have slow hook setting for King Felix. He is getting hit too hard.

vs. RHP
1. Lofton DH
2. Beltran CF
3. Vlad RF
4. Berkman 1B
5. Huff 3B
6. Rollins SS
7. Roberts 2B
8. Ianetta C
9. Figgins LF

[palacekillers]

I will try that lineup tonight.

I just made some pitching changes to get some longer lasting relief pitchers. I also changed closers and dumped a non-* starter for Greg Maddux, so I now have a four man * rotation.

[durantjerry]

To try to unconfuse you: The dimensions of your park favors RH power over LH power by 100%(6-3), although it is by no means a power hitting haven. If you are going to have some power on your team, most should be RH, as 85%(20-3) of the #HR's hit by someone batting LH in at least 81 of your games will become outs. If you were to have some lefthanded power, they should have natural HR's that are not dependent on the ballpark dimensions. Both Beltran and Berkman fall into this "natural" HR hitter category, but the reality is they will both be punished by the dimensions of your home park to some extent. Having one of them would be OK, having both is too many in most peoples view IMO. Where your team is underway, cutting either of them may be more harmful than helpful with the 20% penalty. If it was before the season, I think almost anyone would tell you to trade one of them. There are no rules written in stone in SOMO, but when I first started I was reading a post by a top player, who when describing why he didn't pick a guy for his team, said he never liked to have his best player not be getting the benefit of his home park. Again, I'm sure some have succeeded in other ways, but this is a good rule to follow when you are startring out IMO. Your team has it's top TWO players not getting the benfit of the dimensions of your home park.

[palacekillers]

Ok, so to return to my original question, if trades are not an option which guy on that list do I cut Berkman for?