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The Rockin; Robins are getting Rocked ... any thoughts, opinions or suggestions on how to get things back on track? ... before it is too late ... 5 games back in the division ... tied for the wild card ... but falling fast ...

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2007/team/team_other.html?user_id=3836

Lineup versus lefties:
http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2007/league/boxscore.html?group_id=1643&g_id=774

Lineup versus righties:
http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2007/league/boxscore.html?group_id=1643&g_id=762

Without looking at the other teams in the division, your hitters are heavily slanted towards LH's. I'd have little fear of tossing RH's at you. While both Mauer and Abreu are wonderful vs RH's, neither one is a game breaker hitter.

On the pitching side, you're getting too many innings out of Downs and not enough out of Otsuka.

I'd agree with jerlins. I'm not a fan of derosa, if you can find a righty killer in his place i'd be all for it. How many lefties are in you division?

5 out of the 12 starters in the division are LH - the stadiums are Kaufman, Coors and Yankee Stadium

I thought your team looked better vs L as well, but it's hitting about equal in real life stats. One thing is your overall slugging is low, even for Shea (my shea teams usually still have a .430+ slugging, yours is .400). Cirilio kills Lefties, but is almost a nonfactor vs R. I don't even know why you are batting him 9th vs L, he needs to be a top 5 guy vs L.

A move you could make (could being the key word) is move Atkins to 1b and pick up a better value DH, Diaz is available and has always done good for me. Move Ozuna to 3b and platoon with Izturis. Then use the leftover $$ (from dropping Cirilio and DeRosa) to get a decent Def LF (ie not a 4).

Thanks for the response ... I have been trying to work a few trades, with no luck ... for whatever reason people do not even give you a response ... oh well ... with time running out, I'll look to see which moves I can make ... any other feedback would be great. Thanks