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I play in Dodger stadium. Division's parks are ProPlayer, Shea, and BankOne. Klesko is the DH and Alfonzo and McClemore are the 3Bmen.

I'm not sure if I did the link right...

Some observations...

First, you've got a helluva lot invested in your pen! You won't need all three of those relief studs, either Rivera or Guardado would be fine! Keep Gordon too and you've got yourself mostly covered. Downgrade one of those closers to an R2 or R3 in the 1.50-2.00mil range and you'll be fine. As between those two closers, the righty-friendly homer rating of Dodger Stadium would recommend you keep Rivera over Guardado.

Second, you need to upgrade at your DH/OF position. You've got 8 decent hitters, but need a ninth. It isn't clear from looking at your team what you envision your lineup to be, although I imagine you'll have Klesko at 1B? That leaves an outfield of Ford, Beltran and Clark, and the question of who your DH is going to be. If you downgrade Guardado, use the freed up $$ to upgrade Vizcaino or Krynzel.

NOW - be aware that at this point your lineup is almost exclusively populated by righthanded bats - a good thing in Dodger Stadium, but too much of a good thing can cause your opponents to throw nasty ass unbalanced pitching at you. When you upgrade your DH or one of your corner outfielders, make him a lefty! You might also want to swap one of your existing righties for another lefty. I'm playing in another righthanded batting haven (Wrigley), and found it helpful to field a lineup with three lefties in it, just to keep the opponents honest...plus, if you have any lefty-friendly parks in your division, you'll want to have at least some pop from that side of the plate when on the road...

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Hey thanks for your advice. I could get rid of Guardado but I was hoping to overpower with my bullpen. I tried that with another team and made it to game seven of the finals before losing. I had in mind using Hansen at 1B (pretty good OBP) and Klesko at DH. I realize I should get another Lefty batter too. Thanks for your help.

Made some changes. I now have three lefties in my lineup and two switch hitters. Should balance things out eh?

I had to get rid of Clark and got Newhan as he's a lefty. OBP is less but I thought his card was ok.