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About this time each year I post a list of popular/oft used players that I didn't use on any team at any time in the current Strat season for various reason. No reason for the list other than curiosity...here they are.

Helms
Guillen
Mauer
Wells
Church
D.Young
Norton
Swisher
S.Drew
V.Mart

And of course....Bonds...never had ...never will.

Santana
Mussina
Villanueva
Carp
Zambrano
Oswalt
Frances
Pedro
R.Johnson
Willis
Rodgers


There are more but these are from the top of the salary ladder.

Here's my list: Players who have an asterisk, I tried to draft or get at least once, but did not succeed:

Pujols
Berkman*
Howard
F. Sanchez
Cameron
Atkins
Bard
Konerko
Theriot
Hunter
Suzuki***
Dye**
Utley
Bonds
Escobar

PITCHERS

Halladay
Liriano
Villaneva
Santana*
Webb
Carpenter**
Willis
Ryan
Reyes
M. Gonzales

Never Used

*Thome,
Bard,
Teixeira,
Hall,
Sizemore,
Utley,
**F. Sanchez,
Hunter
Uggla
LaRoache
Church
Loney
Giambi
Norton
Cuddyer
Delgado
*dropped very early
** aquired late in the season
SP

Liriano
Arroyo
Johnson, R
Villanueva

Players I have used too much:

Theriot
Jennings
Hielman

Biggest dog:

Berkman

no wonder I didn't win more, those look like some of my rosters...although ive had some success. also played in several themes, so you get to more guys that way.

thome's the only one who really sticks out as never having used, but my current last fling has bonds, halladay, e. santana, mauer...and i wanted carlos guillen but didn't get him. not sure which guillen that was splinter. early on they're in first and scoring a ton of runs.

haven't used berkman either.
my biggest dogs are the crop of overpriced underpeforming centerfielders as a whole. i use duffy most of the time now and have MUCH better success, and much more money to spend elsewhere.

Never used:

Beltran
Jeter
Ortiz
A jones
Manny (tried never able to get him)
Church
Teixeira
Loney
Tejeda
Reyes
Konerko
Crawford
Delgado

Villanueva
Meredith
Nathan
Rivera
Francis
C young
Hoffman
Benoit
Sowers
Betancourt
Schmidt
Neshek

I am, a big fan of V Mart. His hitting card is well worth the price. I like to take him and Kendall as my 2 catchers BUT play VMart at 1B (and grab a cheap 500K 1b like keppinger for the 4-5 games that VMart has to catch).

His card is like the 06 Peralta in terms of value. But have a good base stealet bat in front of him.

my 2 cents

That seems like a good strategy. I have considered doing that, but haven't yet. What are the average numbers that V_ Mart puts up for you?

it works pretty well. His numbers are not eye popping for 1b, but the savings with him/kendall allow for serious fire power elsewhere. for 8.4M you coveR 2 positions well with 2 guys who get 600+ AB PLUS kendall has decent clutch and will steal a few bases with a pretty good success rate (if not on aggressive steal) -- so he he is good in the 6 hole on down.

This is the back of the envelope (always getting 600+AB)

BA OBP SLG HR RBI (stad)

296 355 455 18 80 (Rogers)
288 363 434 15 85 (Comerica)
270 353 374 11 53 (Kauffman)
292 362 448 19 68 (Jake)
270 334 395 12 87 (dolphins)
275 342 400 11 80 (ATT)
320 403 482 19 99 (Citizens)
327 391 502 22 86 (Comerica)

VMart hits into a ton of DP's and is a less than desired glove man. I'd rather spend the extra 100 G's for Youk...no dp's better glove.

but thats just me. :D