Maddux or Moyer?

[enwll34]

In Yankee Stadium I currently have Oswalt,Saunders,Volquez,and am deciding between Maddux or Moyer for the 4th spot.Anyone have any opinions on who to use.I'm leaning to Moyer.

[AeroDave10]

I think Maddux grades out just a bit better, but the +7 hold is a killer. Take Moyer, but I'm not sold on Saunders. I haven't seem him do very well so far.

[Play By The Rules]

I don't like Oswalt, Saunders will do well in your park provided your division mates aren't too huge of lefty killers but the park will help you, Volquez is a bargain, Moyer is not great for your park but still better than Maddux.

You might be better off going cheap for your fourth starter and using the money elsewhere, if you want to post the list of available *SP I would be happy to comment maybe you could find a better #1 and #4 combination.

[enwll34]

not a whole lot available SP* I grabbed Oswalt after he was dropped

Name Tm T End. W L S IP H ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP BAL Buy For:
Buehrle, Mark CHW '08 L S7* 15 12 0 218.2 240 92 22 52 140 3.79 1.34 3R 3.30M
Lilly, Ted CHC '08 L S6* 17 9 0 204.2 187 93 32 64 184 4.09 1.23 9R 3.01M
Lohse, Kyle STL '08 R S6* 15 6 0 200.0 211 84 18 49 119 3.78 1.30 3L 2.73M
Blackburn, Nick MIN '08 R S6* 11 11 0 193.1 224 87 23 39 96 4.05 1.36 1L 1.88M
Wolf, Randy HOU '08 L S6* 12 12 0 190.1 191 91 21 71 162 4.30 1.38 4R 1.79M
Blanton, Joe PHI '08 R S6* 9 12 0 197.2 211 103 22 66 111 4.69 1.40 3L 1.58M
Sonnanstine, Andy TB '08 R S6* 13 9 0 193.1 212 94 21 37 124 4.38 1.29 2L 1.57M
Looper, Braden STL '08 R S6* 12 14 0 199.0 216 92 25 45 108 4.16 1.31 E 1.56M
Perez, Oliver NYM '08 L S6* 10 7 0 194.0 167 91 24 105 180 4.22 1.40 5L 1.55M
Arroyo, Bronson CIN '08 R S6* 15 11 0 200.0 219 106 29 68 163 4.77 1.44 6R .50M

[enwll34]

other division parks: dolphin,pnc,and nationals

here's my team if this helps any:


Name T End. W L S IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WHIP BAL Release:
Oswalt, Roy R S7* 17 10 0 208.2 199 0 82 47 165 23 3.54 1.18 E 5.60M
Saunders, Joe L S6* 17 7 0 198.0 187 0 75 53 103 21 3.41 1.21 1L 5.12M
Volquez, Edinson R S6* 17 6 0 196.0 167 0 70 93 206 14 3.21 1.33 E 4.15M
Maddux, Greg R S6* 8 13 0 194.0 204 0 91 30 98 21 4.22 1.21 2L 3.33M
Moyer, Jamie L S6* 16 7 0 196.1 199 0 81 62 123 20 3.71 1.33 E 2.58M
Dumatrait, Phil L S5/R3 3 4 0 78.2 82 0 46 42 52 7 5.26 1.58 5L .53M
Howell, J.P. L R2/C2 6 1 3 89.1 62 0 22 39 92 6 2.22 1.13 1L 3.39M
Valverde, Jose R R1/C6 6 3 44 72.0 62 0 27 23 83 10 3.38 1.18 6L 2.76M
Lidge, Brad R R1/C6 2 0 41 69.1 50 0 15 35 92 2 1.95 1.23 6R 2.56M
Madson, Ryan R R2/C0 4 2 1 82.2 79 0 28 23 67 6 3.05 1.23 1R 1.80M
Foulke, Keith R R1/C0 0 3 1 31.0 28 0 14 13 23 7 4.06 1.32 9L .63M
Stokes, Brian R R2/C0 1 0 1 33.1 35 0 13 8 26 5 3.51 1.29 6R .56M

Hitters (13)
Name B P Def. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG BAL Release:
Molina, Yadier R C 1(-4)e4 444 37 135 18 0 7 56 32 29 0 2 .304 .349 .392 2L 3.67M
Mathis, Jeff R C 2(0)e3 283 35 55 8 0 9 42 30 90 2 2 .194 .275 .318 3L .75M
Howard, Ryan L 1B 4e20 610 105 153 26 4 48 146 81 199 1 1 .251 .339 .543 3R 5.70M
Votto, Joey L 1B 3e13 526 69 156 32 3 24 84 59 102 7 5 .297 .368 .506 1L 4.95M
Uggla, Dan R 2B 4e15 531 97 138 37 1 32 92 77 171 5 5 .260 .360 .514 5R 5.26M
Derosa, Mark R 2B 3e17 505 103 144 30 3 21 87 69 106 6 0 .285 .376 .481 1L 5.08M
Cano, Robinson L 2B 3e14 597 70 162 35 3 14 72 26 65 2 4 .271 .305 .410 2L 1.15M
Dobbs, Greg L 3B 4e13 226 30 68 14 1 9 40 11 40 3 1 .301 .333 .491 9R 1.62M
Escobar, Yunel R SS 2e21 514 71 148 24 2 10 60 59 62 2 5 .288 .366 .401 2R 4.30M
Sizemore, Grady L CF 1(0)e2 634 101 170 39 5 33 90 98 130 38 5 .268 .374 .502 4R 8.17M
Kemp, Matt R CF 3(-3)e3 606 93 176 38 5 18 76 46 153 35 11 .290 .340 .459 5L 4.30M
Cabrera, Melky S CF 2(-2)e6 414 42 103 12 1 8 37 29 58 9 2 .249 .301 .341 2R .61M
Guillen, Jose R RF 4(-4)e6 598 66 158 42 1 20 97 23 106 2 1 .264 .300 .438 5L 1.18M

[enwll34]

I'm thinking about using the Maddux money on upgrading to Geovany Soto or possibly Brian Giles as my obp could use his help.

[Play By The Rules]

My friend, why do you have 5 * pitchers? If it were me I would drop both Maddux and Moyer (or, try to trade them if you have a 20% penalty) and picky up Perez and Anabel Sanchez as a nice alternative to righty stacked lineups (you'll hardly ever use him, and he's only .50m). That's gonna give you some cash to work with.

Players you have that are ill suited for your park:

Uggla
Kemp (unless you see a TON of lefties)

Who's playing the corners vs. RHP (the majority), Kemp and Melky?!?!? Melky is a good backup, and Guillen kills as a platoon, but c'mon...

Yunell is great as a platoon SS, but pick up Renteria or Tulowitzki to platoon with him.

Remember when making changes, that you are penalized for drops, and so you end up with a smaller salary cap than everyone else in the league. Try to trade when possible.

What kind of corner OF are available? Is this a DH league? I assume Howard DHs and Votto plays first?

[Play By The Rules]

You playing DeRosa at third or platooning him with Dobbs? I'd look for a 2B, Cano is not the answer, what's available there? Playing a 4 or 3 up the middle is a big reason why this team is probably not doing great.

[enwll34]

League hasn't started yet.Thats why I'm trying to get a few opinions before I decide for good.

The $$ from 1 of the pitchers is going to offensive help so rotation/lineups are not set.
Right now I have an Uggla/Cano platoon.
Have Derosa at 3rd.
Dobbs platoons w/ Guillen
Melky is a backup.
There are quite a few lefties in the division especially top lefty relievers so considering playing Kemp fulltime.

[AeroDave10]

Is this an "Iron Glove" bad defense theme league, or are you voluntarily playing such poor defenders at so many positions??