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Any advice from the braintrust on a (sub $2.7M) DH against righties for a Petco team?

I face mostly righties, and recently dropped a utility man to look for an upgrade on W. Delgado. I don't have a lot of pop, but have been manufacturing runs. Some candidates I've thought about are Segui (I could keep an E. Young/W. Delgado backup), Davanon, Piedra, Ibanez, Holliday, Mueller, Sweeney.

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2005/team/team_other.html?user_id=49021

Other stadiums in my league are Coors, Camden, and Wrigley.

Thanks!

Here are FA down to a buck (sorry for the long list):
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Soriano, Alfonso
Garciaparra, Nomar
Larue, Jason
Closser, J.D.
Ordonez, Magglio
Grissom, Marquis
Sledge, Terrmel
Vidro, Jose
Conine, Jeff
Thames, Marcus
Everett, Adam
Gonzalez, Alex
Hillenbrand, Shea
Infante, Omar
Castillo, Alberto
Wilson, Vance
Piazza, Mike
Holliday, Matt
Werth, Jayson
Mueller, Bill
Piedra, Jorge
Walker, Todd
Saenz, Olmedo
Michaels, Jason
Johnson, Charles
Hidalgo, Richard
Greene, Todd
White, Rondell
Randa, Joe
Cabrera, Orlando
Ibanez, Raul
Flaherty, John
Stairs, Matt
Hairston, Scott
Zaun, Gregg
Grudzielanek, Mark
Davanon, Jeff
Lawton, Matt
Floyd, Cliff
Barmes, Clint
Utley, Chase
Spencer, Shane
Lopez, Felipe
Swisher, Nick
Restovich, Mike
Pratt, Todd
Kapler, Gabe
Green, Nick
Anderson, Garret
Clark, Tony
Lugo, Julio
Ransom, Cody
Williams, Gerald
Cruz, Jose
Burrell, Pat
Eckstein, David
Harvey, Ken
Upton, B.J.
Laroche, Adam
Scutaro, Marco
Burroughs, Sean
Segui, David
Melhuse, Adam
Garcia, Danny
Lecroy, Matt
Kata, Matt
Cabrera, Jolbert
Sweeney, Mark
Sanchez, Rey
Bigbie, Larry
Gerut, Jody
Young, Dmitri
Castro, Juan
Magruder, Chris
Long, Terrence
Higginson, Bobby
Bautista, Danny
Jones, Jacque
Larkin, Barry
Cuddyer, Mike
Cota, Humberto
Tucker, Michael
Rios, Alexis
Paul, Josh
Youkilis, Kevin
Dellucci, David
Johnson, Reed
Pierzynski, A.J.
Phelps, Josh
Ensberg, Morgan
Johnson, Nick
Williams, Bernie
Smith, Jason
Perez, Tomas
Wigginton, Ty
McCarty, Dave
Gonzalez, Juan
Mackowiak, Rob
Crede, Joe[/list:u:84af54a07f]

Mueller and Ibanez have both done well for me, just a bit injury prone. Depending on what spot you need for ytour lineup, Davanon is a great leadoff platoon with E Young (although Mueller can lead off as well).

I like DaVanon and have used him in Petco. He did well for me.

If you're lacking some pop, Davanon isn't your man, especially with a Wrigley AND Coors in your division.

My choices would be:
Holliday or
Larkin


If you had more $ to spare...
I'd go with:
Thomas
Bagwell
Winn
Monroe
or Jimenez

I'd go with Garrett Anderson instead of W.Delgado as dh-vs-rhp.

Thanks for the input. As per lineups, I've been doing this most recently:

Lineup vs. LHP
1. Freel, Ryan (R) LF
2. Castillo, Luis (S) 2B
3. Rolen, Scott (R) 3B
4. Young, Eric (R) DH
5. Snow, J.T. (L) 1B
6. Jones, Andruw (R) CF
7. Estrada, Johnny (S) C
8. Rivera, Juan (R) RF
9. Izturis, Cesar (S) SS


Lineup vs. RHP
1. Freel, Ryan (R) LF
2. Izturis, Cesar (S) SS
3. Snow, J.T. (L) 1B
4. Rolen, Scott (R) 3B
5. Estrada, Johnny (S) C
6. Rivera, Juan (R) RF
7. Castillo, Luis (S) 2B
8. Jones, Andruw (R) CF
9. Delgado, Wilson (S) DH

[quote:a3349b097d="socalchiro"]If you're lacking some pop, Davanon isn't your man, especially with a Wrigley AND Coors in your division.

My choices would be:
Holliday or
Larkin


If you had more $ to spare...
I'd go with:
Thomas
Bagwell
Winn
Monroe
or Jimenez[/quote:a3349b097d]

Sorry for the bad advice. :( Can I just ask...what is "pop"? Davanon can hit and he can run...what is "pop"?

pop=power...rbi production.

rant, I wouldn't use Izturis as #2. You are probably losing many games because of his bunting (unless you check out "no bunting", in which case his offensive weakness is probably costing some runs).

Use Rivera. He has very nice on-base, plus some pop.

Ok thanks. But...if you have fast baserunners ahead of a hitter...does pop really matter. I mean...if you have an exceptionally fast runner on first and the batter hits a single...the guy on first could get to third or even home and there would be your RBI.

I would also bat Jones higher in the lineup, especially vs. RH's...