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Did a trial team, but that doesn't count. Unless you can't tell I like to try and get a team that will hit well. I missed out on 4/5 picks (Hamilton, M Cabrera, Tulowitkzi, and Choo. Luckily someone dropped Werth after waivers and gave me a big bat.

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First off, I know my top of the order is not good when it comes to OBP. I'm not really sure what I could do about that. I did have DeJesus for CF, but decided that a 1 with very little injury chance but less OBP was better than a 3 that was very injury prone.

Lineup vs RHP:
CF: Jackson
SS: H Ramirez
RF: Werth
DH: Thome
1B: Huff
C: McCann
LF: Scott
2B: Espinosa
3B: Viciedo

I figure with 3 * guys at the top of the lineup would be the best place for them, followed by my HR hitters. Everyone on the team has a chance at 20+ (hopefully 30+) HR's save for Jackson. Just hope that they actually hit them.

Any thoughts or ideas? thanks!

In Coors, u want all players to be N power. Jackson isn't. I'd want a little more OB from my leadoff guy.

HanRam can and should lead off for ya.

The team isn't too shabby. 3B/LF defense is bad and you could be susceptible to a decent LH pitcher. (Reverse LH types).

visick

also with that lineup you have 4 LHH in a row....prime target for a hard L reliever in key spots late in a game

[quote:ceb0bd4110="socalchiro"]In Coors, u want all players to be N power. Jackson isn't. I'd want a little more OB from my leadoff guy.

HanRam can and should lead off for ya.

The team isn't too shabby. 3B/LF defense is bad and you could be susceptible to a decent LH pitcher. (Reverse LH types).

visick[/quote:ceb0bd4110]

Any good ideas on a CF or leadoff hitter?

[code:1:ceb0bd4110]Gutierrez, Franklin SEA '10 R CF 1(-2)e0 568 25 12 64 50 25 .245 .303 .363 1 1L 4.49M
Repko, Jason MIN '10 R CF 2(-2)e1 127 6 3 9 13 3 .228 .324 .346 1 2R 4.30M
Wise, DeWayne TOR '10 L CF 2(-2)e3 112 3 3 14 4 4 .250 .282 .393 1 2R 1.12M
Blanco, Gregor KC '10 L CF 2(0)e3 237 9 1 14 29 11 .283 .360 .367 1 4R 3.68M
Granderson, Curtis NYY '10 L CF 2(+1)e3 466 17 24 67 53 12 .247 .324 .468 2 3R 3.59M
Sizemore, Grady CLE '10 L CF 2(+1)e5 128 6 0 13 9 4 .211 .271 .289 5 7R .98M
Crisp, Coco OAK '10 S CF 2(+2)e5 290 14 8 38 30 32 .279 .342 .438 5 4L 2.65M
Upton, B.J. TB '10 R CF 2(-3)e6 536 38 18 62 67 42 .237 .322 .424 1 4L 4.37M
Stubbs, Drew CIN '10 R CF 2(-2)e6 514 19 22 77 55 30 .255 .329 .444 1 E 4.97M
Cain, Lorenzo MIL '10 R CF 2(0)e9 147 11 1 13 9 7 .306 .348 .415 1 3R 4.73M
Maybin, Cameron FLA '10 R CF 2(0)e9 291 7 8 28 24 9 .234 .302 .361 1 2R 1.16M
Maxwell, Justin WAS '10 R CF 2(+1)e11 104 6 3 12 25 5 .144 .305 .288 1 5L .99M
Gomez, Carlos MIL '10 R CF 2(-2)e12 291 11 5 24 17 18 .247 .298 .357 3 3R 1.04M
Dyson, Jarrod KC '10 L CF 2(-1)e22 57 4 1 5 6 9 .211 .286 .404 1 8R 1.57M
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[code:1:ceb0bd4110]Name Tm B P Def. AB 2B HR RBI BB SB BA OBP SLG Inj BAL Buy For:
Morneau, Justin MIN '10 L 1B 2e2 296 25 18 56 50 0 .345 .437 .618 5 2R 8.76M
Ramirez, Manny CHW '10 R LF 5(+2)e12 265 16 9 42 46 1 .298 .409 .460 5 2R 2.88M
Santana, Carlos CLE '10 S C 4(0)e9 150 13 6 22 37 3 .260 .401 .467 6 4R 5.45M
Barton, Daric OAK '10 L 1B 1e11 556 33 10 57 110 7 .273 .393 .405 1 3L 6.04M
Soto, Geovany CHC '10 R C 3(+1)e2 322 19 17 53 62 0 .280 .393 .497 4 4L 5.51M
Ross, David ATL '10 R C 3(-1)e1 121 13 2 28 20 0 .289 .392 .479 2 1L 7.02M
Johnson, Nick NYY '10 L 1B 4e16 72 4 2 8 24 0 .167 .388 .306 6 5R 1.52M
Willingham, Josh WAS '10 R LF 4(0)e2 370 19 16 56 67 8 .268 .388 .459 4 1L 4.66M
Utley, Chase PHI '10 L 2B 1e16 425 20 16 65 63 13 .275 .387 .445 3 5L 6.45M
Dejesus, David KC '10 L RF 2(0)e0 352 23 5 37 34 3 .318 .384 .443 4 3R 5.36M
Jones, Chipper ATL '10 S 3B 4e21 317 21 10 46 61 5 .265 .381 .426 4 2R 3.48M
Lowrie, Jed BOS '10 S 2B 3e21 171 14 9 24 25 1 .287 .381 .526 5 4L 5.32M
Giambi, Jason COL '10 L 1B 5e21 176 9 6 35 35 2 .244 .378 .398 1 2L 1.92M
Ordonez, Magglio DET '10 R RF 3(0)e7 323 17 12 59 40 1 .303 .378 .474 4 7L 4.16M
Cruz, Nelson TEX '10 R RF 2(-3)e8 399 31 22 78 38 17 .318 .374 .576 4 E 6.92M
Hafner, Travis CLE '10 L DH - 396 29 13 50 51 2 .278 .374 .449 2 2R 3.03M
Jaso, John TB '10 L C 4(+1)e4 339 18 5 44 59 4 .263 .372 .378 2 3R 3.66M
Ortiz, David BOS '10 L 1B 5e24 518 36 32 102 82 0 .270 .370 .529 1 7R 6.54M
Markakis, Nick BAL '10 L RF 1(-3)e3 629 45 12 60 73 7 .297 .370 .436 1 4L 6.26M
Berkman, Lance NYY '10 S 1B 4e4 404 23 14 58 77 3 .248 .368 .413 3 5R 2.30M
Hernandez, Ramon CIN '10 R C 4(0)e1 313 18 7 48 29 0 .297 .364 .428 3 E 4.66M
Moreland, Mitch TEX '10 L 1B 3e9 145 4 9 25 25 3 .255 .364 .469 1 5R 3.89M
Ethier, Andre LAD '10 L RF 3(0)e1 517 33 23 82 59 2 .292 .364 .493 1 5R 5.77M
Ellis, A.J. LAD '10 R C 3(+1)e1 108 5 0 16 14 0 .278 .363 .324 2 1R 2.47M
Helton, Todd COL '10 L 1B 3e12 398 18 8 37 67 0 .256 .362 .367 2 E 1.53M
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[quote:4b4d0aca28="the splinter"]also with that lineup you have 4 LHH in a row....prime target for a hard L reliever in key spots late in a game[/quote:4b4d0aca28]

hmm.. I understand what you are saying, but not sure the right way to tackle that. Is there a better mineup configuration, or should I look for drops/trades?

Most guys try to construct their lineups to avoid more than 2 or 3 guys batting the same way in a row. In an 80M league all your hitters are pretty good so an "optimal" lineup isn't really all that vital, but 4 LH guys in a row can be easy pickings for some cheap pitchers.

One other minor thing I would do is get rid of Parra as your 5th starter. You really want a "starter only" there. HAL will find too many ways to use a S5/R3 and Parra will get his bell rung pretty bad at Coors.

I like Cain and Blanco in CF although they are both W as well. Good D and good value. Check out this line from Cain who batted first or second (which he could do behind Ramirez) v RHP:

Cain, Lorenzo R CF 2(0)e9 600 101 203 46 7 7 94 45 113 18 6 9 .338 .382 .473

Injuries could play on your team. Your Catcher and DH amount to much of your cap on offense. Both have low injury rolls but if they go down you will be in trouble. PA = 600 AB or they can go down for up to 15 games. I would trade your catcher and find a masher for less money or even platoon that postion. Thome will hit many HR's but I have seen him hit around .230 almost everytime. He is better than Bastisa who stinks and I don't know why. You will need N power at all or most all positions at Coors. Look for LH and RH matchups as you will find them for less money. Your SS will rock but is it worth it for the 3 range?
Checkout your park and look for those that will help you on offense as some might cost you much at all. Morel at 3B will be very good with his card and he is very low priced.

How well does the game handle platoons?

I could downgrade Thome to Ortiz and get someone to hit lefties. But how well does the game handle what happens with the RP's switching out?

Also, about CF. I can see exactly how Cain or even Blanco are better hitters than Jackson, but does Jackson having a 1 in CF along with 3 game max injury outweigh that?

What if I moved Werth to CF (a 3 I know) and pickd up Cruz at LF, Bruce at RF, Alexi Ramirez at SS and moved Hanely to DH dropping Thome?

I know Cruz is a huge injury risk, but that move would save me about 600k and I would upgrade my backups witht that.

So I would have:

C: McCann
1B: Huff
2B: espinosa - 2
SS: A Ramirez - 1
3B: Viciedo
LF: N Cruz
CF: Werth - 3
RF: Bruce
DH: H Ramirez

I would lose some LH hitters in my lineup, but then I could go:

H Ramirez
Cruz
Huff
Werth
McCann
Bruce
Ramirez
Espinosa
Viciedo

Would that be an improvement?