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Okay, I finally took the plunge with my allotted transferrable credit and built my first 2006 team. Standard autodraft, $80 mil, DH. Let me know what you think of my lineups. I have done absolutely no scouting. I don't get the player ratings disk and haven't had time to analyze the cards, so I was really picking kind of blind. But the interesting thing is that I got almost everybody I had on my draft card. I'm last in waivers.

Vs. righthanded pitchers

1. Clark, B. (R) DH - .306 .372 .426 1L
2. Abreu, B. (L) RF 3(-4)e4 .286 .405 .474 2R
3. Damon, J. (L) CF 2(+2)e7 .316 .366 .439 2L
4. Cabrera, M. (R) 3B 3e12 .323 .385 .561 1R
5. Berkman, L. (S) 1B 3e10 .293 .411 .524 2R
6. Jeter, D. (R) SS 2e16 .309 .389 .450 2L
7. Johnson, R. (R) LF 2(-1)e3 .269 .332 .412 E
8. Hall, T. (R) C 3(-2)e1 .287 .315 .368 E
9. Gonzalez, L. (R) 2B 3e4 .292 .333 .421 5L

Vs. lefthanded pitchers

1. Damon, J. (L) CF
2. Clark, B. (R) DH
3. Jeter, D. (R) SS
4. Abreu, B. (L) RF
5. Cabrera, M. (R) 3B
6. Gonzalez, L. (R) 2B
7. Berkman, L. (S) 1B
8. Johnson, R. (R) LF
9. Hall, T. (R) C

My park is Shea, and I've got a Camden and two Safecos in my division.

Teepack, since you didn't post a link, I don't know all about your team.

But I don't like you lineups, here's what I would do:

vs R
Jeter (barely behind abreu for ob)
Abreu (best ob, low dp's)
Cabrera (best hitter)
Berkman (good ob and hr's)
Damon (3rd highest hits on the team, good clutch)
Clark
Hall
Johnson (worst hitter)
Gonzalez

vs L
Clark
Damon (2nd most hits and tb's vs left, but low dp's, drawback = a w)
Gonzalez (best hitter vs L)
Jeter (2nd best vs left)
Cabrera (most HR chances)
Berkman (ob only, not much tb)
Hall (nice # of hits)
Johnson (worst hitter)
Abreu (2nd leadoff)