Opinions on my first strat o team please?

[kingsx2003]

Home park is SBC Park

Carpenter, Chris
Smoltz, John
Burnett, A.J.
Oswalt, Roy
Beckett, Josh
Lidge, Brad
Hermanson, Dustin
Betancourt, Rafael
Hernandez, Roberto
Weathers, David
Timlin, Mike


Matheny, Mike
Ardoin, Danny
Ortiz, David
Hillenbrand, Shea
Lamb, Mike
Aurilia, Rich
Mora, Melvin
Furcal, Rafael
Scutaro, Marco
Everett, Carl
Beltran, Carlos
Lane, Jason
Dye, Jermaine
Rios, Alexis

Looking at a lineup of

1. R. Furcal ss
2. C. Beltran cf
3. M. Mora 3b
4. D. Ortiz dh
5. J. Dye rf
6. J. Lane lf
7. S. Hillenbrand 1b
8. R. Aurilia 2b
9. M. Matheny c

will flip Lane and Hillendbrand based on L or R starters

Looking at a starting rotation of

1. C. Carpenter
2. J. Smoltz
3. R. Oswalt
4. A.J. Burnett
5. J. Beckett

[LMBombers]

Go to your league statistics and click on your team name. Copy the URL (web address) and paste it here so we can get a better look at your team. You will know you copied the right page if the URL ends in numbers rather than letters.

[kingsx2003]

Thanks LM, here it is.

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2006/team/team_other.html?user_id=3214

[drakmann]

With 4 SP* I would probably think about dropping Beckett and getting a cheaper fifth guy ... do not really need five with the four * guys ... you could use the cash to upgrade at another position ... just a suggestion ... good luck

[kingsx2003]

Do sp's have total inning limits for the year or do they fatigue if they pitch to many innings on the year?

[NFLed1]

I agree 100%, drop Beckett and pick up any 0.50 starter since you have 4 * starters. 4 * starters can start every game for you and never be overly-fatigued due to it and won't miss a start due to injury or any other reason.

Also, in my view you've spent way too much on all those relievers. With strong starters you don't need your 4th and 5th (and perhaps even your 3rd) reliever to be more than cheap guys and you can significantly upgrade your lineup with the extra cash.

It seems as though with these suggestions you can free up about $8mil which could go a huge way toward improving your lineup.

Plus, this is purely optional and depending upon what's available but you may want to pick up a lefty reliever or two as with all righties your opponents with platoons will not have to worry about his 8R hitter facing a lefty and that gives him a slight advantage; on the other hand, if the other members of your division have good hitters against lefties then this is much less important.

[SCOTTBROWN]

king..SP dont tire until they're after their rating ie S6, after the 6th inning but after so many batters get on after that. HAL is quick to pull pitchers so if you want your pitchers to go as deep in the game as possible, click on slow hook.

[kingsx2003]

So theoretically a guy who only pitched 200 innings in real life could pitch around 280 or so in strat? That's good to know thanks guys.

[kingsx2003]

where are you guys finding these options for slow hook, avoid lefties etc. i am seeing a very limited number of manager options

[BOBBYTHOMPSON]

Go to your team page and click on a player, then scroll down. You will find differant options, plus the last 10 games too..