by Maxie Minoso » Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:47 pm
First, I would run to the waiver wire and pick up 1) Gehringer or 2) McDougald to replace the underperformer Dick McAuliffe.
Secondly, I would give very serious thought to replacing Dwight Evans with Roberto. If there are too few LH starters in your division/league then Enos might become my second choice, but I doubt it.
Thirdly, Oil Can and Knepper show up on strato resource's waiver list. I don't believe that. But if it is true then grab 1) Boyd or 2) Knepper.
Lastly, you have two batters with 595 plate appearances, Hodges and Bench. I'd write a nasty letter to Strats explaining that if they can determine a dead ball era player's base stealing rating and catchers' arm strength then it would be very simple to determine a sac fly rate for batters. [Take the sac fly average per AB from 1980 to 1995 and apply that at a different rate for fly ball through ground ball rated hitters.] Of course for Bench and many others just check their stats. Sure, more than likely their price would go up but the reward is more realistic durability and plate appearances would be almost that. We can discuss IBBs later.(End of rant.)
Maxie