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Here I am again friends. I am in Griffith, this is a $100 league, my division has Forbes, Bennett, Veterans 77. Pitching is even, hitting is primarily RH.

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Do you need all that pen at Griff? Team looks solid . Not a Griff expert at all but it should do .

Should I go with Flood in CF or McCoskey?
Should I downgrade my pitching?
Stargell is my only long ball threat, I guess I need at least one guy who can hit HRs

Its a $100M league, lots of power out there. Your pen is fine, actually like your team, not sure why. :)

Stargell is great, of course he is not well suited to Griff, but you definetely need some power. Not sure what else is out there, most $100M leagues are usually depleted of sluggers pretty fast. He might be trade bait for a Rickey type guy from a hitters park team, go for a bit more OBP, less HR power.

I might look at someone with more speed than Knight who I am assuming you are platooning with Ludes. Maybe Carney?

A deep, good pen is needed, keep them.

FWIIW, sschu

Thanks Mr Sschu, got Lansford, going with Flood for now, have never used him, but his card is intriguing

I like the team. I would dump Lopez for another non-starting pitcher (doesn't matter who) Fryman/Tincup/Martinez is a great pen and they will be fine. Lopez will only hurt you if he gets in the game. Pick up a Burns/Knowles/Slaton/Wilks and stick them in the fifth slot in your rotation. All of them would probably perform better than Lopez and they most likely will never even have the opportunity to hurt you since they will rarely see action, if ever. That would give you 2 mil to upgrade somewhere else. You could pick up Money instead of Luderus e.g. Money hits anywhere and would give you some more power than just Stargell.

Is this a DH league? I assumed it was since you had stargell and Jackson, but if so, why are Greenberg, Goslin, and Wilson still on the FA list? I might think about grabbing one of the first two instead of stargell. Much more balanced and an improvement on Stargell's slug-like "8" speed, and they will both give you better numbers. That would give you even more $$ and allow you to get some decent backups, which you will need in the OF & 1B for when Money, clemente & Jackson go down.

Just some thoughts, but I think the team is already strong.

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thanks MM