by honestiago1 » Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:28 pm
Except for Haas, I like your rotation. You have Clemens, so pencil him in for at least 18 wins. Candy and Sid should be effective. I'd like to see another RH in your rotation, maybe a pitcher who did well in hitter's parks (low HR rate, perhaps). Henke is awesome. He's pretty much automatic, even in bad years.
I worry about RF for you. You have some good hitting, but it wouldn't hurt to have a decent arm over there. I suppose Sheridan can late-replace. That should help.
You really have one too many 3B. Harrah can be an awesome top of the order hitter, but you have Mad Dog and Bobby Bo. I'd go with Madlock at 3B and Bonilla as DH. I'd dump Harrah and get a different RF (or maybe a platoon combo). Gary Matthews is very cost effective, is a 3e11 in RF (No arm, unfortunately). He'll always draw walks and score runs. You also have the option of dumping Madlock, keep Harrah (who walks more), and getting another OF.
Another possibility: get a very cheap RH-hitting 2B to platoon with Wilfong. Dump Bowa, make Guillen the starting SS. Make the 3B salary dump (Harrah). This will give you real cash to work with. You can probably get a VERY good OF bat, or a real good platoon at RF. You'll be very light hitting in the middle IF, but who cares? Bat Guillen and Wil-whomever 8-9. Let Coop, Madlock, Bull, Bonilla and whomever the RF is do the work.
Just my take. You have some good players as it is. And Rocket, man, you can hardly have a real losing streak with Rocket there.
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