Looking for Advice, 2006 season(some changes have been made)

[gross54]

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/2006/team/team_other.html?user_id=24944

I like this team on paper, that scares me. Every team that I have liked has been destroyed...

Lineup vs RH

# Name (Bats) Pos Def BA OBP SLG Bal
1. Taveras, W. (R) CF 2(-3)e3 .291 .325 .341 3R
2. Bay, J. (R) LF 3(+1)e4 .306 .402 .559 2L
3. Rodriguez, A. (R) 3B 1e12 .321 .421 .610 2R
4. Ramirez, M. (R) DH - .292 .388 .594 3R
5. Dunn, A. (L) 1B 3e23 .247 .387 .540 3R
6. Sheffield, G. (R) RF 4(-2)e4 .291 .379 .512 5L
7. Everett, A. (R) SS 1e16 .248 .290 .364 3R
8. Matheny, M. (R) C 1(-2)e1 .242 .295 .406 1L
9. Cora, A. (L) 2B 2e8 .232 .275 .332

Lineup vs LH

1. Rodriguez, A. (R) 3B 1e12 .321 .421 .610 2R ([color=red:9442121292]how bad is this[/color:9442121292])
2. Bay, J. (R) LF 3(+1)e4 .306 .402 .559 2L
3. Sheffield, G. (R) RF 4(-2)e4 .291 .379 .512 5L
4. Lecroy, M. (R) 1B 4e25 .260 .354 .444 6L
5. Ramirez, M. (R) DH - .292 .388 .594 3R
6. Molina, J. (R) C 2(-2)e3 .228 .286 .348 6L
7. Spivey, J. (R) 2B 2e17 .232 .315 .378 7L
8. Taveras, W. (R) CF 2(-3)e3 .291 .325 .341 3R
9. Everett, A. (R) SS 1e16 .248 .290 .364 3R

Thank You in advance for your help.

[visick]

Bad link.

Go to the statistics page, click on your team and then copy/paste the url here. (Gotta be a user_id= at the end of the team url)

visick

[geekor]

yes please post a proper link, much more helpful.

But without... the bottom of your lineup is very weak, too weak IMHO.

I'd look for Gomes if he's there. The best #2 hitter for MM or a Hitters park (I'm assuming you're in something of a hitters park, if not a lot of those hitters are wasted).

Also, since your OBP sucks, there may be other guys to get, but we need to be able to see the FA list, which is why we need the userid at the end if the URL.

[The Turtle]

No. 1 thing i would do is to get rid of lecroy, there is no reason to platoon Dunn, and I would find a catcher who can hit righties instead of Matheny and the same goes for Spivey - just get a good defensive 2B and bat him 7th or 8th, and put Tavares 9th

[geekor]

oh man you have some of my favorite hitters left, but not room for them all.

First thing would be move Arod to SS and get a 3b who can hit. I personally do not like Dunn's card, I've seen better results from Gibbons for cheaper. Lecroy is a waste, as is your injury prone 2b platoon. I would get Schneider to platoon with Molina at C. I mean Hudson is there and a 1 at 2b.

Personally (as in me and maybe me alone) would drop Bay and just play Manny in LF, get my favorite leadoff platoon at DH in Garabito/E Young (in the process dropping Lecroy). Then drop Dunn for Gibbons. I'd then upgrade Everett to Glaus and Matheny to Schneider. Then grab Hudson at 2b. That would leave you 6.75 mil extra. Use that to improve on that not so good pitching staff and you should have a winner. (i.e. use JPav secret formula dictates around 32 mil should be used in pitching add 6.75 to your current pitching = 31.3)

[gross54]

Lineup vs. LHP

# Name (Bats) Pos Def BA OBP SLG Bal
1. Young, E. (R) DH - .275 .356 .380 4L
2. Rodriguez, A. (R) SS 2e8 .321 .421 .610 2R
3. Sheffield, G. (R) RF 4(-2)e4 .291 .379 .512 5L
4. Ramirez, M. (R) LF 4(-2)e8 .292 .388 .594 3R
5. Molina, J. (R) C 2(-2)e3 .228 .286 .348 6L
6. Glaus, T. (R) 3B 3e28 .258 .363 .522 1R
7. Gibbons, J. (L) 1B 4e9 .277 .317 .516 1R
8. Taveras, W. (R) CF 2(-3)e3 .291 .325 .341 3R
9. Hudson, O. (S) 2B 1e8 .271 .315 .412 3R


Lineup vs. RHP
# Name (Bats) Pos Def BA OBP SLG Bal
1. Garabito, E. (S) DH - .307 .384 .398 2R
2. Taveras, W. (R) CF 2(-3)e3 .291 .325 .341 3R
3. Rodriguez, A. (R) SS 2e8 .321 .421 .610 2R
4. Ramirez, M. (R) LF 4(-2)e8 .292 .388 .594 3R
5. Glaus, T. (R) 3B 3e28 .258 .363 .522 1R
6. Sheffield, G. (R) RF 4(-2)e4 .291 .379 .512 5L
7. Gibbons, J. (L) 1B 4e9 .277 .317 .516 1R
8. Schneider, B. (L) C 2(-2)e3 .268 .330 .409 2R
9. Hudson, O. (S) 2B 1e8 .271 .315 .412 3R

Name T End. W L S IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WHIP BAL Release:
Byrd, Paul R S7* 12 11 0 204.1 216 0 85 28 102 22 3.74 1.19 4R 2.90M
Escobar, Kelvim R S5/R3/C0 3 2 1 59.2 45 0 20 21 63 4 3.02 1.11 9R 2.79M
Lee, Cliff L S6* 18 5 0 202.0 194 0 85 52 143 22 3.79 1.22 6R 2.61M
Maddux, Greg R S6* 13 15 0 225.0 239 0 106 36 136 29 4.24 1.22 E 2.52M
Loaiza, Esteban R S6* 12 10 0 217.0 227 0 91 55 173 18 3.77 1.30 1R 2.25M
Rivera, Mariano R R1/C6 7 4 43 78.1 50 0 12 18 80 2 1.38 0.87 1L 6.58M
Linebrink, Scott R R2/C0 8 1 1 73.2 55 0 15 23 70 4 1.83 1.06 2L 4.71M
Torres, Salomon R R2/C2 5 5 3 94.2 76 0 29 36 55 7 2.76 1.18 4R 2.42M
Flores, Randy L R2/C0 3 1 1 41.2 37 0 16 13 43 5 3.46 1.20 6L .66M
Villone, Ron L R1/C0 5 5 1 64.0 57 0 29 35 70 4 4.08 1.44 4L .62M
Mulholland, Terry L R2 0 2 0 59.0 61 0 28 17 18 6 4.27 1.32 9L .55M

[gross54]

I picked Dunn back up and dropped Gibbons, for the time being. I can always go back and get Gibbons or Overbay, and just may by the end of the day if I can find another pitcher that I like.

[geekor]

If you're going to use Dunn, you need to bat him #2 where all those walks and low dp's are useful. If you go Gibbons, his better hits are more useful in the 5-7 spots to drive people in.