by Coffeeholic » Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:08 am
Hey Cslip,
Acouple of things stand out immediately:
1) with 2 Shea teams in your division, you do need some LH SP's. I've had pretty good success with Wrigley/Fenway/Minute Maid type teams with the $1-$2 mil Sp's like Willis, Robertson, Rogers, Mulder, Halama, etc (even Capuano, Dubose, Halsey). Hate to just forfiet 24 games you'll be playing in Shea.
Westbrook, Livan and Webb look great, but if you cash in Wise for a trio of 3 of those LH Sp's and a cheap RH SP (Ortiz, Munro), you'll be able to cover your butt at home on a consistent basis (3 RH *SP's and a 4th RH SP) and still have some lefties to throw in Shea.
2) You have 8 RH bats, the best of whom are better vs. LHP. Can't imagine that against quality opponents, you're going to see much LHP. You look extremely succesptible to hard RHP'ers.
I'd look for 2 more Lefties who are OBP type guys (Overbay, Kotsay, Kennedy, Cora come to mind), a switch hitting OBP type hitter (Estrada available?), and a couple of RH hitters who hit RH pitching (Beltre is #1... but cheaper options would be Mohr, Clark, Bagwell, Wright, etc...).