by Coffeeholic » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:12 pm
Good point PBTR, Cormier is excellent in Shea, but he wasn't available.
jdl, you could, however, explore a trade of Mahay for Cormier, and when you do, try to work for an upgrade of another player...(ie. Mahay and Escobar for Cormier and Davis)
jdl, you need a back-up for Mauer. Your platoon is Mauer/Molina, but Mauer is very injury prone, so you need a righty killing back-up for him when he goes down because Molina should only face lefties (1st choices being Javier Valentin or AJP - one of these guys coupled with Blum or Bloomquist instead of Amezaga would give you back-up at 2B and SS as well as a DH platoon when Gload or Freel gets injured and Dunn moves to 1B or LF).
Koskie is also a higher injury risk (not as bad as Mauer), but Fonzy can cover adequately enough for him that you don't need to worry about this.
Man, your team is really taking shape! Make sure to explore that trade of Young for Hammond. A bullpen of Lidge, Mahay and Hammond is all you need in Shea! Those other pitchers (Millwood, Mesa, Franco and Martin) can be turned into 2 higher quality situational SP's as you see fit vs. your opponents or just for extra salary used elsewhere. IMO, if you can land Hammond, you're better off not having Mesa, Franco or Martin pitch at all.
Young is a valuable trade comodity, but he doesn't really have a place on your team. Make sure to use him wisely as trade bait.