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by **FletchGriswold** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:20 pm

New Fenway park team - and I'm sitting post-waivers with a couple of strange dilemas on my hand.

I have Schmidt/Boggs as 3B. Boggs was my choice, Schmidt was awarded to me when I didn't get Brett in the autodraft.

I have Mattingly/Carew at 1B, both monsters at Fenway.

My OF consists of Butler in CF, Dawson in RF, Reggie in RF. Umm, no LF. :?

Unfortunately, you can only have one DH.

My trade attempts have been futile - nobody seems to want Schmidt. He's obviously a big chunk of change, but he's an all out masher. Am I crazy for starting the season with a Schmidt/Boggs platoon at 3B? :shock:

I have Sweet Lou at 2B and Tony Fernandez at SS. I figure I'll pick up a catcher later - right now it's Bando, which I'm ok with until I can free up some cash.

Any suggestions from the Fenway faithful?...

by **YountFan** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:24 pm

yes it is crazy salary wise. I'd tell Reggie to play LF you you'll open your can of whupass

by **Ducky** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:47 pm

Fletch,

Have you tried trading Dawson and Carew or Dawson and Boggs as a package? I wish I was in your league, other than Dawson, I'd deal for any of the other guys. Sorry I can't help you out.

Mike

by **Ducky** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:49 pm

I'd dump Dawson for Hayes, Greenwell, Daniels, Matthews or Downing. I'd dump Carew as well and use Boggs as your DH.

by **Semper Gumby** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:54 pm

Goodness -

The owners in your division have a vote too on your "strategy". 8-)

The last time I checked, division strategy looks a lot like Ying and Yang.

If your division is set with a balance LHSPs and LHRPs, Schmidt pays off. On the other hand, you know the answer to when there are a dearth of lefthanders on the mound.

:D

by **FletchGriswold** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:03 pm

[quote:5e4d408e9f="mrmdoetkott"]I'd dump Dawson for Hayes, Greenwell, Daniels, Matthews or Downing. I'd dump Carew as well and use Boggs as your DH.[/quote:5e4d408e9f]

Hayes, Greenwell, & Daniels are all taken :(

The other two don't do much for me. I don't think I could ever live with myself dropping Rodney Cline Carew at Fenway Park. He has a shot at a batting title playing there.

I'll need to look at dumping the Hawk for a mid-tier LF, but still not sure how to handle the 3B situation...

by **LMBombers** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:20 am

You simply have to trade or dump Boggs or Carew and use the other one as your DH. Anything else is a waste of cash no matter how good they are.

by **RICHARDMILTER** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:06 am

What LM Bombers says is absolutely true but do not drop Carew.

by **Jimmy_C** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:12 am

Fletch...you probably sent out a few fair trade offers and ran into the "this veteran is trying to screw me" thing. I'd probably send out a League-wide "(fill-in-the-blank) is for sale...looking for (fill-in-the-blank) in return" and see what happens.

If nobody was still interested, I'd start the season with all that lumber:

WORST CASE SCENARIO- 4 of your monsters are in their worst year. It's nice to be able to go to the bench for their replacements

BEST CASE SCENARIO- 4 of your monsters are in their best year. It sure would drive-up the price of a future trade in your favor at that point.

Oh yeah...could you teach me how to autodraft because...DAMN!! :D

by **Semper Gumby** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:23 am

Fletch -

If it doesn't work, you can always ask for a bailout from the TSN TARP funds.

I'm sure Bernie and company will allow you to dip in to the 90s free agent pool to make good on your 80s' bets. :wink:

Don't worry, be happy, and spend baby spend!

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