Does this team need an ace

[KURTTHOMPSON]

Post waivers league starts Monday. Got a bunch of value starters but should I upgrade one to a Hubbell or Scott. Ive got both Pendleton and Weaver at 3b, not sure who to keep? Dropping Pendleton would give me just over $2 mil to spend but not sure where to use it. Help me! Help me!
Astrodome,Dunn,and Yankee 27 in my division.

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[egvrich]

I'd dump Pendleton and go with Weaver, then dump McCormick for Luderus (diamonddope both of them and you'll see why) and use the savings to upgrade Knepper.

[Moriarity]

I agree with Weaver, but I'd also downgrade Tincup and Lamp and put that $$ into rotation. My .02.

[KURTTHOMPSON]

Weaver is probably the way to go, but upgrading Knepper? hmm...
I was thinking he was the best of the 4 starters I had. I could upgrade to Deringer or Gibson.

[MidTennHitman]

I like Derringer in a pitchers park......here he is on a competitive Forbes team

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[gkhd11a]

My suggestion would be the following: you have the makings of an outstanding team, but in order to advance in the playoffs you will be helped by having an ace. The best pitcher available capable of pitching 2 games in the first round is Eddie Cicotte, you need to get him on your team without upsetting your "Core". I would do the following to optimize for the playoffs:

Drop Barney Schultz for Perronowski as your left hand pitcher
Drop Tincup for Dave Giusti who should be your closer against righties
Drop Lamp and pick up Konstancy: will give you a setup man who can effectively pitch many innings. This has not hurt your relief, in my opinion it is actually better and you have 2.25 more to spend.

I would then start cutting expensive subs: Drop Crosetti for Oyler good defensive sub, if Wagner goes down Crosetti is just expensive defense he cant hit anyway go for cheap good defense.

Drop Weaver for wert good defense if Pendleton goes down. If you would rather keepWeaver that is understandable as well especially if you have a use for the money.

Cut Grote for Killefer - same as above Grote good defense won't hit anyway so backup go cheap

McCormick pick up Heathcote or Red Murray (who many wouldn't play because he is a "4" but I like him) and play Musial at 1B. Drop your least favorite pitcher where you have enough money and pick up Cicotte.

I think that would be a very good team.

Charlie

[KURTTHOMPSON]

Thanks Charlie very helpful, I made some changes, kept Tincup instead of Konstancy and went with Luderus and kept Musial in left. Wasnt sure if I should keep Nolan or Kaat went with Kaat. How does it look?

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[gkhd11a]

I think Cicotte should go at least 25-8 with this team. The remainder is what kind of seasons the other 3 have. If they can combined be .500 then once in the playoffs you are very tough. Those 3 can be very good and very bad so hopefully it works out.

I like Konstancy quite a bit more than Tincup for the following reason: HAL seems to like to bring in the pitcher the most often that has the highest R rating, so on your staff Pattin with his R4 may get more innings than you might think. Now I have seen Pattin eat a lot of innings very effectively so that may not be bad as the other 3 may get many key innings but from what I have seen Konstancy is very consistent and frequently used. Other than that I think this is a very good team and my complaint about the relief pitching is minor in nature the key really is how the little 3 do. Your offense should be very good and very consistent, you have a whole lot of doubles in a doubles park.

Luderus is a very good hitter too!

[tkl33]

Very nice looking team, but no way in a million...gazillion years would I ever drop McCormick for Luderus and think I made my team better. You have all the OBP you need. What you need is a bonafide RBI man and in smallball (or any ball) McCormick is on of the best. Oh...did I mention his defense and he can't get hurt???