RE: Is this really this bad?

[SGTD]

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/team/team_other.html?user_id=220495

I am having a hard time thinking the pitching on this team is this bad. I have players from certain teams. Hou. & Tor. pitching and LA, Balt, & KC hitters with a sprinkle of trades. I thought the team would have been tougher. I picked Camden Yards out of the 5 teams I had. Not sure what happened. Did not think Halladay would be on the verge of losing 20 games with Oswalt closing in on 20 himself. SGT D

[exwallman]

The only glaring flaw I see in your team is a stud closer. Otherwise, your team is solid.

This is even more important with $100 million salary leagues which you are in.

[AeroDave10]

I see a number of flaws, unfortunately. I agree that the bullpen is not good, and a good closer may help (Papelbon is ideal). Camden favors righty power hitters, but you only have one (Manny). Roberts and Markakis are good players but bad fits for the stadium. Martin and Loney are not as good players who are terrible fits for the park.

You've spent too much money on backups and non-essential players, leaving you with less money to spend on pitching. I know Furcal gets hurt, but Aviles is way too expensive of a backup, and he is a bad fit for the park. Martin has 600 PAs, so Hernandez is a waste of $$ as a crappy backup C.

Oswalt is not a good fit for your park. Burnett would be a good #4 starter in a 100M league, not a #3 with Wolf as the #4.



Here's a 100M team I have playing in Camden. They're not perfect, but they've been playing well so far.

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/team/team_other.html?user_id=223682

[MARCPELLETIER]

Halladay: pure bad luck. You got one bad season from him.

But otherwise, your pitching squad is not fit to your stadium. Too many homeruns vs rh on Oswalt and Carlson, and too many lefty pitching for a park giving an edge to right-handed hitters. You're losing the homerun battle, which is a no-no for Cadmen.

Considering the restricted choices, I think Kauffman stadium would have fit your team better.

[The Turtle]

yep, wrong stadium. No idea why you chose Camden. Probably the worst of the five you could have selected. I would have gone with Dodger I think, maybe Kaufmann.

[SGTD]

Areo, I had to chose pitchers from Hou and Tor that is why it is loaded with Tor pitchers. Unless you make a trade you cannot just pick anyone up. I am in second place behind a team that has a -72 run differential and I have a +22 run differential. The expanded standings say I should have a 4 game lead and a 10 game lead over the team currently in First Place. SGT D

[SGTD]

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Well my team made the Playoffs with a 80-82. SGT D