Now that my team is full, and yours are either close, or will be soon. I thought I'd talk about how I feel about my team. it is ironic I am the first one finished since I was last or second to last in players and money spent for most of the draft.
I started out with a plan - a strong player at every position with just a few stars, mediocre starting pitching (saving money) and a strong bullpen anchored by Sutter.
First of all, I have some questions about my plan. I am not sure if simply a good hitter at every position without stars would be enough, especially with mediocre starters. Then early on I lost out on Josh Gibson who was the one offensive start I was planning on. I decided to use that saved money to improve at 3b, so i went for Brett and just missed, and then got Beckwith. I still had some extra money from my plan, and decided to use it to upgrade my pitching. For only a few mil more I was able to get starters rated about 20-35th best, rather than the 30-45th I was planning on. And my bullpen ended up even deeper than I had planned.
I really like my pitching, I have a lot of mid-range starters who fit the type of stadium I want well. And I am guessing I have the deepest and best bullpen with Sutter, O'Dell, Reulbach, Schiraldi and Miller.
My hitters truly lack that one big star. I got most f the players I wanted. At most positions I had several choices. The only slight disappointments after Gibson, were losing out on Stargell, but I had Torriente as my second choice and got him, and missing E Howard. And then again there was the debacle with getting Bishop when I didn't want him cause I already had Evers. What that cost me was a backup catcher, I will now have to use Beckwith. If I had not gotten Bishop, I would probably have Fisk or Palm as my backup - but hey, no team is perfect.
So I am happier than I thought with my pitching, but an curious how my hitting will go. Let's see what happens!