Battle at Baker Bowl

[EBH]

Choice

Bench & Mccovey/Deron Johnson

vs

Jack Clark & L. Parrish(catcher)

Who would you want in your corner?

[sschu]

I'm not a Bench fan, but play McCovey every day at Baker and pickup a Burns type to platoon at a pitchers park against LHs. Minch/Johnson would be a better 1B platoon IMHO.

I do not have much experience with Jack Clark, but his SLG against LHs is pretty low, $10M for high OBP seems steep to me.

FWIIW, sschu

[EBH]

It seems to me from looking at Mincher's card is that unless he is in a HR park he just does not get many hits. I think his production will be dead in a non HR park. I wanted Cash but lost him in the draft.

[sschu]

You are correct, Minch will have a low BA/OBP in just about any park.

Here is an example of what to expect from this platoon, it is a bit on the high side, but not unobtainable:

http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/baseball/stratomatic/atg2/team/team_other.html?user_id=36402

100+ runs
60+ HRs
160+ RBIs

This is a Polo team. Not sure where you would get that production for $5M.

Txs, sschu

[bkeat23]

I like Mincher, have platooned him with Roenicke at Baker and got good power from both, but a low OBP from Roenicke.

I tried Clark once, and dropped him due to lack of production. I've had McCovey hit 50HRs and drive in 125.

Good luck!

[gamiam]

It totally depends on what the other parks in your div are, and how many LHP your opponents are starting. If your face move than 1/3 LHP, McCovey will be a big waste of cash. I love Clark's production, but he always seems to be hurt for me.