by cirills » Mon May 15, 2006 3:32 pm
No prob but what are Cantu and Garabito for?
You don't need to have that much bench and certainly not that much money spent on it.
Lawton is still a better choice than Ibanez as a DH vs. RH's though and Ford as a cheaper, better defensive/injury replacement than Taguchi.
This will clear you the money to have a more effective PLATOON at that 4 th pitcher spot. Trachsel is a spot starter AT BEST, and Claussen cannot be used more than once every 5th day. That's why I threw out Od. Perez and Bush as one platoon with Ishii and Trachsel as a cheaper option.
If you have to divide up those other 40 starts let Claussen get 20 of them and then Bush and Perez (or Trachsel or Ishii) get the other 20 (10 or so each) based on the matchup. If you have the money after making those other moves above, opt for the more expensive version as you need the best possible starting pitching at Petco.
Lawton for Ibanez, Ford for Iguchi, get rid of Cantu, Garabito and Atkins (I like him at your park but Ensberg won't get injured that much) and find a decent OB backup for Johnson at 1B (Hatteberg comes to mind).
C. Burke, J. Carroll, E. Bruntlett and even D. Hocking all would be great backups and cheaper thus better subs for you.