A little advice for a rookie, please

[Proverbial Psalms]

I don't like Hendrick for his 5.6M pricetag... Hayes would help in a lot of ways (though I can never get a good card with him.. 'tupid HAL!).

Best of luck...

[Hakmusic]

I would have taken that in a heartbeat. Burleson is a 1e20 which is excellent and more years than not will give you a .300+ OBP. The others you mentioned have more upside potential, but won't necessarily give you better offense. Personally, I think Burleson is an excellent choice at SS and then you could put that behind you and work on your other areas of concern.

As far as your waivers choices. I like to have Carter whenever possible. While there are other choices that are cheaper, Carter is one of the few guys in the 80's league that never dissappoints. I've had him on around 8 or my last 10 teams and he has been awsome every time.

I like Mattingly and Ricky a lot too, but I just feel there are choices that are closer to them in quality at their positions than there is with Carter.

I've been in a lot of leagues where Mattingly and Ricky have been dropped, and I've dropped Don a couple of times mself. I've never seen Carter dropped.

Other than that, I agree with pretty much everything Yount fan said, and why not, he knows a lot more than I do.

p.s. Bradley can be very good if you have one of his E or 2R card, and he can be awsome in a very expensive platoon if you have his two lefty cards. He's chancy in that respect but he can be very good. However, he is also a good candidate to drop now and konw that will be on the FA wire later because others don't often take a chance on him. If you have a LF who you happen to get a solid R side for, perhaps a cheaper one, but can't hit lefties, then Bradley can be an excellent early season pick up.

[YountFan]

Take Carter #1 because he will ALWAYS get 100 RBIs
Get Smith to lead-off
Find a lefty 1b
and your all set

Waivers
Carter
Burelson
Smith
Pitching

[The Conndor]

Thanks again to all. If anyone felt like checking back, I considered all of your advice and followed some of it. I took Mattingly and Von Hayes with 1st 2 picks, got Burleson in a trade, and made a flurry of improvements to bolster the bullpen and bench.

Lineup:
Sax 2B
Hayes LF
Mattingly 1B
Horner 3B
Lynn CF
Barfield RF
Oliver DH
Porter C
Burleson SS

Rotation: Soto, Sutton, Hoyt, Deshaies

Closer: Corbett (but may upgrade to Duane Ward)

I'm happy with the results. Thanks again

[YountFan]

[quote:6b0b490faf]loser: Corbett (but may upgrade to Duane Ward) [/quote:6b0b490faf]
Keep Corbett (or get McDowell) Ward is not an upgrade.

[Hakmusic]

Nice team Conndor. good luck.

[Outta Leftfield]

For some strange reason Barry Larkin (Cincinnati #11) is currently lying on the free agent table, unclaimed. I'd pick him up for my own team (we're in the same league) but already have Ripken. You might want to consider freeing up a little cash and grabbing Larkin in preference to Burleson. His fielding isn't as good but is pretty OK and he'll hit a lot more.

Good luck with the team.... :D

[yak1407]

Just curious that no-one has suggested dumping Oliver and dh-ing Polonia against RHPs.
Other than power, their BA and OBP is very similar. And Oliver doesn't provide that much more power.