First 2014 season/Been told I cant win!!!

Monday night I begin my first 2014 season, and have already been told I can not win with this club. Now that is ok, because I want to see how players perform at different caps. I just want to see how bad I lose.....I believe it is going to take a lot of runs to beat this offense, but will more than likely give up a lot. Hoping my top 3 bullpen guys can get me 100+ innings each!!!

http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/team/1404448

I don't know what your SP free agent pool looks like, but if you swapped out for guys with less BPHRs, I think you'd be a very good team...and I still think you'll have a chance for a playoff spot with what you have right now too.

Interested to see how you do. Good luck!

No reason to have Springer on this roster - upgrade your catchers with Springer's money.

I like your team a lot. It could very well be a playoff team with maybe the addition of a closer. You have some starting pitchers I have been seeing outperform their cards in the leagues I been in. Good Luck

I don't know what your SP free agent pool looks like, but if you swapped out for guys with less BPHRs, I think you'd be a very good team...and I still think you'll have a chance for a playoff spot with what you have right now too.

Interested to see how you do. Good luck!

Here is a sample of what is available for starting pitching:

Kazmir, Scott OAK '14 L S6 15 9 0 190.1 171 75 50 164 16 +2 2 10 1WL 3.55 1.16 3R 4.00M
Ryu, Hyun-Jin LAD '14 L S6 14 7 0 152.0 152 57 29 139 8 -3 0 2 2WR 3.38 1.19 2R 3.80M
Dickey, R.A. TOR '14 R S6* 14 13 0 215.2 191 89 74 173 26 -6 0 4 1WR 3.71 1.23 3L 3.69M
Garza, Matt MIL '14 R S6 8 8 0 163.1 143 66 50 126 12 -2 2 3 1WR 3.64 1.18 1L 3.61M
Collmenter, Josh ARI '14 R S6/R3/C0 11 9 1 179.1 163 69 39 115 18 +1 0 2 1WR 3.46 1.13 3R 3.42M
Hammel, Jason OAK '14 R S6 10 11 0 176.1 154 68 44 158 23 0 0 7 2WR 3.47 1.12 E 3.32M
Despaigne, Odrisamer SD '14 R S6 4 7 0 96.1 85 36 32 65 6 +5 0 0 1WR 3.36 1.22 3R 3.23M
Gonzalez, Gio WAS '14 L S6 10 10 0 158.2 134 63 56 162 10 0 0 2 6NR 3.57 1.20 E 3.19M
Garcia, Jaime STL '14 L S6 3 1 0 44.0 39 20 7 39 6 -3 0 5 3WL 4.12 1.05 7R 2.93M
Niese, Jon NYM '14 L S6 9 11 0 187.2 193 71 45 138 17 -1 0 3 1WL 3.40 1.27 1L 2.67M
Miller, Shelby STL '14 R S6 10 9 0 183.0 160 76 73 127 22 +4 0 4 3WR 3.74 1.27 E 2.66M
Tillman, Chris BAL '14 R S6* 13 6 0 207.1 189 77 66 150 21 -4 0 20 1WR 3.34 1.23 E 2.66M
Gee, Dillon NYM '14 R S6 7 8 0 137.1 128 61 43 94 18 0 3 4 1WR 4.00 1.25 E 2.60M
Matsuzaka, Daisuke NYM '14 R S5/R3/C0 3 3 1 83.1 62 36 50 78 6 +6 0 16 2WR 3.89 1.35 1R 2.59M
Chen, Wei-Yin BAL '14 L S6 16 6 0 185.2 193 73 35 136 23 -2 0 1 1WL 3.54 1.23 1L 2.55M
Gallardo, Yovani MIL '14 R S6 8 11 0 192.1 195 75 54 146 21 -2 0 9 1WR 3.51 1.30 4L 2.50M
Wheeler, Zack NYM '14 R S6 11 11 0 185.1 167 73 79 187 14 -2 0 10 1WL 3.55 1.33 4R 2.48M
Frias, Carlos LAD '14 R S5/R3 1 1 0 32.1 33 22 7 29 4 -2 0 13 1WR 6.12 1.24 4R 2.47M
Lyons, Tyler STL '14 L S6/R3 0 4 0 37.0 33 18 11 36 4 -2 0 0 1WS 4.42 1.20 7L 2.45M
Peralta, Wily MIL '14 R S6* 17 11 0 198.2 198 78 61 154 23 +3 0 7 1WR 3.53 1.30 6R 2.45M
Kelly, Joe BOS '14 R S6 6 4 0 96.1 88 45 42 66 8 +3 0 7 4WR 4.20 1.35 1L 2.45M
Simon, Alfredo CIN '14 R S6* 15 10 0 196.1 181 75 56 127 22 +2 0 3 1WR 3.44 1.21 1R 2.43M
Archer, Chris TB '14 R S6* 10 9 0 194.2 177 72 72 173 12 +1 0 9 1WR 3.33 1.28 2L 2.42M
Skaggs, Tyler LAA '14 L S6 5 5 0 113.0 107 54 30 86 9 -1 0 14 1WL 4.30 1.21 4R 2.39M
Latos, Mat CIN '14 R S6 5 5 0 102.1 92 37 26 74 9 +2 0 1 1WR 3.25 1.15 2L 2.33M
Ramos, Cesar TB '14 L S5/R3 2 6 0 83.0 73 34 39 66 8 -1 0 10 1WL 3.70 1.35 1R 2.30M
Ventura, Yordano KC '14 R S6 14 10 0 183.0 168 65 69 159 14 -2 2 13 2WR 3.20 1.30 2L 2.29M
Odorizzi, Jake TB '14 R S5 11 13 0 168.0 156 77 59 174 20 -4 0 3 1WR 4.12 1.28 2L 2.26M
Haren, Dan LAD '14 R S6 13 11 0 186.0 183 83 36 145 27 +3 2 9 3WR 4.02 1.18 4L 2.21M
Beckett, Josh LAD '14 R S5 6 6 0 116.0 96 37 39 107 17 +5 0 1 2WR 2.88 1.17 7R 2.20M
Salazar, Danny CLE '14 R S5 6 8 0 110.0 117 52 35 120 13 -2 0 5 1WL 4.25 1.38 3L 2.18M
Weaver, Jered LAA '14 R S6* 18 9 0 213.1 193 85 65 169 27 +4 0 2 1WR 3.59 1.21 3R 2.18M
Norris, Bud BAL '14 R S6 15 8 0 165.1 149 67 52 139 20 +4 0 3 3WR 3.65 1.22 2R 2.17M
De La Rosa, Jorge COL '14 L S6 14 11 0 184.1 161 84 67 139 21 +1 0 11 2WL 4.10 1.24 5L 2.17M
Wada, Tsuyoshi CHC '14 L S5 4 4 0 69.1 67 25 19 57 7 -5 0 0 1WL 3.25 1.24 9L 2.16M
Elias, Roenis SEA '14 L S5 10 12 0 163.2 151 70 64 143 16 -4 10 8 1WL 3.85 1.31 1L 2.15M
House, T.J. CLE '14 L S5 5 3 0 102.0 113 38 22 80 10 0 0 1 1WR 3.35 1.32 3L 2.13M
Cosart, Jarred MIA '14 R S6 13 11 0 180.1 173 74 73 115 9 -2 0 9 3WR 3.69 1.36 E 2.10M
Delgado, Randall ARI '14 R S5/R3 4 4 0 78.0 71 42

You can win with that team. I don't know if you are asking for advice but I agree with the fellas that although Fister and Shoemaker are nice pitchers for the money they are not right for your park. Here are some other changes I would make:

You don't need Kyle Kendrick. Use that money on a better catcher. I am not a fan of Brian McCain's card for your team. You need a closer,Bruv. The best of luck!

I think I would like to have more power for Miller Park. In a 100 million dollar league and a power park I would like to have better pitching and more power. And I would like starting pitchers to give up a hr much less than once every ten innings. I wouldn't want a 3 at SS with cheap starters in a hitter's park in a 100 million dollar league. You have 4 expensive outfielders--I guess one of them is made DH. What Sean's Rodriguez's role? You need a closer and I think you need to go the super reliever route-- I think I would get an elite closer, preferably a C6. Get at least a 2 at SS. You have 27 players--seems like you should chop that down a few. Consider getting one elite starting pitcher (6 million). With that SP pitching you're probably going to want to have relievers coming in the 5th inning a lot of the time--your relievers are going to get tired unless you have 1-2 starters who can go deep into games. Cut Gardner ( you can get a cheap DH with OB for a lot less) and Rodriguez, swap some low hr pitchers for Shoemaker and Lohse--Fister ok, Anderson might be ok with those backwards number (I have seen some success with Capuano and Garcia but I don't know about Anderson ). I like the on-base from Carpenter and Werth but in that park I would want more power guys so perhaps consider cutting Werth or Carpenter and getting a power guy. If you're not going to significantly upgrade pitching than having three holes (McCann, Reyes and Gardner ) needs to be eliminated.
Just my two cents.

Thanks all.....will keep you updated. Had a good opening night last night, going 2-1 with a game 3 shutout by Shoemaker and my closer Andrew Miller!!

http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/team/1404448

I don't know what your SP free agent pool looks like, but if you swapped out for guys with less BPHRs, I think you'd be a very good team...and I still think you'll have a chance for a playoff spot with what you have right now too.

Interested to see how you do. Good luck!

Well, pretty decent first week.....tied for first place at 11-10! It has been all pitching at this point with a 3.72 era vs a paltry .248 batting average. Getting no help from Carlos Gomez (.183) and Jason Werth (.191). No luck with the dice rolls.....393 Batters 442 pitchers!!

http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/team/misc/1404448

Doug Fister is on pace to give up 75+ HR's And I thought Dan Haren was the gopherball specialist!