No soup for me?

[indyindian]

I'm in a 12 team points league. I can never seem to get a handle on 1st place. While I'm in 2nd, there are about 4 teams on my pursuit.

Please offer your suggestions and point out strengths/weaknesses, and areas where I can or should trade. I will respond to your links as well.

C- J. Posada (NYY - C)
1B
B. Wilkerson (Was - 1B,LF,CF,RF)
2B
C. Utley (Phi - 1B,2B) 
3B
H. Blalock (Tex - 3B)
SS
C. Barmes (Col - 2B,SS) 
LF
P. Burrell (Phi - LF) 
CF
C. Beltrán (NYM - CF) 
RF
A. Huff (TB - 1B,3B,LF,RF)
Util
A. Jones (Atl - CF) 
BN
A. Kearns (Cin - RF) 
BN
J. Uribe (CWS - 2B,3B,SS) 
BN
C. Crisp (Cle - LF,CF) 
BN
D. Jiménez (Cin - 2B)

SP
J. Schmidt (SF - SP)
SP
M. Mulder (StL - SP) 
SP
M. Clement (Bos - SP) 
RP
Y. Brazobán (LAD - RP)
P
D. Willis (Fla - SP) 
P
C. Pavano (NYY - SP) 
P
K. Escobar (LAA - SP)
BN
J. Weaver (LAD - SP) 
BN
J. Rincón (Min - RP) 
BN
H. Street (Oak - RP)
DL
E. GagneDL (LAD - RP)

[andrew14]

Bench is weak, pitching's not bad. Posada and a bench player might grab you a better catcher in a trade, but I'd worry about Wilkerson and Utley before that. I dunno how Wilkerson will hold up in the long run, and there's a good chance Utley won't be an everyday starter, especially if he slows down at all, b/c polanco's right behind him. Burrell's also slowing down. Keep an eye on the WW and think about packaging mid-level pitchers with one or two of these guys for higher quality 1B, 2B, especially. Look for a closer, too. Your team needs a little work, but isn't bad overall.

[j24jags]

solid team i'd start uribe over utley b/c of the AB difference. U may wanna sell barmes high b.c he'll def slow down. Package Barmes and Posada for a solid C and a okay SS. U many also wanna trade Burrell depending on whether you think he'll keep it up. He will not keep this up IMO. Burrel, Wilkerson, for a top tier 1B maybe. Then you could move Huff to LF and Crisp to RF. Crisp will produce. You also lack a great closer.