Another First Time Player... how does my team look?

[erickvisions]

Hello, I am a fantasy basketball/ football player who is just getting into baseball and only know a little bit. We had our draft this morning and I think I came out ok but I was wondering if you guys could give me some advice on some of my weaknesses and let me know if I have any disposable players. It has been a couple of years since I have paid much attention to baseball. Any help is appreciated, here is the league and scoring info:
10 Team Head-to-Head, Points Based System. Scoring based on total stats each period. Each period =1 wk.

Batting: Single-1, Double-2, Triple-3, HR-4, Walk-1, Run-1, RBI-1, SB-2

Pitching: Walks- -0.5, Complete-5, ER- -1, Hits Allowed- -0.5, Inn-2, K-1, Save- 10, Win-10

16 starters (7 Pitchers), 6 bench dudes.

C- Joe Mauer
1B- Paul Konerko
2B- Jeff Kent
3B- David Wright
SS- Michael Young
OF- Barry Bonds
OF- Vladimir Guerro
OF- Johnny Damon
U- Lyle Overbay
P- Jose Valverde
P- Felix Hernandez
P- Bobby Jenks
P- Derek Lowe
P- Pedro Martinez
P- John Smoltz
P- Billy Wagner

BN- Mark Loretta (2B)
BN- Kahalil Greene (SS)
BN- Raul Ibanez (OF)
BN- Aaron Rowand (OF)
BN- Randy Winn (OF)
BN- Aaron Harang (SP)

[mberokoff]

I love the picks of Vlad and Young.....

I think those guys will be HUGE..very easy to say that, lol

[JSBodine]

Good looking team

[barakaxaxa]

Looks good.

Your one weakness is that you don't have a real big base-stealer on your squad. It being point-based means it's not a huge deal, but you may want to pick up a guy like Gathright or Granderson over one of your bench players (say, Greene).

[Pyne Ryder]

Good lineup overall. If you want to add speed try using B Bonds as trade bait in a 2 for 1 type trade. I know a lot of people are going to disagree with me, but he is such a volitile personality he may quit at mid season and leave you with nothing. Get something for him now while he is still valueable

[erickvisions]

My team got off to a really slow start in my league so i started making trades that might seem kind of crazy... traded away alot of depth for quality and got really good players in return. Now my team is good and I find myself in a 9 week winning streak with no signs of slowing down. Hopefully no one gets injured!

Here is my line up now:

C- Joe Mauer
1B- Mark Teixeira
2B- Alfonso Soriano
3B- David Wright
SS- Michael Young
OF- Manny Ramirez
OF- Vladamir Guerrero
OF- Carl Crawford
U- Carlos Delgado
BN- Justin Morneau
BN- Adrian Beltre

SP- Pedro Martinez
SP- Francisco Liriano
SP- Scott Kazmir
SP- Dontrelle Willis
SP- John Smoltz
SP- Jered Weaver
RP- Joe Nathan
BN- Felix Hernandez (SP)
BN- C.C. Sabathia (SP)
BN- Anthony Reyes (SP)
BN- Akinori Otsuka (RP)

Here are some of the trades and pickups I made to get to this team:

<u>FA Pick- Ups</u>
Kazmir
Sabathia
Otsuka
Liriano
Weaver
Beltre
Nathan
Morneau
Reyes

Trades

Traded Griffey (Draft) and Bonds (Draft) for Papelbon who I traded straight up for Carl Crawford.

Traded Nick Johnson (FA), Mench (FA), and Kent (Draft) for Alfonso Soriano.

Traded Hawpe (FA), Harang (Draft), and Renteria (FA) for Teixeira.

Traded Damon (Draft) for Delgado.

Traded Konerko (Draft), Podsednik (FA), and Wagner (Draft) for Manny Ramirez and Willis.

[jedidave77]

I'd say you would make a good baseball GM right now.