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[blackmarketbaby]

Hey guys. 12 team, 6x6 roto nonkeeper league (standard categories plus doubles and K/BB):

C R Hernandez
1B P Konerko
2B F Lopez
3B S Rolen
SS M Tejada
LF M Holliday
CF J Bay
RF L Berkman
UT B Giles
BN B Wilkerson
BN T Hunter

SP C Zambrano
SP J Schmidt
RP H Street
RP F Cordero
P M Gonzalez
P C Orvella
P S Shields
BN D Haren
BN D Cabrera
BN D Weathers

I tried to limit myself to three major 'I was injured in 2005, but I can bounce back well' players. So, I figure that I'm going to need SPs and some SBs. The following pitchers are on the WW: Verlander, Wang, Maddux, Penny, Chacin, Towers, Chacon, Thomson, Hampton, Sosa, Silva (awesome K/BB ratio).

What's everyone elses' thoughts? Thank you.

[proudpinoy]

you oughta replace wilkerson. doesnt look good for him since he got cortisone shots again. gibbons granderson hermida should be good pickups

i like sosa, wang, chacon in that order.

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[rscharnell]

agree on moving Wilk on for someone else, and you may want to make a move for another top SP. I dont think your steals will be too bad, Bay, Holliday and Giles should be good for 15-20...so its not bad, but a speed guy wouldnt hurt.

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[blackmarketbaby]

Thanks guys (aka: bump).

Wilks blasted his third homer of ST yesterday and is still a lock for the lead-off role in Texas, so I'm still bullish on him as a bench player.

I'll definitely look at any link left by people who'll respond to my post, so give it a WHIRl.

[eljoey14]

It might just be me but i like Jorge Sosas upside and think that Paul Maholm is a sleeper. but i think your team looks good on offense maybe try to pick up Erving Santana if hes available

[garf112]

I'd trade some of your closers and outfield depth for starting pitching or a better closer or hitter. Five closers in a 12 team league is outrageous. Team looks top notch! I'd definitely pick up Maddux, Silva and/or Penny.

[Bosy Billups]

That is a Bold prediction above...

Your SP is awesome! I would not be so keen on Orvella. Is Seo out there? Since your RP is good, you might want to pick up some speed on the wire. Gathright? Freel? Granderson?

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[somervillesoxfan]

If I were you id grab Verlander. He has ace stuff and awesome potential. I think that you definitely need another SP. Maybe drop Weathers for Verlander.

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[The Jury]

Leave Verlander for now - he's gotta get his control issues fixed before he's going to make any impact in the bigs.

I play more categories than 5x5; we also use K/BB as one of our categories. 2 easy moves, IMO, are to drop Daniel Cabrera and Weathers, and grab Penny and Maddux. Cabrera is going to give you Ks but he'll hurt both normal ratios and K/BB, so he's not a good pitcher in this format. I dropped him a couple days ago in my league.

Weathers is kind of just taking up a roster spot that you could use on a solid pitcher like Penny or Maddux.

I'd also really ponder dropping either Wilkerson or Torii Hunter for Carlos Silva at this time. Wilkerson was a nice bat for the Nationals but in the leadoff spot I don't see anything special out of him.

Finally, keep an eye on Josh Towers. He pitched pretty well down the stretch last year and logged 200 IP with decent ratios and a nice K/BB.

[blackmarketbaby]

Good stuff. Since this isn't a keeper, I'm keeping far from Verlander. Chris Ray was just dropped (third year in a row the Orioles'closer was dropped during ST in my old college league) and I have the #1 WW priority, so consider Weathers a goner. I think Penny is my best option here if another spot opens up.

Keep the opinions coming, I'll be generous with my comments with links left behind.