Unique keeper league team

[mrw914]

I am in the second year of a keeper league, 10 team 5x5 points. We have 4 keepers each year that we assign in the off season: a 4 year keeper, a 3 year, a 2 year, and a 1 year. Then the next year, we will have these keepers and assign 4 other players contracts while keeping these. There are no salaries. This year, my keepers were Holliday (4), Beltran (3), Rollins (2), and Nathan (1). Here is the rest of my team. Let me know who you think will be my keepers and what my weaknesses are on this team so I can go get better keepers. Thanks.

C-Irod
1B-Adrian Gonzalez
2B-Tadihito Iguchi
SS-Rollins
3B-Atkins
OF-Beltran
OF-Holliday
OF-Rios
CI-Giambi
MI-Renteria
Util-Ibanez/Cameron
BN-Griffey
BN-Kouzmanoff

SP-Dice-K
SP- Haren
RP-Nathan
RP-Gordon
P-Cabrera
P-Schilling
P-Penny
P-Beckett
P- E.Santana
P-Linebrink
P-Wood

[pokerplaya]

Atkins (4), Rios (3), Dice K (2), Adrian Gonzalez (1)

Obviously, this could be far different come this time next year, but this is how I see it now.

Your team is decent, but I realy think you could use an ace to anchor your staff seeing how it's only a 10 team league. Your offense should be fine.

[jellyman]

Atkins (4), Rios (3), Dice K (2), Adrian Gonzalez (1)

Obviously, this could be far different come this time next year, but this is how I see it now.

Your team is decent, but I realy think you could use an ace to anchor your staff seeing how it's only a 10 team league. Your offense should be fine.

I'd do Haren instead of Rios, and for 2 years. Haren is one of the top young pitchers in the league. Move eitehr Dice K or Ad. Gonzalez for 3 years.

But I would try to trade for another top player to sub for either Haren or Gonzalez. Either a top drawer MI or a better starter.

[mrw914]

I'm going after Oswalt. Who would you recommend me giving up?

[jellyman]

I'm going after Oswalt. Who would you recommend me giving up?

I would offer 2 of any of the following:

Haren, Gordon, I=Rod and Ibanez. It might be giving up a lot, and it might be rejected, but Oswalt is a Top 10, or even Top 5 staring pitcher.

During the season you would NOT make that offer, as it is too much. But this is NOT during the season, and you are trying to maximize your keepr list, not be perfectly equal in value, and therefore overpaying may be what you have to do.