rate my team - AL only 8 team auction (roto)

[ingsoc747]

8 team 5x5 AL-only
Started with $260 each. Allowed up to 3 keepers from previous season. It was a grueling auction, took us like 5 hours... Leave yours, thanks

C Mauer (keeper, 13+5 ) 18
C Hernandez 12
1b Shealy
2b Kendrick 9
ss Young 24
3b Alex Gordon
Co Hillenbrand
MI Jose Lopez 3
OF Baldelli (keeper, 2+5) 7
OF Sizemore 32
OF Ichiro 27
OF Patterson 9
OF Juan Rivera
U Aaron Hill 1
P Verlander (keeper, 5+5) 10
P Santana 46
P Pettitte 14
P Haren 15
P Dotel 12
P Borowski 12
P Hughes 2
P Westbrook 2
P Wakefield 1

[Rich Harden=Cy Young]

Solid ... i think you did a good job


check my post please

[bklmu]

Mauer, Kendrick, Gordon, Sizemore, Baldelli, and those are just the hitters lol. Now which 3 do you keep next year! You've got a lot of good looking players, mostly young, and then some duds, but it looks like you didn't need to pay for hillenbrand or rivera. I'd say that your pitching is weaker than your hitting. I think in an 8 team league you should have at least one #1 bonafide ace, and the closest you have is Verlander. But, this was AL-only so you get slack there. Team looks decent.

Thanks for your opinion on my team!

http://www.fantasybaseballcafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=262271

[DABegley]

Looks good but you may be a little low on power. Watch that and maybe trade some speed later. Otherwise you are solid.

[ingsoc747]

Mauer, Kendrick, Gordon, Sizemore, Baldelli, and those are just the hitters lol. Now which 3 do you keep next year! You've got a lot of good looking players, mostly young, and then some duds, but it looks like you didn't need to pay for hillenbrand or rivera. I'd say that your pitching is weaker than your hitting. I think in an 8 team league you should have at least one #1 bonafide ace, and the closest you have is Verlander. But, this was AL-only so you get slack there. Team looks decent.

Thanks for your opinion on my team!

http://www.fantasybaseballcafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=262271

I guess you overlooked J. Santana--he's my ace!!!

[ChiTownEBOW]

Having just Dotel and Borowski as your closers is a weakness, esp. in an 8 person league.

Drop Wakefield and look into upgrading your 1B.

Otherwise looking pretty good.

[ingsoc747]

Having just Dotel and Borowski as your closers is a weakness, esp. in an 8 person league.

Drop Wakefield and look into upgrading your 1B.

Otherwise looking pretty good.

I was gunning for some stud RPs but they went for too high (Nathan went for 27, Ryan for 28, Rivera for 24, krod for 24). I'm hoping I can maintain a middle ranking in SVs while dominating in everything else, but we'll see. Hopefully my sleepers break out (esp Shealy and Gordon)