2 teams...what do you think? WHIR

[hambone1818]

Both teams a in h-2-h, 10 team, 5x5, the first has 7 keepers, the second has 3 keepers:


TEAM 1:
C Russell Martin
1B Ryan Howard
2B Chone Figgins
3B Garrett Atkins
SS Carlos Guillén
OF Vladimir Guerrero
OF Manny Ramírez
OF Rocco Baldelli
Util Howie Kendrick
BN Chris B. Young
BN Chris Duncan
BN Ryan Freel

SP Carlos Zambrano
SP Ben Sheets
RP Joe Nathan
RP Takashi Saito
P Randy Johnson
P A.J. Burnett
BN Adam Wainwright
BN Scott Olsen

TEAM 2:
C Russell Martin
1B Todd Helton
2B Ian Kinsler
3B David Wright
SS Jose Reyes
OF Delmon Young
OF Matt Holliday
OF Adam Dunn
Util Jim Thome
BN Corey Hart

SP Johan Santana
SP Ben Sheets
SP Erik Bedard
SP Randy Johnson
RP Trevor Hoffman
RP José Valverde
BN Chris Capuano
BN Mike Pelfrey
BN Scott Olsen

Any thoughts or suggestions (where I could have weaknesses, who you'd get rid of, etc) would be greatly appreciated. thanks

[hambone1818]

Bump...any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[BritSox]

The first team's pretty darn good. The only slight worry with it is the back of the rotation. You have a lot of raw power, but Figgy gives you enough steals to compete.

Second one, well, the keepers are very good, but the rest of it looks pretty mediocre. Pelfrey won't be an impact player this year, and if it's only three keepers, there's no point keeping him around. I'm pretty sure in a ten-teamer there's a better bench hitter than Hart available. I might consider getting rid of Valverde, as I don't think marginal closers are particularly worth having.

[hambone1818]

Brit, thanks for the reply...that's about as good a reply as I've gotten on this board. I ended up dropping Pelfry for Escobar, and Hart for Cuddyer. Oh, and he wasn't in there initially but Holliday is an outfielder on that second team...definately adds a bit to the team, huh?

Any other thoughts on the teams? Where I might be able to improve, if I should make any trades to shore up an area, or just thoughts on the teams.

Thanks, and again, post a link, I'll answer your question.