This is my 1st year playing fantasy baseball and am in a decent league. I've picked up Pence, Gallardo as FA's so far.
I'm 6th in league at moment. Lost my 1st 2 match ups this season, but haven't lost since.
Very short on saves since I traded Gregg, Hardy and King Felix for Rollins and Lackey. I was happy with that trade though as sold high on Hardy to get Rollins.
Guardado is available as a FA. Should I pick him up and if so, who should I replace?
Casilla, Soria and Salomon Torres also available.
Any advice would be appreciated.
C Ramón Hernández 1B Casey Kotchman 2B Josh Barfield 3B Garrett Atkins SS Jimmy Rollins OF Eric Byrnes OF Manny Ramírez OF Vladimir Guerrero BN Hunter Pence
SP Brandon Webb SP CC Sabathia SP John Lackey SP Mike Mussina SP Joe Blanton SP Yovani Gallardo SP Kevin Slowey RP Tony Peña RP Hideki Okajima RP Kevin Correia RP Heath Bell DL Tom Gordon
ya u need a good relief pitcher for sure. your lineup could use some tweaks too and your SP seem pretty solid too. you definately should look at trading for a closer. yovani gallardo is doin great and can hit so his value at this point is decent and with chris capuano comin off the dl he will likely be movin to the bullpen or they will end up movin claudio vargas too the pen also hunter pence seems like he is a solid fixture in that astros lineup so hes got decent value as well. If i was you i would try to deal manny and gallardo for a solid closer and outfeilder such as jj putz or a mediocre closer who you could get for less just too hold the fort right now.
Is that bench, or Util? Seems weird for it to bench. If it is, I'll second the idea of trying to move Manny for a stud closer. If it's not and Pence is util, might have to sell Gallardo or Blanton with him to get a stud and a decent replacement, or get a middle tier closer and decent replacement for just Manny to put in util if possible.