Extremely Young Team- Rate/comment please

[nightkaster]

16 team dynasty league. point based. after losing in the first round of the playoffs last year, i decided to trade away some of my declining veterans for guys who had off-years last year and for guys who have tremendous upside. here is how it came out:

C: Matt Wieters
1B: Adrian Gonzalez
2B: Rickie Weeks
SS: Troy Tulowitzki
3B: Ryan Zimmerman
OF: Nick Markakis
OF: Shin-Soo Choo
OF: Elijah Dukes
U: Denard Span
U: Cameron Maybin
Bench: Alexi Casilla
Bench: Dexter Fowler
Bench: Andre McCutchen

SP: Ervin Santana
SP: Justin Verlander
SP: Josh Johnson
SP: Fausto Carmona
SP: Clayton Kershaw
RP: Joey Devine
RP: Frank Francisco
Bench: Paul Maholm
Bench: John Lannan
Bench: Anibal Sanchez
Bench: Jose Arredondo

Rate, comment, suggest, predict, ect. Thank you!

[nightkaster]

anyone?

[MikeeDee]

Welcome to the cafe! I think the responses have been a little tardy around the holidays.

Like you said, it's a team with a lot of upside. You might have a top 6 team next year already.

Personally, I prefer teams with a little more of a balance between established veterans and could-be-type players. The problem now is that if half of these guys pan out, you'd still need to find players to fill the other half of your team in order to win.

[GabbyJay]

I'd be patient with this lineup, see how spring training goes, but once the season starts be ready to aggressively shop some of your young OF if any of them get on a hot streak. I'd also say pray for Rickie Weeks to get out of the blocks quickly and move him if he does. You're going to have a lot of ups and downs with this team. My priority would be pitching depth. Right now everything is hinging on a lot of iffy scenarios (Verlander, Carmona, Johnson, Kershaw etc.)

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[DaShiz23]

Be patient! You lack any top round talent, but have some nice, young movable talent. With some patience and good managerial moves, you could build something nice.