by Southern Illinois Cardinals Fan » Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:22 am
Hi guys. This is my first year doing roto. That said, I know you should never punt a category in roto unless you know your team can make up the difference. Right now, I am sitting dead last in the strikeout department. Here are my current standings:
R: 6th
HR: 3rd
RBI: 7th (tie)
SB: 2nd
AVG: 7th
OBP: 7th
W: 5th (4 way tie)
SV: 2nd
K: 14th
Holds: 2nd (tie, also 3 way tie for first)
ERA: 6th
WHIP: 10th
Total: 3rd overall
Now you can definitely see my weakness lies in pitching (no argument here). Should I trade some of my hitting for pitching? Here is my roster in a 14 team 6x6 salary roto league.
C: Napoli (3 year/325k)
1B: Teixeira (3 year/9m)
2B: Utley (5 yr/12m)
3B: Longoria (5 yr/600k)*
SS: Hanley (4 yr/17m)
OF: Hawpe (3 yr/5m)
OF: Werth (3 yr/325k)
OF: Carlos Gomez (5 yr/600k)
UTIL: Winn (2 yr/325k)
BN: Fowler (5 yr/600k)*
BN: Iwamura (2 yr/325k)
BN: Spilborghs (5 yr/325k)
BN: Gardner (5 yr/600k)*
BN: D. Murphy (5 yr/600k)*
Waivers Requested: Carlos Gonzalez (5 yr/600k)*
SP: Hamels (3 yr/7.7m)
SP: Shields (3 yr/4.5m)
SP: Young (3 yr/4.3m)
RP: F. Cordero (3 yr/3.5m)
RP: Bell (3 yr/2m)
RP: Kuo (2 yr/340k)
P: Guthrie (2 yr/325k)
P: Jurrjens (3 yr/600k)*
P: Bruney (1 yr/325k)
BN: Happ (5 yr/600k)*
DL: Escobar (3 yr/325k)
DL: A. Miller (4 yr/325k)
Total salary for 2009 (including cut players): $80,653,750
Salary room: $9,346,250
* denotes minor league call up/signing
While I do have some minor leaguers, there are very few good names left. I have Chris Tillman, Fernando Martinez, Xavier Avery, Luis Valbuena, and Carlos Santana. I have have the #3 pick in this years entry draft.
So with all that, would you make a move? I have mentioned on here before that I considered trading Teixeira but I was recommended not to (at least until midseason). If you would make a move, who would you trade. I just missed out on a couple trades including A.J. Burnett and Justin Verlander.