Can I retake 1st place

[Padres Fan]

I am in a standard Yahoo 12 team Roto league, I started ut in 1st place up until last week but now I am a point behind, 96.5-95.5, good news is that 3rd is at 71 points, for some odd reason I always stay at 94-96 points, and he has flucuated between 90-100 at any given time.

I have made some deals likepick up BJ Upton from waivers, dropped Adrian Beltre for Casey Blake, traded Carlos Quentin and Hunter pence (to clear up my OF logjam) for Heath Bell and Matt Cain and grabbed David Price for Stephen Drew

Can I battle him for 1st place, his offense is better, but I have a pitching edge

My Team
C-Mike Napoli (started with Jeff Baker)
1B-Albert Pujols
2B-Dustin Pedroia
3B-Casey Blake (Dropped Adrian Beltre after grabbing when Alex Gordon went down)
SS-Jason Bartlett (Picked up when Stephen Drew got injured)
OF-BJ Upton (Grabbed off waivers)
OF-Adam Jones
OF-Jay Bruce (Grabbed off waivers)
UTIL-Adam Lind
BN-Matt Kemp
BN-Matt Wieters
DL-Alex Gordon

SP-Jake Peavey
SP-James Shields
RP-Joe Nathan
RP-Heath Bell (Traded Carlos Quentin/Hunter Pence to last place team fro him and Matt Cain)
P-Jonathan Broxton
P-Matt Cain
P-Matt Garza
BN-Scott Richmond (Daily drop player)
BN-Ervin Santana
BN-David Price

His Team
C-Joe Mauer
1B-Miguel Cabrera
2B-Alexei Ramirez
3B-Evan Longoria
SS-Michael Young
OF-Carl Crawford
OF-Torii Hunter
OF-Curtis Granderson
UTIL-Carlos Lee
BN-Willy Taveras
BN-Mark Teixeira
BN-Freddy Sanchez

SP-Josh Beckett
SP-Rich Harden
RP-Francisco Cordero
RP-Mike Gonzalez
P-Edison Volquez
P-Fausto Carmona
P-Jered Weaver
BN-Frank Francisco
BN-Aaron Hrang
DL-Hiroki Kuroda

[Baronz]

I think your pitching is better than his, but his offense is pretty crazy. It also doesnt help that Mauer, Longoria, Miggy, and Tex are on a tear. He does have a few underperformers in alexei, and now young since hes injured.
You have a chance at catching up though. Kemp should pick it up once manny is back. Theres no way BJ sinks any lower than he is now but he really needs to hit a hot streak. Bruce hopefully hits for more avg soon.
Overall, his team is just really hot right now. You just have to hope it cools down which it probably will.

[Padres Fan]

Yeah he snuck up on me pretty quick after week 4 he was 5th place, and he made a quick surge, I just need to quit having freak injuries as well

[Padres Fan]

Bump

[Padres Fan]

Anyone else?

[Padres Fan]

Bump again

[jmcampbe11]

Wieters should provide a nice boost when he gets the call. The buzz here in Balt is June 9th will be the magic. I'd probably just ride out his hot streak and hope you can compete. Your pitching staff is definitely better though so it might even out.

[hooligan1]

I think you can overtake first again. His offense is damn good, but I don't think it's waaay better than yours. He does have a marked advantage in speed though.... I agree that Wieters should provide a pretty nice boost when he gets called up. Your pitching staff is significantly better than his, though. I think that is where your battlefield lies.....

Thanks for your help with mine!

[thejusman1]

Pretty evenly stacked teams, imo. It should be a good season between the two of you battling it out for 1st and 2nd.

[g-dawg]

He's got some guys that are awfully hot right now, and should cool down sometime (Mauer, Hunter, maybe Young unless he's back to his 2005 form). I say just be patient and don't make any irrational moves - it's only May. Long ways to go still.