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Drop Bruce for Juan Rivera/Kubel/McCutchen

Postby D.Piston » Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:52 pm

Should I drop him?...He's just not helping my team or living up to what he's supposed to be doing this year.

Top FAs for OF= Juan Rivera, Kubel, or McCutchen
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Re: Drop Bruce for Juan Rivera/Kubel/McCutchen

Postby MaudDib » Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:21 pm

Well McCutchen has been pretty good so far so I would pick him up but not by dropping Bruce. Bruce's peripheral numbers are little off and I think they will improve which will make him much more valuable.
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Re: Drop Bruce for Juan Rivera/Kubel/McCutchen

Postby TheNephilim » Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:20 pm

Post the rest of your team. How big is this league? Those are some pretty attractive FA to be laying around especially with bruce so ineffective thus far.
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Re: Drop Bruce for Juan Rivera/Kubel/McCutchen

Postby kidsilk » Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:52 pm

I would keep Bruce in your situation. He still is on pace for like 35 HR. He will bring his avg up eventually.

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Re: Drop Bruce for Juan Rivera/Kubel/McCutchen

Postby D.Piston » Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:53 pm

TheNephilim wrote:Post the rest of your team. How big is this league? Those are some pretty attractive FA to be laying around especially with bruce so ineffective thus far.


Yeah just a 10 Team/h2h/daily line up changes/3rd place
Hitters:
C M Wieters
1B Albert Pujols
2B Figgins
3B Álex Rodríguez
SS Tulo
OF Zobrist (2B, SS, OF elgible)
OF Rios
OF Jay Bruce
Util/1B Joey Votto

BN 2B Uggla
DL Quentin
DL Betran


Pitchers:
SP Javier Vázquez
SP Josh Johnson
SP A.J. Burnett
SP Chris Carpenter
SP Max Scherzer
SP Kevin Slowey
SP Edwin Jackson
SP R Nolasco
RP Joakim Soria
RP JP Howell
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Re: Drop Bruce for Juan Rivera/Kubel/McCutchen

Postby TheNephilim » Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:30 pm

I know its easier said than done but could you pair bruce with a pitcher to bolster the OF. You have a pretty strong staff. I recently traded Bruce plus heath bell for Matt holliday
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Re: Drop Bruce for Juan Rivera/Kubel/McCutchen

Postby D.Piston » Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:47 pm

TheNephilim wrote:I know its easier said than done but could you pair bruce with a pitcher to bolster the OF. You have a pretty strong staff. I recently traded Bruce plus heath bell for Matt holliday


Good idea. What pitcher should I trade? and I'll try the same thing.
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Re: Drop Bruce for Juan Rivera/Kubel/McCutchen

Postby Lsquad » Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:35 am

I a daily league, you should probably have another OF. Bruce has the second lowest BABIP in the majors, and despite a low line drive rate, has significant power. He's often worth starting against Right handed pitchers, though I'd always sit him against lefties right now. personally, I'd hang on to Bruce, though I do like Rivera (you could certainly do worse).
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