Which OF should I try to move? WHIR 100%

[slcdcricket]

I have 6, IMO, quality outfielders and it pains me to bench one every day. It's a 16 team, 6x6 H2H with BB and L added to hitting and pitching respectively. Which OF should I try to move? Should I try to trade an OF and a closer like Fuentes for another SP or maybe a 2B?

C - Ivan Rodriguez
1B - Jorge Cantu
2B - Ian Desmond
3B - David Wright
SS - Miguel Tejada
LF - Carl Crawford
CF - Andrew McCutchen
RF - Jayson Werth
Util - Alex Rios
Util - Jason Heyward
BN - Franklin Gutierrez
BN - Clint Barmes
BN - Russell Branyan

SP - Dan Haren
SP - Ubaldo Jimenez
RP - Joakim Soria
RP - Brian Fuentes
P - Octavio Dotel
P - Chad Billingsley
P - Shaun Marcum
P - Justin Masterson
BN - Livan Hernandez
BN - Carlos Silva

[MadDog36]

Eh your team is rather shaky. i would probably try to pick up an upgrade at 1b (easier to get) and then grab an upside 2b guy off waivers.

Who is available for 1b/2b?

[slcdcricket]

The best three 1B available are Gaby Sanchez, Ike Davis, or Casey Kotchman

For 2B, I only see Luis Castillo, Ronnie Belliard, David Eckstein, Sean Rodriguez, Delwyn Young...

Should I drop Desmond for Castillo seeing that Castillo plays every day?

[chadam189]

I would use your OF surplus to upgrade your 1B spot. If I'm not mistaken, you have 3 CF's - McCutchen, Rios, and Gutierrez; check and see if anybody needs an upgrade at CF since it's the weakest out of the 3 OF slots. Since Crawford is your only LF (again, let me know if I'm wrong), I would probably not trade him away. Werth will probably get you the nicest 1B (D. Lee possibly?) without also weakening your team too much since you can slide Heyward into the RF slot.

I think Desmond should be acceptable for you at 2B, and definitely better than anybody else you mentioned. Castillo is a much worse fantasy player, even with the extra games over Desmond. In the meantime, I would drop Barmes for Kotchman to platoon/backup Cantu at 1B.

Finally, be careful about trading Fuentes or one of your other closers; with Losses as an extra category it weakens SP's slightly while boosting the value of RP's. You have three legit closers in a 16-team league; that's a huge advantage and I would not give that up unless I was getting something amazing in return.

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[Millcity_Maniac]

I agree alot with the poster above. I would try to turn one of your OF into an upgrade at 1b. I think that would be the best use of the surplus of OFs you have.

[hartmtown]

Thanks for the help with mine.

Agreed with the two guys above. Cantu shouldn't be your top 1B. See if you can trade someone like Werth for Heyward for a mid-level 1B (Lee, Gonzalez, Dunn, Youkilis, etc.)

[slcdcricket]

Just proposed Werth straight up for Morneau, but should I instead have done Werth and Cantu for perhaps Votto?

[guyincognito]

I agree with everyone here that you need to upgrade at 1B. Your offer of Werth straight up for Morneau probably won't get accepted, but it never hurts to try. Maybe you could package Rios and Cantu for a top tier 1B. As for 2B, Desmond is just as good as the ones you've listed, so you'll be fine there. Keep an eye on S.Rodriguez. The moment he strings together a few good outings he should see more consistant starts (since Maddon seems to like the kid a lot) and could be a big time sleeper at 2B.

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[MadDog36]

Wow, drop Russ Branyan for Ike Davis quickly. You play the upside.
I'd also add Sean Rodriguez too for his upside.

[k.k.]

Wow, drop Russ Branyan for Ike Davis quickly. You play the upside.

I disagree. The upside on a guy like Ike Davis isn't worth it, IMHO. Branyan might need a bit to get going, but he'll hit well hit.

As far as dropping one of your six OFs, I'd drop Gutierrez. Seattle is struggling offensively.