Going for all upside team: 25 or younger. WHIR

[ck41885]

16 team league. I think I got a pretty good start . 12 keepers for next season. I could try and move Hanley to get a bit more depth at the other positions. Which positions would you try to upgrade and which players would you target? ATM, my 12 keepers would probably be Wieters, Butler, Beckham, Ramirez, Stewart, Heyward, Stubbs/Venable/EYJ?, Hanson, Price, Strasburg, Anderson, Hughes. But I could probably use a more solid OF (maybe Bruce or McCutchen) and 3B (Sandoval isn't gonna be cheap).

Standard 5 Cats + Hits, XBH, Fielding %
C - Matt Wieters
1B - Billy Butler
2B - Gordon Beckham
SS - Hanley Ramirez
3B - Ian Stewart
IF - Asdrubal Cabrera
OF - Jason Heyward
OF - Drew Stubbs
OF - Will Venable
OF - Jose Bautista
Util - Ian Desmond

Bench - Eric Young
Bench - Chris Davis
Bench - Jesus Montero

Standard cats + IP, QS, BAA
P - Tommy Hanson, David Price, Brett Anderson, Stephen Strasburg, Phil Hughes, Ricky Romero, JA Happ, Wade Leblanc, Mike Pelfrey, Jhoulys Chacin, Derek Holland

[ck41885]

And while on the topic, if I could have my pick of players in the 25 and under bracket, this would be my roster of the best players/highest upside guys.

C - Matt Wieters
1B - Billy Butler
2B - Gordon Beckham
SS - Troy Tulowitzki
3B - Evan Longoria
IF - Pablo Sandoval
OF - Matt Kemp
OF - Justin Upton
OF - Jason Heyward
OF - Andrew McCutchen

SP - Tommy Hanson
SP - David Price
SP - Felix Hernandez
SP - Yovani Gallardo
SP - Brett Anderson

[fameb]

Thanks for the help

I think you need to improve your outfield. Bautista is obviously not a long term solution and I don't see Veneble or Stubbs really being anything special. I would try and package them with a better piece to obtain a solid young outfielder that you can keep and build around to go along with Heyward...McCutchen is definitly a good target. The rest seem fairly solid.

[I Stumped the Schwab]

Thanks for the help!

I think your lineup is pretty solid except for outfield. McCutchen would be very nice to get, though idk who you would trade. Also, IMO i think Clay Buchholz is better than Happ, Leblanc and Pelfrey.

[nacho742]

The OF seems very weak. Venable, Stubbs and Bautista aint so hot.

Some <25 guys I would target:
- McCutchen
- Rasmus
- Carlos Gonzalez
- Austin Jackson

Guys not yet in the big show that will be soon:
- Mike Stanton (20)
- Desmond Jennings (23)

Some more sub-25 pitchers to target:
- Buchholz (turns 26 in August)
- Matusz (23)
- Leake (22)

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[ck41885]

Nacho: all great suggestions. I think McCutchen may be my number one target. One team is also stashing youngsters like I am, so he may be hesitant to give up Rasmus. Tho I did already get Wieters and Brett Anderson from him. I am not so fond of Jackson due to all of his peripheral stats at the moment. And I just missed out on getting Stanton. I got a soft spot for 20 yr old power hitters. As for the pitchers, I think I may just stay put. I doubt I'd be keeping more than 5 pitchers, so I think Hanson, Price, Strasburg, Anderson, and Hughes are adequate. I'd prolly try and trade Hanley, Stewart, and Venable for a solid SS, 3B and OF.

[Tony Micelli]

Yup, I have to agree with the rest here ... Besides Heyward, your OF could use some help. If you could get McCutchen, that would be a wise move .. especially since you can probably buy low on him right now. Thanks for your help with mine.