Drop Chase Utley ?

[chrispm84]

10 Team Mixed H2H Daily lineups Cbs

Should i drop chase utley considering he is going to be out 8 weeks and there's only 11 weeks left to the season and I'm 2 games back. and theres a tie at first place. I have a serious problem. This league is really shallow. The waiver wire is filled with talent. I feel like i can't miss out on edison volquez or another starter instead of having chase utley sit on my bench for 8 weeks out of 11 left. I lost kendry morales earlier this year and was able to drop him for james loney. Right now i was able to put chone figgins in for utley. But i'm completly puzzled Chase is a stud. but this league everyone has a ridicoulous team and bench players do nothing for you. I've never been in a league with so many options.


C - M. Montero
1B - J. Loney
2B - C. Figgins (just picked up to fill-in for utley)
3B - A. Beltre
SS - J. Rollins
OF- J. Hamilton
OF - C. Lee
OF - B. Zobrist
U - I. Kinsler

Bench
2B C. Utley (Leaning towards dropping him for one of the pitchers below)

These are my pitchers
Jorge De La Rosa
Ricky Romero
Shaun Marcum
Roy Halladay
Clayton Kershaw
Johnny Cueto
Tim Hudson
Tommy Hanson
Zach Greinke
Colby Lewis RP
Jon Rauch RP

Free Agents
Who can fill in till Volquez is ready ?

Floyd, Gavin SP CHW
Lowe, Derek SP ATL ·
Kennedy, Ian - ARI
Kazmir, Scott - ANA
Matsuzaka, Daisuke SP BOS
Morrow, Brandon SP TOR
Slowey, Kevin SP MIN
Sanchez, Jonathan O. SP SF ******
Scherzer, Max SP DET *******
Volquez, Edinson SP CIN ******* (I think i can wait a little longer for him)
Young, Chris SP SD
ANY HELP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

[thejusman1]

Personally, I think you have a pretty damn strong rotation. Adding any of those SPs exposes you to some ratio risk. I would, however, lean towards exchanging Cueto with Volquez. Even in a moderately shallow 10 team mixed league, I would hold onto Utley. There's a chance he beats an 8-week timeframe, and having him back in a H2H format during your fantasy playoffs is clutch.

[Fantasy GM]

No DL slot in your league? I agree withe thejusman. Utley is out 6-8 weeks, so he could return sometime in August. I'd try to keep him and also package 2 of your SP's for an an ace or trade one of your SP's for a hitter (move Kinsler for second and the new bat puts Figgins and his lackluster first half on the bench).

3 aces or 2 aces and 1 slugger? viewtopic.php?f=26&t=415938&p=3296572#p3296572

[chrispm84]

all the cbs leagues ive been in dont have dl slots. plus no one in this league will make deals bc of the waiver wire being so good

[MashinSpuds]

The heck with pitching, I say if you're going to drop Utley you should get a bat that might spell you in case one of your offensive players turns to dust in the second half. Utley could be a boost for you by the end of August/September, but if your offense hasn't held up until then, the point may be moot.

In my opinion, see if you can package an arm and Utley for a bat that might fill the hole Utley has just left you.

[chrispm84]

one start from a pitcher can get me awhole week of utley espescially the way hes been and phils too

[MadDog36]

Scherzer, Max SP (ride the hot hand) he needs to be OWNED, seriously.

I would drop Figgins, move Kinsler to 2b and use a UTL bat whoever is hot and has 7 games with good matchups (look at your matchup tab and see the player history vs. pitchers) and go with your gut as well.

Post some FAs please.

[chrispm84]

I like chone Figgins going forward but heres the wire
Span, Denard CF MIN 319 49 90 68 12 7 3 34 33 38 15 1 0.2821 0.3557 0.3918 255.0
Willingham, Josh LF WAS 249 42 68 41 11 2 14 44 49 55 7 0 0.2731 0.4045 0.5020 254.5
DeJesus, David LF KC 293 39 97 67 22 3 5 35 29 39 3 3 0.3311 0.3976 0.4778 230.5
Guillen, Jose RF KC 299 42 84 57 11 2 14 50 21 68 1 0 0.2809 0.3424 0.4716 230.0
Gardner, Brett CF NYY 237 49 76 63 6 4 3 23 31 38 24 5 0.3207 0.4029 0.4177 229.0
Gonzalez, Carlos LF COL 281 47 84 59 9 4 12 46 11 67 11 4 0.2989 0.3266 0.4875 227.5
Jones, Garrett RF PIT 285 33 81 54 17 0 10 47 33 57 6 3 0.2842 0.3560 0.4491 222.5
Ortiz, David DH BOS 220 41 57 24 16 0 17 53 38 67 0 1 0.2591 0.3664 0.5636 222.5
Pagan, Angel CF NYM 257 42 78 55 14 5 4 36 25 36 14 5 0.3035 0.3627 0.4436 222.0
Upton, B.J. CF TB 261 46 59 30 19 3 7 29 34 72 24 6 0.2261 0.3199 0.4023 222.0
Pence, Hunter RF HOU 288 45 75 50 13 1 11 37 19 40 9 4 0.2604 0.3062 0.4271 218.0
Podsednik, Scott LF KC 297 39 87 75 5 4 3 33 23 48 23 9 0.2929 0.3374 0.3670 217.0
Soriano, Alfonso LF CHC 240 41 67 30 22 2 13 38 26 60 4 0 0.2792 0.3494 0.5500 216.0
Ross, Cody CF FLA 293 39 87 60 18 2 7 43 21 65 7 1 0.2969 0.3481 0.4437 215.5
LaRoche, Adam 1B ARI 265 41 67 37 17 1 12 53 33 79 0 0 0.2528 0.3389 0.4604 211.5
Callaspo, Alberto 2B KC 307 37 85 57 19 2 7 36 16 29 3 0 0.2769 0.3089 0.4202 209.5
Bourn, Michael CF HOU 283 47 75 56 17 1 1 18 32 59 25 7 0.2650 0.3418 0.3428 208.5
Pierre, Juan LF CHW 301 39 75 67 7 1 0 13 20 23 29 8 0.2492 0.3172 0.2791 204.5
Barton, Daric 1B OAK 284 35 80 54 20 2 4 30 48 52 0 2 0.2817 0.3864 0.4085 204.0
Ludwick, Ryan RF STL 264 40 72 40 19 2 11 42 23 61 0 3 0.2727 0.3367 0.4848 203.5
Young, Delmon LF MIN 243 33 71 44 19 0 8 51 15 33 3 2 0.2922 0.3283 0.4691 201.5
Damon, Johnny LF DET 261 46 70 46 19 2 3 20 38 41 7 1 0.2682 0.3621 0.3908 199.5
Francoeur, Jeff RF NYM 260 33 69 47 13 1 8 41 17 45 7 2 0.2654 0.3149 0.4154 193.5
Jones, Adam CF BAL 307 36 84 58 10 3 13 36 9 65 3 3 0.2736 0.3000 0.4528 193.5
Torres, Andres CF SF 228 35 62 33 22 4 3 22 35 52 14 3 0.2719 0.3712 0.4430 193.0
Drew, J.D. RF BOS 232 40 63 36 17 2 8 37 32 55 1 1 0.2716 0.3606 0.4655 192.5
Stubbs, Drew CF CIN 256 41 60 41 7 4 8 35 28 83 16 3 0.2344 0.3114 0.3867 192.5
Headley, Chase LF SD 308 43 81 64 12 0 5 27 23 64 11 3 0.2630 0.3134 0.3506 189.0
Cabrera, Orlando SS CIN 305 35 75 54 18 0 3 30 18 35 10 1 0.2459 0.2848 0.3344 187.5
Gomes, Jonny LF CIN
Kouzmanoff, Kevin 3B OAK 304 33 84 62 14 0 8 39 13 48 1 0 0.2763 0.3084 0.4013 187.0
Davis, Rajai CF OAK 249 33 66 49 13 2 2 21 12 42 26 5 0.2651 0.3083 0.3574 185.0
Jones, Chipper 3B ATL 213 29 54 36 13 0 5 32 47 35 5 0 0.2535 0.3855 0.3850 182.5
Scott, Luke LF BAL 223 35 61 31 17 1 12 30 25 56 1 0 0.2735 0.3478 0.5202 182.0
Aybar, Erick SS ANA 280 44 77 59 14 2 2 15 26 47 12 5 0.2750 0.3366 0.3607 181.5
Jackson, Austin CF DET 279 45 86 63 19 3 1 17 18 78 13 3 0.3082 0.3567 0.4086 181.0
Matsui, Hideki DH ANA 263 23 68 45 13 0 10 46 31 62 0 0 0.2586 0.3367 0.4221 181.0
Ibanez, Raul LF PHI 254 30 61 37 15 3 6 36 36 45 1 1 0.2402 0.3277 0.3937 180.5
Kearns, Austin RF CLE 235 35 64 42 15 0 7 34 29 63 4 1 0.2723 0.3558 0.4255 175.5
Smith, Seth LF COL 187 34 52 29 8 4 11 35 16 29 1 0 0.2781 0.3365 0.5401 175.5
Sweeney, Ryan RF OAK 269 35 79 59 17 2 1 32 22 38 1 1 0.2937 0.3435 0.3829 174.0
Rivera, Juan L. LF ANA 234 38 56 33 13 0 10 34 19 41 1 1 0.2393 0.3023 0.4231 173.5
Eckstein, David 2B SD 285 28 80 61 18 0 1 20 15 12 5 1 0.2807 0.3290 0.3544 173.0
Peralta, Jhonny 3B CLE 269 29 68 40 21 2 5 34 27 59 1 0 0.2528 0.3179 0.4015 171.5
Davis, Ike 1B NYM 238 37 62 39 14 0 9 34 26 64 1 0 0.2605 0.3346 0.4328 171.0
Keppinger, Jeff 3B HOU 275 30 75 53 21 0 1 25 24 21 2 1 0.2727 0.3300 0.3600 170.5
Overbay, Lyle 1B TOR 274 36 64 39 16 2 7 28 32 70 1 0 0.2336 0.3172 0.3832 170.0
Theriot, Ryan SS CHC

[chrispm84]

you got me thinking. Maybe drop figgins for span and move kinsler to 2b.. anyone else thoughts?

[thejusman1]

You weren't lying about a stacked FA...

I wouldn't mind grabbing Span, CarGo, or Gardner there. All 3 are excellent options. Shift Kinsler to 2B and dump Figgins for one of these 3 immediately. I'd probably grab CarGo, but it really depends on your scoring set-up and who has been the most valuable SP thus far.