C- Matt Weiters 1B- Justin Morneau 2B- Dan Uggla 3B- David Wright SS- Hanley Ramirez OF- Carlos Gonzalez OF- Matt Kemp Of- Justin Upton Util- Mike Stanton
SP- Cole Hamels SP- Roy Oswalt SP- Matt Cain SP- Jeremy Hellickson RP- Brian Wilson RP- Aroldis Chapman
Team B:
C- Brian McCann 1B- Ryan Howard 2B- Dustin Pedroia 3B- Mark Reynolds SS- Troy Tulowitzki OF- Drew Stubbs OF- Delmon Young OF- Jay Bruce Util- Jacoby Ellsbury
SP- Clayton Kershaw SP- Zack Greinke SP- Mark Scherzer SP- Dan Haren RP- Heath Bell RP- Jonathan Papelbon
I believe Team A has the better Offense and slightly deeper pitching staff. Hamels, Oswalt, Cain are a better 3 than Kershaw, Grienke, Scherzer. Team A also has the edge in the Outfield plus I;m not a huge fan of Howard this year, nobody hitting in front + behind him = pitch around him all year.
screwball1234 wrote:I believe Team A has the better Offense and slightly deeper pitching staff. Hamels, Oswalt, Cain are a better 3 than Kershaw, Grienke, Scherzer. Team A also has the edge in the Outfield plus I;m not a huge fan of Howard this year, nobody hitting in front + behind him = pitch around him all year.
I would have go with team A on this better overall offense with a good mixture of power and speed. I would be a little worried about Team B's batting average though with Howard, Reynolds, and Stubbs.
Team B does have the better staff and bullpen though.
I like Team A offensivley, due to slightly better power and steals and a advantage AVG wise, but like Team B's pitching alot more with Kershaw and 2 great closers, Team A pitching is good but in a shallow roster like that I would have gone with a another SP (who can moonlight at RP, Hellickson) instead of Wilson, or apitcher like Marmol who puts up stellar K's (100+) and a good ERA/WHIP as a reliver, and Hellickson is still rsky in my book in a shallow depth league
Overall I would go team A, since the pitching issues can be correced by WW pick-ups and that Offense is good to go, and team B has too many Offensive holes to worry about.
Team A Sub .270 hitters: Dan Uggla - but offsets that with Justin Upton-Could easily hit over .280 though Mike Stanton-Extreme power Matt Wieters-Possibly, but won't hurt team That leaves 3-4 players at above .300, 8-9 at 20+hrs, 3 players 20+ steals (one above 35+) 2 others at 15+ steals
Team B Sub .270 hitters: Ryan Howard Mark Reynolds Drew Stubbs Possibly Jay Bruce Only 2 for sure .300 hitters Plus your main speed guy has a injury history, and Mark Reynolds is too bad a hitter to offset