by Mateo de Lorenzo » Sun Jul 17, 2011 7:34 pm
Now that I am done with a few trades, I want to get peoples opinions on who I should pick up off the WW and what I should focus on to further improve my team.
League details: 14 team 6x6 h2h league. Standard categories with OPS and Holds added.
C Chris Ianetta
1B Prince Fielder
2B Brandon Phillips
3B Pablo Sandoval
SS Alexei Ramirez
IF Jamey Carroll
LF Brett Gardner
CF Matt Kemp
RF Andre Ethier
OF Carlos Lee
U David Ortiz
U BJ Upton
BN Laynce Nix
DL David Wright
SP: Jair Jurrjens, Clayton Kershaw, Wandy Rodriguez, Carlos Carrasco, Carl Pavano, Andrew Miller, Vance Worley, Madison Bumgarner.
MiddleMen: Jose Veras, Vinnie Pestano
Closers: Drew Storen, Joe Nathan, Joel Hanrahan, Francisco Cordero, Javy Guerra, David Hernandez.
DL: Roy Oswalt
So, when Wright comes off the DL, I will drop Jamey Carroll. In the meantime, I have four solid closers and two stop gaps, which seems a bit much. That being said, this league hoards saves. When the season started I only had Hanrahan and Storen. I am thinking of offering to trade Storen for a SP. Or should I focus on getting a strong middle reliever and a utility/bench upgrade? I was thinking of offering Storen for Scherzer or Jonny Venters/Aubrey Huff. I know some will be opposed to the latter trade but I'm just not feeling Storen. The Nationals have the most blown leads in the majors and that likely continues. I like Huff in the fact that he is usually a second half player so should provide some pop. I could also look for Starlin Castro, Jesus Montero, or Jed Lowrie with Venters. I could get through the season with Montero or Lowrie riding the bench. Well, Lowrie would fit into my DL slot. I'm sure conventional wisdom says not to trade for a middle man, but Venters is much better then those available and I would like to have one more middle man. Thoughts?