15 Team 5x5 Keeper League - My First Year WHIR

[Osubball131]

This is my roster for a 15 team keeper league. I inherited a team that was lacking a lot of impact players and thus kept almost no one. Let me know how you think I did and what I still need to target via trade or waiver wire. As always WHIR. Thanks.

Batters

Pos Active Batters Salary
C Ruiz, Carlos(C) PHI 5
C Wieters, Matt(C) BAL 21
1B Helton, Todd(1B) COL 5
2B Kinsler, Ian(2B) TEX 23
3B Youkilis, Kevin(3B) BOS 17
SS Hardy, J.J.(SS) BAL 10
MI Kipnis, Jason(2B) CLE 7
CI Sandoval, Pablo(3B) SF 21
OF Alonso, Yonder(OF) SD 4
OF Beltran, Carlos(OF) STL 9
OF Berkman, Lance(1B,OF) STL 11
OF Ellsbury, Jacoby(OF) BOS 30
OF Pagan, Angel(OF) SF 6
U Wells, Vernon(OF) LAA 2

Bench (MI) Bartlett, Jason(SS) SD 5
Bench (CI) Howard, Ryan(1B) PHI 12
Bench (OF) Rivera, Juan(1B,OF) LAD 5

Pitchers

Pos Active Pitchers Salary
P Danks, John(P) CHW 3
P Garcia, Jaime(P) STL 13
P Hamels, Cole(P) PHI 25
P Kennedy, Ian(P) ARI 12
P Marmol, Carlos(P) CHC 13
P Melancon, Mark(P) BOS 5
P Nicasio, Juan(P) COL 5
P Peavy, Jake(P) CHW 3
P Sale, Chris(P) CHW 1

Bench (P) Carpenter, Chris(P) STL 7
Bench (P) Miller, Shelby(P) STL 1
Bench (P) Paulino, Felipe(P) KC 5

[Osubball131]

Bump. WHIR

[Dave8603]

For a 15-team league, this is actually a solid team, imo. I think you could stand to improve your pitching - I don't particularly trust Peavy or Danks - but your hitters are well-balanced. The only other suggestion I would make, aside from targeting pitching, is maybe try to target younger hitters, if possible. Berkman, Beltran, Helton, Wells and even Youk are all getting up there and pose a potential injury risk.

I hope that helps. It's tough to offer more without seeing the other teams and available FAs.

If you have a chance, here's my team: viewtopic.php?t=443484

I'd appreciate any help. Thanks!

[Mowntineer]

I agree, this is a solid team for a league with 15.

Could you share some of the batters that are available on the waiver wires so we can help you with any pickups? I actually think your pitching isnt bad at all. Good luck!