can this team stay in first?

[thetuna325]

12 man h2h non keeper league...ive been in first all year long and am wondering if i can stay there for the second half as well...any one on the squad look to be expendable?.im toying with the notion of trading for manny....but the kid wants pujols for him...any thoughts would be appreciated.

C I. Rodríguez (Det - C)
1B P. Konerko (CWS - 1B)
2B A. Soriano (Tex - 2B)
3B A. Béltre (LA - 3B)
SS N. Garciaparra (Bos - SS)
LF A. Pujols (StL - 1B,LF)
CF J. Edmonds (StL - CF)
RF L. Walker (Col - RF)
OF G. Anderson (Ana - LF,CF,DH)
Util C. Figgins (Ana - 3B,CF)
BN J. Dye (Oak - RF)
BN J. Mauer (Min - C)
DL S. StewartDL (Min - LF)


Pos Pitchers Edit Opp Status IP W L CG SHO SV K ERA WHIP
SP M. Clement (ChC - SP)
SP K. Wells (Pit - SP)
SP A. Leiter (NYM - SP)
RP K. Foulke (Bos - RP)
RP J. Isringhausen (StL - RP)
P A. Benítez (Fla - RP)
P D. Kolb (Mil - RP)
P D. Cabrera (Bal - SP)
BN A. Burnett (Fla - SP)
BN R. Halladay (Tor - SP)
BN V. Zambrano (TB - SP,RP)
BN A. Eaton (SD - SP)
BN R. Oswalt (Hou - SP) - -
DL T. HudsonDL (Oak - SP)

[jbones733]

yeah, you got a pretty sick team, you must of had a great draft or some stupid kids, Soriano, Nomar, Halladay, Pujols all went st rd of my draft .

i wouldnt make any changes

[thetuna325]

thanks man..i think it was a mixture of good picks and good trades...just wondering would you take manny for pujols straight up??? manny is absolutely smashing the ball now....just a thought.

[john gardner]

Here's how I'd line-up your team:


C I-rod
1BKornerko
2b Soriano
3b Figgins
SS Garciaparra
OF Edmonds
Of Anderson
OF pujols
Ut Beltre????
Bn Dye
Bn Mauer
Bn Walker
D/L Stewart


SP Clement
SP Burnett
SP Halladay
SP Oswalt
SP Eaton
Rp Foulke
Rp Izzy
Rp Benitez
Rp Kolb
Bn Wells
Bn Leiter
Bn Cabrera
Bn Zambrano
Dl Hudson


So now you take the Benchies and trade/or FA for the best you can get. You really look pretty good . IMO take the bench players and get as much as you can for them. Especially offer 3 for 1 or 2 for 1 to get better players for volume, since your bench is almost FA.

By the way, I'd hang onto Leiter!!

[jbones733]

thanks man..i think it was a mixture of good picks and good trades...just wondering would you take manny for pujols straight up??? manny is absolutely smashing the ball now....just a thought.

id still stick w Pujols, since you have a great squad, I would wait it out & hope fora HUGE 2nd half from Pujols

[john gardner]

I'd rather have Pujols for the 2nd half!

[AtP]

Team looks solid. I play in a 14 team H2H league and no one has a team anywhere as ncie as that..how many really really bad teams are there in your league?

[thetuna325]

im about 18 games in first place..id say there are 2 teams that are about 50 games out...and one of the teams has manny..thats why i want to try and get him...but im not sure what to offer...

[AtP]

We have one in our NL like that..It's roto and from first to 11th place is 40 points and from 11th to 12th is another forty. Makes you wonder why some people even bother.