10 team roto leauge ~\n\nC - Josh Willingham - Fla.\n1B - Jim Thome - CWS\n2B - Craig Biggio - Hou.\n3B - Joe Crede - CWS\nSS - R. Furcal - LAD\nOF - Manny Ramirez - Bos.\nOF - M. Alou - SF\nOF - Jaun Pierre - ChC.\nUtil - Mark Loretta - Bos.\nBN - Jason Lane - Hou.\nBN - Preston Wilson - Hou.\nBN - Shea Hillenbrand - Tor.\nBN - Adam Dunn - Cin.\nBN - Ian Kinsler - Tex.\nSP - Andy Pettite - Hou.\nSP - R. Halladay - Tor.\nRP - H. Street - Oak.\nRP - K. Foulke - Bos.\nP - Dan Wheeler - Hou.\nP - Zach Duke - Pit.\nP - F. Cordero - Tex.\nP - K. Farnsworth - NYY\n\nwhat do you guys think??
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You have too many bench batters.  Most of the time, you will have 3-5 bench batters that contribute nothing for you.  The general advice is to get more pitchers for Wins and Ks.  If youcan get some good middle relivers, they can even lower your ERA and WHIP.
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First of all, J.J. Putz isn't doing anything anytime soon. Is this a keeper league? Putz would be good for that, but not much else. Drop him for Francisco ROdney. Rodney will be picking up saves in August and September while all the other closers tire.\nSecond, Drop some of your hitters, prefferably Casey Blake to pick up another SP. If you can get a guy who starts one of every 5 games, it will increase your IP\nThird, get Bay and Ichiro off the bench. They are two of the most dynamic players in the game. They need to be played.\nFourth, once you get Bay and Ichiro on the field, drop Burrell and pick up a player at another position. You need someone who can fill in for Roberts and Delgado consistently on their off days. Ramirez might fill the need for another 2b/SS, but you have a logjam at SS and OF. Make the platoon smaller, and pick up a 1b (is chris shelton on the board? jim thome?) Everyone has off days when they don't play, and people will get injured. Pick up a first baseman or Catcher\nFifth, and last, if you don't already, chek the team daily. You need to know who will start, who's on the DL, who has a favorable matchup, who;s slumping, etc. All of this is necessary. I am leading one of my leagues, am second in another, and fourth in my last. I lost a bet on Eric Gagne, but you don't have to make that mistake. That's all I can say for you, besides always watch SportsCenter and read SI and check your standings. Peace\n\nthomas, destroyer of worlds
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R Freel CF\nF Lopez SS\nA Dunn LF\nE Encarnacion 3B\nS Hatteberg 1B\nA Kearns RF\nJ Valentin C\nR Aurilia 2B \nWillams P
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starters - \n\nace - curt schilling\nC - jason varitek\n1B - Kevin Millar\n2B - MArk Bellhorn\nSS - Pokey Reese\n3B - Bill Mueller\nLF - Manny Rameriz\nCF - Johnny Damon\nRF - Trot Nixon\n\n\nDerek Lowe win game 4 against the Cards\n\n\n\nGO RED RED SOX!!!!\n\n2004 ACLS tickets - $1000\nRed Sox jeresy - $100\nLeft over "Whose Your Daddy" t-shirts - priceless
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the team is a 7. to improve your team HERE IS WHAT I SUGGEST:\n1. drop anderson and pickup up rios, blake, or holiday.\n2. drop casey and add swisher, shelton, or berkman.\n3. drop counsell and add polanco, lopez, or cabrerra(angels).\n4. drop gagne and add papelbon, jones, or jenks.\n5. johnson is okay but i would rathe have blake or swisher or lopez.
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I hope so. They have different players this year. The pitching will have to hang tough...Arroyo,Harang,Williams. I think they made some good moves. I hate that Casey is gone. Griffey is on the DL as usual.
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I'll take today's all-stars...Think about this team and tell me anybody could beat them.\n\nC - Victor Martinez (backup - Ivan Rodriguez)\n1B - Albert Pujols (Derrek Lee)\n2B - Alfonso Soriano (Chase Utley)\nSS - Miguel Tejada (Derek Jeter)\n3B - Alex Rodriguez (Eric Chavez)\nLF - Manny Ramirez (Jason Bay)\nCF - Carlos Beltran (Ken Griffey Jr)\nRF - Ichiro (Vladimir Guerrero)\nDH - Barry Bonds (David Ortiz)\nSP - Curt Schilling, Pedro Martinez, Roy Oswalt, Roger Clemens, Roy Halladay, Johan Santana\nRP - Jon Papelbon, Brad Lidge, Mariano Rivera, Trevor Hoffman, Billy Wagner\n\nThere are so many other guys that could fill in...future Hall of Famers like Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Randy Johnson, and Todd Helton...guys in their prime like Lance Berkman, Nomar Garciaparra and Bobby Abreu...young hitters like Matt Holliday, Ryan Howard, and Miguel Cabrera...up-and-coming aces like Felix Hernandez, Francisco Liriano, and Justin Verlander...and the list could go on and on.  But I'd take this lineup against the best any year/era could throw out there.
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Javy Lopez, Khalil Greene, Koronka need to be dropped asap. Beyond that I don't see how your team is in last. Is this a 12 team league? You are getting killed offensively. hardly any speed, don't score many runs. Pitching you can't go wrong with Santana, Cap, and Halladay. Your closers are off to slow starts. Westbrook I would drop, hold onto Haren even though he is off to a sluggish start. Hamels COULD be a stud, we will see. You really don't have any trade bate other than your pitchers and I would get rid of the top 3, better luck next year!!!!!
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I would give your team an 8.  Posada's not a top tier catcher anymore. Ortiz and A-Rod will put up monster numbers, Utley puts up great numbers for 2B, Jeter puts up some of the best stats for a SS, Matsui is a keeper, Griffey is questionable because of his injury problems, Giles numbers have been down in recent years, Santana is a dominant pitcher with little run support, Beckett's WHIP and ERA will jump a little going into the AL, Johnson will have solid numbers, Colon is questionable, and Rivera is still great.  You seem to be lacking in stolen bases, you might trade Colon for a pitcher with better WHIP and ERA, and you need another RP.
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SP-Leroy Satchell Paige\nSP-Nolan Ryan\nSP-Fernando Valenzuela\nSP-Warren Spahn\nSP-Don Newcombe\nRP-Eric Gagne\nRP-Mariano Rivera\nP-Francisco Liriano\nP-Roger Clemens\n\nC-Josh Gibson\n1b-Albert Pujols\n2b-Ryne Sandberg\n3b-Alex Rodriguez\nSS-Ozzie Smith\nOF-Willie Mays\nOF-Roberto Clemente\nOF-Henry Hank Aaron
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C-      J. POSADA                              \n     M. LIEBRATHAL\n1-       J. GIAMBI                                  \n     R. HOWARD\n2-       R.CANO                                   \n      C. UTLEY\nSS-    D. JETER                                 \n     J. ROLLINS\n3-       A-ROD                                     \n      S. ROLEN\nOF-    J- DAMON                                 \n      P. BURRELL\nOF-    G. SHEFFIELD                          \n      B. ABREAU\nOF-    J. MICHAELS                             \n      A. ROWAND\nP-       M. MUSSINA\n      T. GORDAN (CLOSER)
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Drop Matsui cuz he's not coming bak till early September. I'd bench T. Wakefield and F. Hernandez and put in Jeremy Bonderman maybe trade F. Hernandez and T. Wakefield for T. Glavine. Your closers r terrible cuz K. Foulke isnt the closer anymore and F. Cordero isn't the closer for the Rangers either. Guardado will be closing for the Mariners soon. But still since Guardado isnt closing yet, I'd go get a closer like J. Isringhausen for F. Cordero and K. Foulke.Actually include Matsui in the Isringhausen trade too. But then go for B. Fuentes, the Rockies closer. He's good and the Rockies r winning a lot of games this year.\nI'd also try to improve your middle infielders, L. Castillo and J. Peralta cuz Castillo is coolin down a lot and Peralta is in a slumpish mood right now. Also try to get another back-up for your OFs cuz Nixon isn't enough.\n7.5 out of 10.
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brian roberts: is he going to be able to go for the first part of the season?  you could shift freel to 2nd and grab another outfielder (one with power... are raul ibanez or geoff jenkins available?)  cabrera is a great hitter, so is his teammate jeremy hermida.  but the marlins will struggle to score... LOVE mike young and aramis ramirez.  sean casey could surprise!\n\ni like your pitching staff, rodriguez is going to be the best in the game very soon. valverde... hmm, we'll see. i do think vazquez and zito will bounce back... in fact the whole A's team feels good to me.  take a look at dan haren if he's available.\n\nhope they work out for you... 1 more day!
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this team looks pretty solid.. I might suggest dumping a pitcher you don think will help you out to get a backup second baseman as Mueller has a history of injuries look for someone that plays multiple infield positions to give you more flexibility should one of your guys go down which over the long season at one time or another is very likely. Good luck in your league.
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Well, I could help you if I knew what your team consisted of and what positions you needed to upgrade.  SOOO, since that is not possible, I'll throw some names out there from all positions.\n\nC--none, all the good catchers are probably rounded up, unless you can find Josh Willingham on the waiver wire.  He also is available for use in the outfield.  Been in a slump lately, but the last few days he has broken out of it.\n\n1B--Ben Broussard.  When he is at home against righties, he pretty much gets a hit every time (well over .400 with 9 homers).  The only problem with him is he sits the bench when a leftie starts, so you would have to pay close attention to match-up's with him.  Also, Prince Fielder? \n\n2B--Dan Uggla, Brian Roberts, Jose Castillo, in that order.  Surely one of those 3 are available.  Also, check for Jeff Kent.  He has been on the DL and is coming off on Tuesday.  He MAY have been dropped when he got hurt and should return to his normal form.  \n\n3B--Ryan Zimmerman or Freddy Sanchez.  Zimmerman is young and looks to be figuring out MLB pitching as the year goes on.  Sanchez leads the NL in batting, very quietly.  \n\nSS--David Eckstein and Freddy Sanchez.  Sanchez is available to play at SS, as well as 2B and 3B, so he is very versatile.  Eckstein gets you hits every night, but has no power.  SS is a very hard position to find players on the waiver wire.\n\nOF--Any outfielder who plays for the Texas Rangers.  As the summer heat in Dallas warms up, the more balls that will be flying into the stands and any of their outfielders can take care of that.  Mench, Wilkerson, Matthews Jr. most notably.  Jacque Jones is starting to figure out NL pitching and should be available.  Let's see....possible consider Randy Winn or Curtis Granderson as well.  \n\nYou mentioned nothing about pitching, so I'll stop there.  Hope this helps a bit.
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Honestly .... I would:\n\n1) Drop Matsui - He is done for the year - cut your losses\n\n2) Try to trade Derek Lee for someone of equal value because he is on DL and of no use to you right now\n\n3) Find a 2B that is getting more playing time than Josh Barfield - granted he had a short hot streak - but nothing big is expected of him - get Michael Cuddyer if available - he is going to have a big year\n\n4) Drop Xavier Nady - Try and pick up someone with more potential - he is a prospect that hasn't quite blossomed yet\n\n5) Get Wandy Rodriguez off your bench and into a starting role - he is on a HOT HOT streak being 5-0 dont let it go to waste\n\n6) Get Scott Rolen off the bench and start him - that's a no brainer\n\n7) Use your two P slots for SP instead of RP as in such a big league starters are bound to give you more usable stats - such as IP, W, K, ERA, WHIP\n\nThe rest is up to you! Good Luck!
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I just saw your team and you don't need Cano who is the same as Castillo and Garland isn't a great pitcher. U have good pitchers, but not great pitchers, so trade Helton for Tejada cause Guillen sucks. and trade Hafner for Peavy or Santana or another great pitcher.