i have jorge posada, jason varitek, albert puljos, ryan howard, chase utley, felipe lopez, scott rolen, garret atkins, jimmy rollins, jhonny peralta, carlos lee, andruw jones, grady sizemore, roy halladay, carlos zambrano, barry zito, billy wagner, and mariano rivera
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You have to play Rolen.  Way much better option than Atkins.  Don't try to predict who will be better, you know who will have better numbers at the end, Rolen!  Just keep sticking with him unless he gets hurt.
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The counter offer, Ortiz for Halladay is good. However, try Thome for Pedro. If either one of those trades don't work, then DO NOT accept the current trade: Ortiz and Thome for Halladay and Pedro.\nThen again, why am I saying that. I have both Halladay and Santana on my team.
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C is OK, could do better .\n1B Solid \n2b Solid\n3b is OK but look for a Free agent like E. Encarnación \n(Cin - 3B) or R. Zimmerman (Was - 3B)\nSS use Tejada to trade for OF help ONLY if you could pick up the following FA's H. Ramírez (Fla - SS) or J. Hardy (Mil - SS) or O. Cabrera (LAA - SS) \nOF the only one that is a keeper is J Dye, T hunter is at best a UTL.Drop Edmonds.\n\nSP are solid with Beckett and Martinez, glavine is OK but not great.Get rid off of Sosa and Cotts. Put Sabathia in the DL. Keep for now Weathers and Turnbow.\n\nBench keep Wilkerson drop liberthal and womack.\n\nLook for the following closers in Free agent pool:\nFLA- RP M Herges, J. Papelbon (Bos - SP,RP), T. Worrell (SF - RP), F. Rodney (Det - RP),D. Báez (LAD - RP)he's the new closer as Gagne is out for a while.\n\nLook for the following player to help your OVERALL team: \nC. Shelton (Det - 1B),J. Willingham (Fla - C), J. Barfield \n(SD - 2B), E. Loaiza (Oak - SP),J. Suppan (StL - SP),K. Greene (SD - SS), P. Wilson (Hou - OF),J. Burnitz (Pit - OF),R. Ibañez (Sea - OF).\n\nHere's what other owner got for TEJADA on an ONE-4-ONE deal:\nM. Tejada (Bal - SS) for Mi. Cabrera (Fla - 3B,OF) \nM. Tejada (Bal - SS) for G. Sheffield (NYY - OF) \nM. Tejada (Bal - SS) for J. Pierre (ChC - OF) \nM. Tejada (Bal - SS) for A. Ramírez (ChC - 3B)\n\nif not try to package Tejada and Beltre or Tejada, Beltre, and Glavine.\n Hope this helps.
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I had a closing problem on my team because I only had B. Wagner as my closer, then I picked up Akiniri Otsuka. He's the replacement for Frankie Cordero and Buck Showwalter wants him there and think he'll be there for a long time because Cordero is just not ready yet. Of course there is the most popular replacement closer, J.J. Putz, he's probably taken, but if not, u get him. A. Burgos was on but he's in a bad slump now and since the Royals suck, he doesn't have much opportunities and anyway, i think he lost the job to Elmer Dessens and anyway, Mike MacDougal is coming bak from his injury soon and as soon as he comes bak, he's the closer. Another closer that is a sleeper in most leagues, is Tyler Walker, after being dessignated for assingment by the Giants, the Devil Rays pick him up and he's doin pretty well for them right now. And there is the Marlins closer J. Borowski, but since the Marlins don't win a lot of games, he doesn't have a whole lot of oppurtunitys. Another one is Todd Coffey, he's probably goin to take over the job in Cinnci. I also know a lot of people dropped Armando Benitez, the injuried Giants closer. Same with Eric Gagne. Brandon Looper is a possibility but don't get him now, get him only if Izzy is hurt.\nAlso try to buy T. Hoffman or J. Valverde low via trade. Maybe give a guy like J. Westbrook or a little bit more.\nOh, and one more...Roberto Hernandez, the set-up man for the Pirates might get like 12 saves during thr year because Jim Tracy sometimes uses Mike Gonzalez to face leftys, then Hernandez gets the closing role for that day. \nHope I helped
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Probably Alexander Steen, then Nathan Horton, then Mike Comrie, then Scott Gomez.
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He probably won't take it even as bad as Zambrano has been you are totally taking him on that deal.  Martinez is much better than Lopez.  Colon is injured.  You get a 40 save closer on top of that.  Hafner is not much worse than Ortiz if at all.  I would do the trade if I were you doubt he would though
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if you can get pujos or arod that'd be great but I doubt someone will trade one of them for what you are offering. What you want to get all depends on what you need. Do you have homerun hitters, sb threats, an RBI guy? What kind of stats does your league keep?
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Dont go for guys like Brandon Phillips or earlier in the year Jason Smith because they r not guys who will put up great numbers for long.I'd put Clemens on the bench.that's what i did because i have him. u have 2 many guys on the bench!!!!Chris Burke should not be the Util player. Put someone like Alou or atleast Rios at Util. Espiacially take advantage of Rios being hot right now!!!!! DO NOT BENCH HIM!!!!!!!\nC Javy Lopez-I know, u want 2 trade him because he's not producing right now, but I have him for a reason, he'll start hitting.(He better!)\n1B-Paul Konerko-Good. Exept for David Ortiz, Jim Thome, and Albert Pujols, he the best.\n2B-Brandon Phillips-Get a Jose Vidro or Josh Barfield, even those guys r goin 2 b better.\nSS-Orlando Cabrera-Your choice, I'd trade him in a package deal with someone like Jason Marquis $ Joe Crede and get a guy like Kevin Mench.\n3B-Joe Crede-Trade\nKent and Overbay keep\nJermaine Dye and Chad Tracy might want 2 hit the bench. Alu and Rios workin.\nUtil-Burke-Drop\nYour Bench is VERY good.(for a bench)\nOnce Lee and Griffey start playin, ull be hard 2 beat.\nEspiacially with that good pitching!
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There guys are talking like verlander is still around in the league........there is noway he isn't picked up. As for starting pitching. Pick up Bonser from Minnesota right away. He is a young guy just brought up with a good arm. I would also get Cole Hamels who is hurt for a bit but looked good in his two starts. Don't worry about Lugo, he is good and recovering. I might try and make a trade for McDougal or Colon, they are both close to returning to the lineup from the dl, and you can probably get them cheap. You have no reason to keep Maddux, Young, Benson, Tomko, Chacon, or Wright...you can get better pitching than any of them in the free agency (I know Tomko is hot right now). I would try trading one of your good OF and try to pick up an Ace and pick up a Raul Ibanez or Casey Blake or Corey Patterson if available. Good outfielders are a lot easier to find that good pitching. You are in serious need of some pitching. Your hitting is stacked though. \n\nNote: You could try and trade Giambi for some pitching too. Maybe pick up a closer while you are at it.
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SP: Santana\nCP: BJ Ryan\nDH: Ortiz\n1B: Pujols\n2B: Utley\n3B A-Rod\nSS M. Young\nLF: Bonds\nCF: V. Wells \nRF: Guerrero\nC: V. Martinez
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DON'T. If anything, do a 1 for 1 deal with Beltre for Chavez. If you do this deal, you are going to get screwed. You are giving up a 30hr,90rbi,.300 avg OF (in Edmonds if healthy), a potential 20hr,90 rbi,.290 avg 3B in Atkins, and then you have Beltre who could go nuts at SAFECO. I mean, all you are going to get in this deal is Chavez, because Cabrera (who could only give you 25-30 stolen bases) could really be just a backup to Tejada.
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i did the same thing. manny really fustrated me early on but he looks good now. game winning hits aren't a category so manny is a good pick.
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a 10!\ndrop lee and pickup utley, berkman, or another 1st baseman.
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p-tom glavine\np-kerry wood\np-dontrelle willis\np-pedro martinez\np-curt schilling\np-ray king\np-randy johnson\np-greg maddux\np-derrick turnbow\n1b-jeff bagwell\n1b-frank thomas\n1b-nomar garciaparra\n1b-richie sexson\n1b-jim thome\n1b-jason giambi\n2b-craig biggio\n3b-troy glaus\n3b-chipper jones\n3b-alex rodriguez\nss-derek jeter\ncatcher-mike piazza\ncatcher-ivan rodriguez\nlf-barry bonds\ncf-ken griffey jr.\nrf-vladimir guerrero
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dont listen to anybody on here except for the last guy. your team is good and the only thing i think you are lacking is speed for SB but everything else seems like it is covered well. i think you should pick up jacobs from florida as a back up 1B cause he is gonna be extremely good this year and Hermida from florida is said to be the best rookie this year so that could be another and for pitchers i would get aaron small from the yankess 10-0 last year in about 15 games with a good era and he will certainly get wins for you
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Barry Bonds, Mark Mcguire, Sammy Sosa, Andruw Jones, Joe DiMaggio...now I'm stuck...
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lol don't cut hamels....he's pitching TODAY.  your pitching is top notch....i don't see anywhere you can improve there.\n\nif you had to improve somewhere, it would be your hitting...howard, dunn, ortiz for power...suzuki, lopez for speed....looks solid to me.  if anything, i'd say you need another SB threat.  corey patterson is someone that might be available who has stolen a ton of bases.\n\nbut dam...the guy in 1st must have one hell of a team if you are in second...