why can't my team hit?
455682
Well maybe you just need to work on it a little more with them. Maybe you need to talk them out of there slump.
436576
That is why. Everyone thinks that baseball pitchers can't hit and that is not always true. I can't think of their names right now but I know that there are quite a few pitchers who can hit a baseball and some who have hit home runs. A few have even hit game winning home runs in the past. I think we need to give the pitchers a little more credit when it comes to hitting a baseball.
350707
They need to play smallball and trade away some of their high cost power hitters. They need players like Scott Rolen that can play good Defense and get timely hits to the gaps. Their pitching is OK, but could use another starter or a long reliever to eat innings.
379641
I would say try to move around on offense, and try to get open where you know you can make a shot. If you don't have a nice touch or are not a 3 point shooter, obviously it does you no good to get open there. However, if you get open within your range, how could they not pass to you? Also, make smart choices. If you teammate has a better look give him the ball. Always look for who has the best shot or the weakest defensive matchup against them.
1042076
wait till the morning and your line-up will be fresh you can sub in and out anyone you chose. Change your captain every day as well so you get maximum points and be careful to see who your players are playing. Your bench players points do not get added to your score so be sure to put in all players that are active that day. Good luck
474101
You should have noticed that you don't have any closer.  Your batters and starting pitchers are above average.\n\nSince it's really hard to trade a good closer, my advice is not to get any of them.  Trade for one closer won't help you too much, because in a 12-team league most of the teams have 2-3 closers already.\n\nTry to win some categories, but not win them all.  For example, drop Batista and Putz and try to get more Wins and Ks.  In a 5x5 league you would win 2 out of 5 pitching categoeis, and if you can have a low ERA/WHIP (highly possible with your pitchers), you would win.  You should also trade some batters. because most of the time those bench batters contribute nothing to your team.
898448
Players Strike/Lock-out
1140954
OK, follow me here because this is gonna take a while, but in the end I promise it will help your team a bunch if you give it a few weeks to take shape.\n\n1 catcher is all you need...you need to drop 2 and pickup a first baseman who plays EVERY DAY, I personally would keep Varitek or Ross.  Tough choice, but you can't go wrong with either, so you make the decision there.    \n\nBroussard is great at home vs. righties, but he does not start vs. lefties, so you are limited there.  You may put him on the bench and save him for the righty @ home situations and check the waiver wire for an every day 1B.  Prince Fielder?  Cuddyer?  Cuddyer could platoon with Broussard, play Cuddyer vs. lefties and Broussard vs. righties.  That will help your 1B problem and with the open roster spots you'll have by dropping 2 catchers.  \n\nVidro is average at best.  Again, check the waiver wire for someone along the lines of a Dan Uggla or Jose Castillo.  Another suggestion here is to BENCH Vidro, move Bill Hall to 2nd base, and you need to be starting Morgan Ensberg every day at 3B.\n\nBill Hall is a MUST KEEP, regardless of what I have seen others say on here.  Leave him in your team but move him to 2B as I said above and start Ensberg every day.  \n\nYou are in need of some outfielders, and if you drop 2 of your catchers, you should be able to add 1 outfielder and start him everyday.  Check the waiver wire for Marcus Thames or Curtis Granderson.  They will provide you with more HR, RBI than what you have now.  Crawford and Rios are EVERY day starters, so adding one of the guys I mentioned will solidify your outfield considerably.  If one of those 2 are not available, consider J. Encarnacion who is starting to get comfortable at the plate since he is not pulling his head as bad as earlier in the season.  He is seeing the ball well.  \n\nPitching is fine, you just need to be patient with what you have because you have a quality staff.  If you feel the need to add a starter, then check the waiver wire for Gil Meche, and any young starters who have been up for less than a month and have done well that may have snuck under the radar in your league.  If Jered Weaver is available, pick him up because although he is being sent down to the minors for a few weeks, he WILL be back within the month and have a solid 2nd half of the season.  \n\nClosers, well, depending on your league, there are probably not any closers available for the taking.  You can propose a trade I supoose, but I am not a big trade kind of guy, so.....if you propose a trade, you could use Coco Crisp and one of your cathcers as trade bait for a mediocre closer such as Fuentes(Rockies) or Rivera(Yankees) who is having a down year, but still will get you the saves you need.  Wagner is your only save guy, Howry is pretty worthless in the fantasy baseball world, so he could be dropped and you could utilize his rister spot for some of the players I listed above.  You could use one more quality closer to ensure you get more opportunities for saves.  Call me crazy but, the closer for KC, A. Burgos(3 for 3 in Save opps in last 3 opportunities) has been getting better of late and may be worth a look if he is available.  \n\nHope this helps your team.  Good Luck the rest of the year.
633160
Let me just list them to make it easier.\n\n1) Error\n2) Walk\n3) Hit\n4) Hit By Pitch\n5) Fielder's Choice\n6) Third Strike Rule\n7) Catcher's Interference\n8) Fielder's Interference\n9) If a base runner (other than the batter) gets hit by a batted ball, the player who gets struck with the ball is out and all other base runners advance, including the batter, who reaches safely at first base.
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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.
502122
I just had the same thing go down in my league.  I played them both, and I had the same thought, but why not play them.  They were both aces, so you hope that they have a pitchers duel, and both have 10 Ks and no ER.  You hope that at least one guy gets the win, but sometimes it could be a split if it's tied when they get taken out.  Just play them and hope for the best.
188381
Same reason Flintoff or Pietersen can't open an innings.  There has always been a case for someone to open up a lead and then the big hitters come in to push the score up.  Especially when the ball is new and it can swing, bounce extra which is more of a liability to these type of players.
667283
it depend on hu u played agnst????...If he or she was a looser then ur obviously nt tested!!......u need to play agnst the best player(team)...to chek urself
427078
Very good team, good enough to clinch top 3 seeds in playoff.\n\nYour team kind of lacks speed and runs.  You might want to trade Kevin Mench.  I know how good he is, but he is batting sixth.  Get someone batting first or second to get you some SBs and Rs.
625228
No hits and no walks (intentional or not)Simply, nobody gets on base.\nNo hits only is "a no hitter" (Walks are allowed)
843248
When the ball's on your side, don't let it hit the ground and when you hit it to the other side, hit it hard and make sure it goes inbounds where no one on the other team is able to return it.  That's about it.
342260
It may be that the entire league isn't ready.  A similar thing happened to me in a head-to-head league, and it turned out that there were an uneven number of teams in the league, and Yahoo wouldn't begin the draft.\n\nBut other than that I can't help you, sorry.