Fantasy Baseball Assistance Thread (1 Viewer)

[Jayded]

I figured we could use an official one around here to lump in all of the posts for assistance that didn't include waiver wire pickups.

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That being said...my team sucks so far and I'm in dire need of some help to solve this. I went 0-8-2 in my first week and am currently sitting at 2-7-1 this week. I'm a first year player and didn't have the best idea of value during the draft, so I'm sure I reached on some players (esp pitching).

Here is my current lineup:

C- K. Johjima (SEA)

1B - R. Howard (PHI)

2B - R. Cano (NYY)

3B - F. Sanchez (PIT, 2B, 3B SS)

SS - C. Guillen (DET)

OF - G. Sheffield (DET), I. Suzuki (SEA), G. Matthews (LAA)

UTIL - D. Ortiz (BOS)

Bench: A. Hill (TOR, 2B, SS), A. Iwamura (TB, 3B), B. Hawpe (COL, OF), G. Jenkins (MIL, OF)

SP - R. Halladay (TOR), M. Mussina (NYY), C. Wang (NYY, currently in the DL slot), J. Verlander (DET), F. Garcia (PHI)

RP - D. Wheeler (HOU), R. Dempster (CHC), E. Gagne (TEX)

Best available on the wire...

C - P. Lo Duca (NYM), J. Estrada (MIL)

1B - M. Jacobs (FLA), R. Aurilia (SF), K. Millar (BAL)

2B - R. Weeks (MIL), P. Polanco (DET), M. DeRosa (CHC)

3B - B. Upton (TB), M. Izturis (LAA)

SS - J. Uribe (CHW), K. Greene (SD)

OF - R. Church (WAS), A. Rowand (PHI), M. Alou (NYM), K. Lofton (TEX), L. Gonzalez (LAD)

SP - L. Hernandez (ARI), K. Wells (STL), D. Cabrera (BAL), G. Meche (KC), T. Glavine (NYM), J. Blanton (OAK), I. Snell (PIT), T. Lilly (CHC)

RP - D. Weathers (CIN), S. Torres (PIT), A. Benitez (SF)

I'm sure there are plenty of moves out there to be made. I think some of my pitching needs to be switched because I'm not getting enough K's or wins and one of the Yankees probably needs to go. I definitely need more power, RBI, and runs out of my batting too. My team hit well for average last year but I'm nearing .200 every week as well, so that needs to come up.

Scoring format: H2H

Categories: R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG...K, W, SV, ERA, WHIP

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the help!

 

[my man otis]

You're fine at C, but I would consider Lo Duca over Kenji if he continues to hit in the 2 hole. Not a necessity though.

1B you're more than fine.

2B you're fine.

There's got to be better 3B out there than the ones you've mentioned. Freddy isn't that good aside from his avg. Neither of the two guys you listed are better though.

SS - Guillen is fine.

OF are fine. Sheff should break out soon enough. Ichiro is solid and Matthews isn't bad.

Ortiz is a monster.

SP - I would pick up Lilly for Garcia for sure. Glavine and Mussina are pretty close in stats so if you want to do that also since Moose is on the DL that would make sense. Cabrera is a WHIP killer, I would add him but not start him yet if you can.

RP - here you need help but I wouldn't do anything right now. Might consider dropping Gagne for Benitez but now that Gagne is back I would keep him. Maybe back him up with Otsuka if he's out there.

Hope this helps and good luck. You've got a few guys off to slow starts so don't panic yet. You have a decent core.

 

[Jayded]

Thanks man I appreciate the advice. I grabbed Lilly and took a chance on Vazquez over Glavine, but I'll keep my eye on the pitchers.