Drop one of those 3B's, yea they all suck but it doesn't mean you need 3 of them. Pick 2 and ride them out. I'd dump Davis.
FA auctions went off at 11. I dumped Belt and my $26 (out of $200) went through, surprisingly. Towards the end, I started thinking about Davis. His K/BB ratio is appalling. Even worse than normal, I think.
As bad as Davis is, at least he's getting AB's and hitting. I had a hard time justifying Belt over him. Belt's been getting some nice pinch hits lately and I like his upside, but he still can't get in the lineup, he's striking out even more than Davis, and he's hitting a bunch of ground balls.
Mostly, I'm just sick of the situation.
That said, I'm sure Belt will get in the lineup today, smack 2 HRs including a walk-off, and force Bochy to play him.
Why do you have 7 RP when you can only start 3?
Because closers are constantly getting hurt or losing their jobs. I like to carry a lot early while the situations are working themselves out. Hopefully, I can pare it down to 5ish in a few weeks, via trade, suckitude, or injury.
I prefer to use early roster spots on RP and bats, at the expense of SPs.
A lot of people in my league think they are fine with 3 closers. It'll cost them a decent bat when they realize they aren't.
Its one category at the expense of 4 others.
True, but the other 4 categories aren't being accumulated by only 30-35 players at any given time.Don't get me wrong, I'd love to be able to go after some upside SP's right now. If I wasn't scrambling to field 5 OFer's everyday, that's what those roster spots would go toward.
With SP though, generally, I think there are no more than 50-60 SP that
must be rostered in a mixed league. The rest are match-ups type guys that, imo, are a waste of a roster slot most of the time. I can play match-ups later in the season and likely get the same type of performances that I'm missing out on now. Not to mention, when that hot waiver pick-up SP sits on your bench for 4 days then puts up an 8-spot when he does pitch.
The math might prove me wrong, but I generally
prefer to get innings later in the year anyway. You get more teams mentally out of it and/or throwing young'ens out there who may not really be ready.
It may not be the right way to go about it, but that's how I like to do it.