what is rong with my fantasy baseball team?

Question

my team is doing terrible, please help me with trades ,adds/drops.

My team:c,R martin,c,J varitek,1b,B broussard,2b,J vidro,3b,B hall,
ss,E renteria,of,C crawford,of,C crisp,of,R johnson,of,A rios,
u,A ramirez.Pitchers:T glavine,B howry,R lopez,D lowe,B penny,
K rogers,B wagner,D willis.BENCH:c,D ross,3b,M ensberg.

Answer 1

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.

1 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.

Broussard 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.

Vidro 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.

Bill 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.

You 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.

Pitching 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.

Closers, 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.

Hope this helps your team. Good Luck the rest of the year.

Answer 2

I would definitely be starting Ross over Martin at C...would even dump Martin if Barrett or Estrada are available. Is Figgens available in your league? If he is, I would dump Hall too. Also, there HAS to be a better RP option than Wagner...maybe Ray, who just got the job in Atlanta. You actually have a good team...can't see you being THAT far back, unless you're in a tiny league. Keep an eye on Broussard too...he's fallen off recently...there's better long term 1B choices. Just my ops...

Answer 3

Mmm.... definitely consider only keeping two catchers. Varitek (I'm hopin') looks as though he may be finally getting his swing back. Definitely get figgens as someone else said, if felipe lopez is free in your league you should pick him up if figgens isn't availble. R. Zimmerman of the Nationals isn't doing too badly either...

As for relief pitchers, you could try Jon Paplebon or Mike Timlin. K. Ray is also a good choice, or C Ray.

Rios is good, as is Reed Johnson.

If you're falling behind, you may also want to make sure that you keep the players that are playing up to date. Sometimes you can get a boost if you keep track of who's starting and who's getting a day off...

Answer 4

drop martin broussard, johnson,lopez, howry, and ross. There must be better guys than the ones i told u to drop, show me the Free Agents list

You should be starting Ensburg

Answer 5

you love your catchers don't you? 3 is way too many. your team really lacks power and is very poor offensively. there's gotta be a better 1B than broussard available. as far as 2B goes, are uggla and lopez both taken?

your pitching is pretty solid but you have basically one closer. try to pick up saito if he's available.

Answer 6

If your classy, you'd take your home town and pick a name (last year I was the Marion Crusaders, because I'm from Marion, Indiana, and I had the old-school Trident logo from the Seattle Mariners). How about the Textile Monsters? That's fun and nonsensical.

Answer 7

No power, rbi and avg in your offensive lineup and you have no wins, era & whip in your pitching. Dump varitek, or trade him for a low era/whip pitcher.

You may want to trade one of your rabbits (stolen bases) for a power hitter.

Answer 8

Sorry to say but kinda your whole team. glavie is good drop willis
just make some minor adjustments

Answer 9

willis, wagner and rios see if anyones interested in them because you can get some good players for those

Answer 10

drop martin for mauer but if he is not available get lo duca
drop hall for wright but if he is not available then get polanco
drop ross for feliz