any weakness / advice for my team?

Question

Hitters
McCann, Brian C
Gonzalez, Adrian 1B
Roberts, Brian 2B
Hall, Bill SS 3B
Freel, Ryan 3B 2B,OF
Roberts, Dave OF
Taveras, Willy OF
Pierre, Juan OF

STARTERS
Schmidt, Jason
Vazquez, Javier
Bedard, Erik
Contreras, Jose
Bush, David

BULLPEN
Nathan, Joe
Rodriguez, Francisco
Wagner, Billy
Torres, Salomon

BENCH
Tracy, Chad 2B
Sanchez, Freddy 3B 2B,SS
Castillo, Luis 2B
Lo Duca, Paul C

Answer 1

On the surface, I like it, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of power there. Bullpen is overly solid--RP's are almost always over valued in most leagues. Might want to make a trade for an OF or SS with high RBI/HR numbers for one of your relievers.

Answer 2

Legendary bull pen but crappy outfield trade Wagner or Joe Nathan and get some power OF like Andruw Jones, Carlos Lee, Adam Dunn, etc. you SP isn't to threatening as well so fix that chad Tracy or Freddy Sanchez should be starting instead of Ryan Freel because Freel is just speed, plus he is aging and is a injury risk. your team his basically clumped up into two categories Speed and saves which aren't important you need HR and RBIs to be your top priority. For the good side you do have a good catcher which int going to help has much as a power OF well and then Bill Hall who had an outstanding season last year as well as Adrian Gonzales
Overall you team is a 5 out a 10
Pros: Bullpen
Cons: Weak OF and below average SP

Answer 3

You have a big time power shortage. But it can be fixed so keep reading.

Your outfield can go catch the ball well, but unless you have defensive categories you would be better off trying to move Roberts and Freel for a big bat. Look at your competition and see who needs stolen bases. Consider plugging Tracy in at third base and Bill Hall at Shortstop, they should give you some power numbers.

Scan your waiver wires for some HR numbers. Unless you need to start two catchers, get rid of LoDuca as McCann should be enough. If he gets hurt you should be able to find an adequate replacement at least as good as LoDuca on the waiver wire at that time...you are in an AL-NL league so there are many starting catchers available if you need one.

Do you have a utility position? Consider putting Sanchez there for the time being, he should help some with your batting average. I do not think that you really need to have so many barely average secondbasemen. Castillo does not offer much in stolen bases anymore, nor much of anything on offense. Offer him in a trade package, failing that cut him for a bigger bat.

I like your closers, they will get you not only saves but 3 of them will help your strikeout total as well. Torres is an unknown, if you have to package a relief pitcher in a trade, offer him up first. He is in his mid-30's, never been a closer before and they have a rookie they are grooming in Pittsburgh that may take over later this year.

Your starters should be OK, though Vazquez and Contreras have been lit up more the past year or so. Bush may win 15-18 with an improving Brewers team, I'd keep him and Bedard over even Schmidt.

Answer 4

need more power. have a lot of speed, but try to dump roberts, freel or taveras in a package with tracy and one of your closers to get a big power hitter. your bullpen is real good. you can afford to get rid of one. Try to strengthen your SP. Here are some pitchers i think you should get and can get pretty easy: rich hill, mark mulder, kei igawa, adam wainwright, freddy garcia, derek lowe, chris young, dan haren and cliff lee in FA. Pick up Alex Gordon. He'll probably make KC roster. Overall, not bad. You have good bullpen and speed but that's it. Sanchez should be great trade bait for what he did last year. He won't do it again. I like Gonzalez. Keep him, he's on the rise. ps. tracy plays 3b not 2b

Answer 5

I like to see the brewers on there, i think Hall will have an MVP like year, but u really need some power hitters, if you can trade up for like J. Estrada, he has been at the top of his game in spring training, you could look good.
PS. Go Brewers

Answer 6

I may be mistaken, but I thought I read that Bedard was injured. Any way, you need some power in a bad way, and you need a better outfielder than Roberts. I like your rotation, but I would start Sanchez.


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Answer 7

You need some thunder in a bad way. Trade for some power ASAP!

Answer 8

Major power shortage. You need some pop in a major way.

Answer 9

Solid closer staff. Homeruns needed bad.

Answer 10

Major power shortage.