Please rate my fantasy baseball team and tell me where there's room for improvement...THANKS!?

Question

12 teams, 5x5, i had the 11th pick of the 1st rd in a snake draft and I kept Oswalt, Ichiro, Thome, D. Ortiz, A. Ramirez.

C Chris Iannetta COL
1B David Ortiz BOS
2B Jeff Kent LA
3B Aramis Ramirez CHC
SS Edgar Renteria ATL
OF Ichiro Suzuki SEA
OF Jeff Francoeur ATL
OF Willy Taveras COL
UTIL Jim Thome CHW

SP Roy Oswalt HOU
SP Rich Harden OAK
SP Jered Weaver ANA
SP Clay Hensley SD
SP Mark Prior CHC
SP Oliver Perez NYM
SP Jeremy Sowers CLE

RP Huston Street OAK
RP Trevor Hoffman SD
RP Octavio Dotel KC
RP Armando Benitez SF
RP Dustin Hermanson CIN
RP Rafael Soriano ATL

BENCH:
1B, 2B, 3B, OF Ty Wigginton TB
OF Andre Ethier LA
SS Bobby Crosby OAK

Answer 1

ok lets see here
c- iannetta will have breakout year now that he has starting job
1b- ortiz one of the best ...nuff said
2b- kent still good for 20+homers
3b- aram will have monster year with soriano and dlee in that lineup
ss- renteria back to form from 2 years ago in the nl
of- ichiro...contract year expect alot of stolen bases
of-francouer good for 30 homers and possibly 10 stolen bases this year
of- taveras good for 30 sb but nothing else
util- thome on the decline dont expect 40 homers this year
bn- wigginton is a great sleeper pick will get 20+homers this year again and good for multiple positions....
bn- ethier good rookie showing last year...watch out for soph slump
bn- crosby injury prone if healthy could become top tier ss

sp- oswalt top 2 pitcher in the game
sp- harden will blow ppl away if healthy...could contend for cy young if healthy as well
sp- weaver hurt right now...but comeback soon...watch out for soph slump as well
sp- hensley awesome sleeper pick could win 12-14 and k 170
sp- prior...injury prone/awful?
sp-perez has potential for 200k season but has faultered of late great upside though
sp- sowers another top sleeper worht keeping
rp- streets will get ya 30-35 saves this year
rp- hoffman is one of the best always reliable
rp- dotel good for no more than 25 saves inn kc
rp- benitez could get 30 saves if healthy
rp- hermanson wont grab more than 20 saves due to closer by comittee sooner or later i cincy
rp- soriano wont close with gonzo/wickman in town


but other than that you could use a few better starters.....look for adam wainwright or jake westbrook

a few sleeper hitters you could look at are chris duncan, jonny gomes, or adrian gonzalez

hope i helped
goodluck
have fun!!

Answer 2

I think it's pretty decent. Chris Iannetta is the future for COL, but won't show it this year. I think he is too young and inexperienced. If I were you, I would trade away someone to improve catcher. Pitching has some pros and cons. Weaver is great, but hurt. Oliver Perez needs to go. He will get run support from the Mets, but will have a high ERA, and walk total which leads to a high WHIP which means the Mets can't always bail him out. Prior has a lot of question marks. He gets hurt way too much and has a shot of not even making the rotation at all. Harden is very good but is a risk because he is injury prone and he has to deal with the pressure of being Oakland's new ace. Look out for: Mark Mulder, Kei Igawa, Carl Pavano, Chuck James, Mike Pelfrey, Orlando Hernandez and Kelvim Escobar. On Offense look out for Alex Gordon, Emil Brown and Mark Teahan. Your relief pitching is good. Expect a lot of saves, but have caution around dotel, benitez and hermanson. soriano is good, but not valuable in fantasy leagues unless your league has holds. Try to go after Salomon Torres and Ricky Nolasco. Overall 6/10

Answer 3

WAYYYYYYY too many RP. get rid of hermanson and soriano, trade off one of your closers. Drop prior, think about dropping perez. Theres gotta be a better catcher out there than iannetta, if not, he's not too bad i guess. I'd give your team a 4 right now, make a few moves and it can be improved easily. You've got too much mediocre talent and not enough of the above average players you need.

Answer 4

The team is looking very solid. Harden is going to dominate if he can stay healthy but I would have to say SP is still yourt weakest area. You should try to cut your loses on Prior and pawn him off on some sucker in your league for some other decent SP. Maybe package him with Hensley in exchange for 1 slightly better SP...