Sleeper SS

I have Bobby Crosby at SS, and no offense to any A's fans but I HATE him

He is constantly injured, and I don't know if he will ever recover from that back injury. Anyways, he is all I have at shortstop right now.

R (2), H (1), 2B (2), HR (4), RBI (2), SB (1), BB (1)

Here is my current lineup:

C McCann
1B Swisher
2B Cantu
3B Zimmerman
SS Crosby
IF Encarnacion
LF Freel
CF Jones
RF Cuddyer
OF Bonds
BN Baldelli
BN Molina
BN Markakis

Free Agents:

Juan Uribe
Wilson Betemit
Alex Gonzalez (I think he will hit a decent amount of HRs this season)
Omar Vizquel
Khali Greene

No one really sticks out that I'd like to have. Should I just look for a trade?

I'd take Greene over Crosby at this point.

Stephen Drew available?

Greene definitely.

I would dump Molina for him.

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Originally Posted by edabbs44

Greene definitely.

I would dump Molina for him.

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Agreed. You don't need to carry two catchers.

Greene, then Betemit

Greene/Betemit.

I am in totally agreement.

I agree with others here. Pick up Greene. Which team in your league has Troy Glaus. He should be SS eligible in this league and maybe someone will deal him?

Thats creepy. I just traded for Glaus.

Crosby/Verlander for Snell/Glaus

I think I got the better end, although Verlander will probably end up tearing it up this year.

These things come to me in "flashes" :laugh:

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Originally Posted by Johnny Footstool

Agreed. You don't need to carry two catchers.

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let alone 3:bang:

Is Cuddyer eligible at 2B? If so, I'd look to move Cantu for a RFer.

That may be something you can think about for awhile though, and still be ok.

I read that BJ Upton might get some starts at 2B, so I might just drop Cantu.

I picked up Adrian Gonzalez, put him at 1B, moved Swisher to LF, and Freel to 2B.

Fixed that problem. Now I just need another closer.

SP Webb
SP Harang
SP Oswalt
SP Burnett
RP KRod
RP Wainwright
P Snell
P Torres
BN Cain

Looking at :

Crawford & BJ Ryan for Bonds & Oswalt

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Originally Posted by TeamSelig

I read that BJ Upton might get some starts at 2B, so I might just drop Cantu.


Looking at :

Crawford & BJ Ryan for Bonds & Oswalt

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Cantu is very dropable right now. I highly doubt you'd be able to get anything worth a damn for him in a trade.

In your format I really don't think Crawford/Ryan is worth Bonds/Oswalt. I do not know exactly what points you get for pitching but here is what I came up with with Crawford-Bonds.

Crawford scored 722 points in this point format last year and Bonds had 595. However, Bonds had 155 less total ABs than Crawford. I can almost promise that Oswalt outscored BJ Ryan (even with Ryan being lights out). If SBs counted as 2 points in this league I would do the deal but I'm not so sure in this format it's worth giving up Oswalt.

Of course if you feel Bonds will be hurt all year and only play in 100 games then the deal might be worth making.

betemit is where you need to be. 18 hr in 370 AB last year and this year he will be the starting 3B for the year. at least until august or so. everyone was thinking that he would lose it to andy laroche but laroche so far is very unimpressive in st with something like a 180 clip through 60 AB.

also betemit in most leagues is available for 2b 3b and SS.

sleeper SS--- Betancourt from seattle. probably get him for next to nothing in trade if needed.

Ip (1), W (3), Cg (5), Sv (3), Bb (-1), K (1), Hld (1)

I dropped Cantu for Ty Wigginton.

Now my lineup is:

C McCann
1B Adrian Gonzalez
2B Ryan Freel
SS Troy Glaus
3B Ryan Zimmerman
IF Edwin Encarnacion
LF Nick Swisher
CF Andruw Jones
RF Michael Cuddyer
OF Barry Bonds
BN: CF Willy Taveras
BN: RF Brad Hawpe
BN: OF Nick Markakis
BN: CF Rocco Baldelli
BN: 1B,2B,3B,RF,LF Ty Wigginton

A few too many Outfielders, but I was really trying to find a decent CF before I picked up Jones.

Should I have still picked up Betemit over Wigginton? I could always go back..

Options on waiver wire:
Orlando Hudson
Mike Lowell
Jacque Jones
Emil Brown
others updated later

I could still use a better 1B (although I think Gonzalez will have a pretty solid year), a 2B (other than Utley none are really worth getting anyway so I will probably stand pat with Freel), and maybe a top notch outfielder.

I'd pick up Betemit over Wigginton, but I'm not that high on Wigginton.

I can't believe the number of people that have reported Adrian Gonzalez available on the waiver wire. He's going to *explode* this year. He'll be a top 10 first baseman this year, IMO. He hits for a great average and his power is really coming on.

I think if you drop Wigginton and add Betemit your offense is pretty solid and has good depth.

I would watch Brad Hawpe. Read an article a couple weeks ago that said he was going to bat 3rd this year. If that is correct, his numbers are going up, up & up with Adkins & Holliday batting after him. He spained his ankle a couple days ago. Watch him. I picked him up late on both of my teams.