re: Unbiased DATBL Team by Team Analysis

My top WAS

Roy
Felix
Wainwright

O what might have been

my bad.

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his 1st base is a combo of butler/ike/and dlee for crying out loud

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better?

yeah Billy Butler is a solid 1B

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You guys act like Billy Butler is bad

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probably because nobody wants 18hrs from their first basemen

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What is my team missing?


Do I need to dump so of my closers for another solid starter?

If my team is that bad Id like to get some advice here.......

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its hard to say, cause i can see what you tried to do. Strasburg cost you an opportunity to add a competent player for this year early in the draft.

infante was a huge reach, but his flexibility is good. You are playing fantasy baseball, not real life baseball.

ive like Willingham's power in years past, but he is hitting in an empty lineup in Oakland in a pitchers park.


chris johnson just doesnt offer much power at 3B. Logan Morrison is kind of the 1B version.


it's hard to say what you need, these guys really arent Free agent type players, so it would be hard to drop. But they dont exactly have much trade value either. Kind of purgatory.


if i were you, i would drop bud norris, lyles, teharan. I realize the back 2 are decent prospects, and i can see Norris has talent. but i think your pitching will hold up OK without those guys.

id also consider dropping johnson, you have 2 guys that can play 3B already.

and if you are in the playoff race around the trade deadline, i wouldnt hesitate to trade Strasburg.

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probably because nobody wants 18hrs from their first basemen

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the guy will give me runs rbi's and solid OPS. IF he hits 20 instead of 35 ive got that made up with hanley and the gang. Its all about the whole. Cant focus on one guy at one position.


I wanted to respond with this "dude you have ellsbury, go talk to someone else about having ONE position that lacks power, if you can call 18hr and a shite ton of doubles a lack of power"

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mixed in with

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you finally got it. Butler "mixed in with" the rest of my guys

Also, Butler is 24, any chance he develops a little more power. I say yes. He hit 21homers as a 22 year old

Yeah Teheran is a drop. I normally wouldnt question dropping Lyles, but he has dominated this spring.


With Omar, I needed a SS and he was a sleeper. Hitting in front of Hanley he should see some nice pitchers.


I almost traded Stras last deadline, just my asking price was much higher than what peope were willing to pay. If I do make a run for the playoffs it would be nice to have Strasburg there for it

CE, you have some nice top level hitters, no doubt

but of all the players you drafted after Quentin, can you say with confidence that any of them at this point are a lock for 550-600 ABs??

Kila
Moreland
LaPorta
Cabrera, Astrubal
Encarnaccion

i mean at this point, that is a really good AAA all star team. Im not hating, but come on. There is some upside there, no doubt. But none of those guys are truly locked into starting positions