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Posted: #1

12 teams - head to head each category.

 

Batters

Carlos Gonzalez, Col LF 

Chase Utley*, Phi 2B 

Ichiro Suzuki, Sea RF 

Derek Jeter, NYY SS 

Aramis Ramirez, ChC 3B 

Derrek Lee, Bal 1B 

Vladimir Guerrero, Bal DH 

Ivan Rodriguez, Was C 

Jhonny Peralta, Det SS 

Ty Wigginton, Col 3B 

Hideki Matsui, Oak DH 

Andres Torres*, SF CF 

Alex Gordon, KC LF 

Johnny Damon, TB LF 

Denard Span, Min CF 

Pitchers

Mike Gonzalez, Bal RP 

Ricky Romero, Tor SP 

Brett Myers, Hou SP 

Fernando Rodney, LAA RP 

Carlos Zambrano, ChC SP 

Evan Meek, Pit RP 

Joe Nathan, Min RP 

Jonathan Broxton, LAD RP 

Mike Gonzalez, Bal RP 

Ricky Romero, Tor SP 

Brett Myers, Hou SP 

Fernando Rodney, LAA RP 

Carlos Zambrano, ChC SP 

Evan Meek, Pit RP 

 
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WOW..nothing personal dude, but that team is brutally bad..

your starting pitching is horrendous

you have closer issues to say the least (you have one closer)

you need major power and rbi help to say the least

problem is, is that you have dont have really  anything for trade value that by trading wouldnt decimate your team even more than it is.

next year is your best hope

 
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Yah that team is really bad and you need to drop a lot of those guys.  Not sure how the others in your league are and who's left but I would drop:

C Ivan Rodriguez: if C Russell Martin is available grab him, if not look for Alex Avila or Nick Hundley.

3B Ty Wigginton and SS Jhonny Peralta: if Placido Palanco or Jed Lowrie are there (probably not) grab them, if not Maicer Izturis, Chipper Jones, Stephen Drew, Ryan Roberts, Asdrubal Cabrera, David Freese, Mike Aviles, Danny Espinosa are guys to look at.

Drop OF Andres Torres, U Hideki Matsui, and 1B Derek Lee: OF Jeff Francoeur, OF Sam Fuld, OF Brennan Boesch, 1B Ike Davis, 1B Gaby Sanchez, 1B Mitch Moreland are guys to look at.

You really only have 1 closer (Broxton), so I would drop RP Joe Nathan (just lost his job in MINN), RP Evan Meek, RP Mike Gonzalez, and Fernando Rodney (lost his job in LAA) and look for: Kyle Farnsworth, Jordan Walden, Mitchell Boggs, Drew Storen, or Ryan Madson.

Drop SP Carlos Zambrano: Jaime Garcia, Kyle Lohse, Matt Harrison, Michael Pineda, James Shields are guys to look at (might want to grab 2 SP).

 
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Posted: #4

ok fair enough...no hard feelings. So I took your information and applied it this morning...

added - Casey Blake, Matt Lindstrom, Antonio Bastardo & Brandon Beachy.

Dropped - Carlos Z. Mike Gonzalex, Evan Meek, hideki M.

 
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Posted: #5

have a trade pending ...

trade - Ichiro Suzuki, Roy Halladay, Ryan Theriot, Denard Span for

Josh Tomlin, Joakim Soria, Jason Bay, Jay Bruce, Dustin Pedroia.

 

How about now?

 
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first off..dont like that trade at all for you..you are giving up your best hitter as far as average goes (along with runs and steals) and you are giving up maybe the best starting pitcher in baseball...

what are you catagories in your head to head league??

and can you give us a list of free agents you can pick up??  hitters and pitchers

 
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@ashland - can't see how i can copy and paste the hitters and pitchers...

categories -

Batting
Batting Average (AVG) Home Runs (HR)
Runs Scored (R) Runs Batted In (RBI)
Stolen Bases (SB) Slugging Pct (SLG)
On Base Pct (OBP)
Pitching
Earned Run Average (ERA) Strikeouts (K)
Walks plus Hits Per Innings Pitched (WHIP) Wins (W)
Saves (SV) On Base Pct Against (OBA)
Quality Starts (QS)

 

 
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You are right that he is my best hitter right now, but no one is hitting in baseball right now. Weather has sucked ass and my bats will wake up. How don't you think the trade helps? I pick up  2 bats and a closer. Yes, I did give up Roy but I have to give to get no?
 
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so HOLDS is not a catagory??  then you have no need for any middle releivers...drop them all for sure

and if this is a 12 team league...most of the guys that JW1LS suggested that you pick up off waiver wire will not be there, they will be gone for sure...that is why we need a list of free agents available (hitters and pitchers)

 
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pedroia is the only consistant hitter you got in return..bruce and bay will not only kill your average, but they both have other issues of their own...soria may not even be a closer come midseason if he gets traded..tomlin off to a nice start for the tribe - but he is unproven to say the least and it is only 20 or so games into the season....i hope this was not a money league
 
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Here where the top 20 hitters -

Mitch Moreland, Tex 1B  FA   Tor Drabek  17/57 12 2 9 9 0 .298 .394 .579  5.46 78.0 +0.5

Chris Coghlan, Fla LF, CF  FA   LAD Garland  22/79 12 2 11 7 1 .278 .333 .468  4.63 74.3 +7.5

Willie Bloomquist, Ari RF  DTD  FA   Phi Lee  19/62 11 1 7 2 7 .306 .323 .419  -0.99 66.1 -4.8

Coco Crisp, Oak CF  FA   @LAA Weaver  22/85 16 1 8 1 8 .259 .267 .424  5.10 58.8 +14.2

Raul Ibanez, Phi LF  FA   @Ari Kennedy  14/75 9 1 10 7 1 .187 .265 .253  -8.42 55.0 -36.6

Carlos Pena, ChC 1B  FA   Col Rogers  10/55 2 0 5 11 0 .182 .313 .200  -5.88 53.7 -29.5

Seth Smith, Col LF, RF  FA   @ChC Garza  19/62 13 2 11 6 1 .306 .357 .565  6.41 46.3 +32.8

Sean Rodriguez, TB 2B, 3B, CF  FA      8/42 2 1 5 5 0 .190 .320 .476  -4.57 37.4 -25.9

Austin Jackson, Det CF  FA      16/83 9 1 4 8 2 .193 .264 .289  -4.52 34.6 -24.1

Cameron Maybin, SD CF  FA   Atl Lowe  20/77 10 3 5 9 6 .260 .337 .481  6.35 29.2 +16.8

Ian Stewart, Col 3B  FA   @ChC Garza  2/26 2 0 0 2 1 .077 .143 .077  -4.27 28.0 -30.3

Jose Lopez, Col 3B  FA   @ChC Garza  9/56 6 2 7 1 1 .161 .190 .286  -5.89 24.6 -25.7

Miguel Tejada, SF SS, 3B  FA      15/73 5 1 9 4 0 .205 .241 .315  -7.35 22.8 -25.6

Orlando Hudson, SD 2B  FA   Atl Lowe  16/70 7 0 4 14 7 .229 .349 .271  1.70 20.5 +4.5

Alex Gonzalez, Atl SS  WA (Tue)   @SD Moseley  18/84 9 3 5 4 0 .214 .250 .393  -3.05 18.6 -2.5

Justin Smoak, Sea 1B  FA      16/55 6 2 7 11 0 .291 .403 .491  4.15 16.0 -0.4

Jim Thome, Min DH  FA      12/53 5 2 7 9 0 .226 .339 .396  1.42 14.3 -16.8

Todd Helton, Col 1B  FA   @ChC Garza  17/54 7 1 8 5 0 .315 .377 .463  1.52 12.9 +7.6

Casey Blake, LAD 3B  FA   @Fla Nolasco  17/53 15 2 6 9 1 .321 .446 .509  6.22 12.4 +11

 

 

 
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Posted: #12
pick up...coughlin, crisp, maybin, and casey blake
 
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i have added Casey Blake, waiting on Nick Markakis
 
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markakis is a free agent??

 

what about the pitchers list

 
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Jose Contreras*, Phi RP  DL15  WA (Wed)   @Ari Hudson  8.0 4 0 4 9 0 0 5 0.00 .250 1.00  3.28 52.3 -14.3

Carlos Zambrano, ChC SP, RP  WA (Fri)   Col De La Rosa  30.2 30 18 10 27 2 2 0 5.28 .320 1.30  2.40 44.2 -3.6

Brian Matusz*, Bal SP  DL15  FA   Bos Buchholz  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  -- 43.1 -17.8

Ryan Franklin, StL RP  FA   @Hou Norris  8.0 11 7 3 3 0 0 1 7.88 .385 1.75  -2.79 39.5 -37.8

Matt Thornton, CWS RP  FA   @NYY Nova  6.2 12 5 4 7 0 0 0 6.75 .410 2.40  -3.72 38.8 -17.7

Madison Bumgarner, SF SP  FA   @Pit Morton  17.1 25 15 10 9 0 0 0 7.79 .412 2.02  -6.57 36.6 -29

Ervin Santana, LAA SP  FA   Oak McCarthy  32.2 38 20 8 28 3 0 0 5.51 .331 1.41  -3.67 35.6 -36.8

Aroldis Chapman, Cin RP  FA   @Mil Estrada  9.2 3 0 8 9 0 1 0 0.00 .289 1.14  1.52 33.4 +4

Derek Holland, Tex SP  FA   Tor Litsch  26.2 27 13 7 25 2 3 0 4.39 .310 1.28  -0.03 23.2 +5.1

Carl Pavano, Min SP  FA   TB Davis  31.2 28 18 10 17 3 2 0 5.12 .299 1.20  2.56 19.3 -19

Bruce Chen, KC SP, RP  FA   @Cle Masterson  30.1 30 13 10 18 3 3 0 3.86 .315 1.32  3.08 18.8 +6.4

Jeremy Guthrie, Bal SP  WA (Thu)   Bos Buchholz  26.0 24 9 3 13 3 1 0 3.12 .274 1.04  -2.77 17.4 -14.6

 
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Johan Santana*, NYM SP  DL15  FA   @Was Zimmermann  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  -- 15.0 -7.4

Chris Young*, NYM SP  DL15 PP  FA   @Was Zimmermann  12.1 6 2 6 12 1 1 0 1.46 .245 0.97  -- 14.5 +5.8

Daisuke Matsuzaka, Bos SP  FA   @Bal Britton  22.0 16 10 9 16 2 2 0 4.09 .286 1.14  6.98 13.4 +10

Daniel Bard, Bos RP  FA   @Bal Britton  10.1 8 5 3 10 0 0 0 4.35 .275 1.06  1.11 12.4 +3.7

Jake McGee, TB RP  FA   @Min Liriano  5.0 8 3 3 2 0 0 0 5.40 .423 2.20  -3.37 11.6 -1.9

Mark Buehrle, CWS SP  FA   @NYY Nova  31.2 36 19 8 13 1 1 0 5.40 .333 1.39  0.53 10.4 -8.2

Mike Leake, Cin SP PP  FA   @Mil Estrada  23.2 20 13 10 20 3 3 0 4.94 .307 1.27  5.28 10.4 +5.7

Joel Pineiro*, LAA SP  DL15  FA   Oak McCarthy  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  -- 9.7 -9.5

Jon Garland, LAD SP  FA   @Fla Volstad  20.0 17 8 3 10 2 1 0 3.60 .260 1.00  4.87 7.6 +3.5

Livan Hernandez, Was SP  FA   NYM Young  31.0 32 12 9 15 3 2 0 3.48 .311 1.32  4.43 6.6 +3.2

Dustin Moseley, SD SP  FA   Atl Jurrjens  31.2 28 7 7 10 5 0 0 1.99 .278 1.11  5.00 5.8 +5.1

R.A. Dickey, NYM SP  FA   @Was Zimmermann  26.1 28 12 14 19 1 1 0 4.10 .368 1.59  -3.28 5.3 -5.6

Brandon Webb*, Tex SP  DL15  FA   Tor Litsch  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  -- 4.9 -4

Javier Vazquez, Fla SP  FA   LAD Kershaw  19.1 23 14 16 11 1 1 0 6.52 .406 2.02  -2.26 4.8 -4.8

Sergio Romo, SF RP  FA   @Pit Morton  7.2 4 1 1 11 0 0 0 1.17 .185 0.65  0.30 4.5 +2.4

Clayton Richard, SD SP  FA   Atl Jurrjens  27.1 24 12 9 16 3 1 0 3.95 .289 1.21  2.16 4.1 -5

 
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Bud Norris, Hou SP PP  FA   StL Garcia  22.0 23 12 7 26 2 1 0 4.91 .313 1.36  3.49 4.0 +1.4

Bartolo Colon, NYY SP  FA   CWS Floyd  18.0 16 7 5 20 1 1 0 3.50 .284 1.17  2.70 3.7 +3.3

Jason Marquis, Was SP  FA   NYM Young  25.1 30 10 5 17 4 2 0 3.55 .315 1.38  1.90 3.7 +2.8

Tim Stauffer, SD RP, SP  FA   Atl Jurrjens  28.0 31 10 7 18 3 0 0 3.21 .322 1.36  4.99 3.6 -0.5

Rick Porcello, Det SP  FA   Sea Hernandez  22.2 29 12 6 16 2 1 0 4.76 .350 1.54  4.81 3.5 -0.9

Dallas Braden*, Oak SP  DL15  FA   @LAA Chatwood  18.0 18 6 5 15 1 1 0 3.00 .315 1.28  3.83 3.4 -4.5

Charlie Morton, Pit SP PP  FA   SF Cain  27.0 23 10 15 12 3 2 0 3.33 .333 1.41  0.24 3.2 -0.4

Evan Meek, Pit RP  WA (Fri)   SF Cain  8.0 10 4 5 8 0 0 0 4.50 .375 1.88  -0.79 3.1 +0.4

Luke Hochevar, KC SP PP  FA   @Cle Masterson  31.2 27 18 7 20 2 2 0 5.12 .271 1.07  3.30 3.1 -0.7

Jake Westbrook, StL SP  FA   @Hou Norris  24.1 33 20 16 13 1 2 0 7.40 .405 2.01  -1.46 3.0 -3.9

John Lannan, Was SP  FA   NYM Young  26.2 30 12 11 15 1 2 0 4.05 .358 1.54  -1.29 2.9 +2.4

J.A. Happ, Hou SP  FA   StL Garcia  23.1 24 18 12 15 1 1 0 6.94 .365 1.54  -3.16 2.8 -2.9

Darren O'Day, Tex RP  DTD  FA   Tor Litsch  6.1 6 2 4 4 0 0 0 2.84 .387 1.58  -4.07 2.8 +2.8

Esmil Rogers, Col SP, RP  FA   @ChC Russell  21.1 25 15 11 14 1 3 0 6.33 .373 1.69  -6.82 2.8 -7.7

Brian Sanches, Fla RP  FA   LAD Kershaw  13.2 1 0 4 10 0 3 0 0.00 .128 0.37  5.64 2.8 +1.5

Ivan Nova, NYY SP PP  FA   CWS Floyd  15.1 19 13 9 9 1 1 0 7.63 .411 1.83  -5.82 2.5 -1.4
 
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Sam LeCure, Cin SP, RP  WA (Thu)   @Mil Estrada  17.1 13 8 4 17 1 0 0 4.15 .254 0.98  1.08 2.4 -3

Adam Wainwright*, StL SP  DL60  FA   @Hou Norris  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  -- 2.3 -2.7

Joe Blanton, Phi SP  FA   @Ari Hudson  24.1 32 16 6 17 2 0 0 5.92 .355 1.56  1.34 2.3 -1.1

Mike Adams, SD RP  FA   Atl Jurrjens  12.0 2 1 0 11 0 0 0 0.75 .053 0.17  4.14 2.2 +1.4

Armando Galarraga, Ari SP  FA   Phi Oswalt  21.0 22 14 10 19 1 3 0 6.00 .344 1.52  -0.87 2.2 +1.7

Sean Marshall, ChC RP  FA   Col De La Rosa  10.0 10 1 1 10 0 1 1 0.90 .262 1.10  -0.59 1.5 +0.9

 
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yep..horrible pitchers on the wire...drop mike gonzalez, meek, and rodney..and pick up the hitters i told you to get - DON'T DO THAT TRADE.
 
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only saw that first page of pitchers....this needs to be your 5 starting pitchers....HALLADAY, ROMERO, BRETT MYERS, DEREK HOLLAND AND EITHER JEREMEY GUTHRIE OR DICE K
 
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None of those closers are available that I listed?  Sergio Santos is another guy you can look at (could be taking over the closing job for CHW).  

You got to get rid of Pudge (he's just terrible)... none of the C available that I listed?  If not, who is cause Pudge has to go.

Make sure when you look at available free agents don't just use preseason rankings make sure to click the button that updates to current rankings.
 
 
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Immediately pick up Aroldis Chapman
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