Thoughts on what I should do

[BMW]

Well Josh Hamilton had 2 HR's yesterday to make himself the best start over Willingham and them so I feel so much better about that trade...haha....

[BMW]

Well I won with the second highest point total this week.

So far the Overall Scoring Race I am still First

Teams                  Pts For      Pts Back
Milwaukee Maulers     1579.8        0.0
The Phat Alberts      1532.5       47.3
Gary Pounders         1503.3       76.5
Karl                  1475.8      104.0
Balco's Bombers       1459.2      120.7
No Joke               1424.7      155.2
El Gato               1417.0      162.8
COME BACK KIDS        1377.8      202.0
2nd2none              1371.5      208.3
Kernels               1318.3      261.5
tHrOwN 4 a CuRvE      1237.2      342.7
Whack Job             1164.8      415.0

It was a good week despite my Pitchers not really doing well in any single start, they all did well for a week through having 2 starts.

Milwaukee Maulers
C MBarett 3.5
1B PFielder 47
2B IKinsler 9.5
3B BUpton 14
SS HRamirez 20
OF MCuddyer 2.5
OF JHamilton 33
OF HMatsui 33
DH THafner 18.5
SP CHamels 51.67
SP BSheets 34.67
SP THudson 24
SP SHill 14.67
SP DWillis 9
RP TSaito 29.67
BENCH
3B CTracy 3.5
3B DWright 19.5
OF CBurke 1.5
OF CCrisp 17
OF DDeJesus 16
OF JWillingham 30.5
SP CJames 12
SP BPenny 12
SP CVargas 23
SP TWakefield 22
DL SP JJohnson

Milwaukee Maulers Hitters: 181/180 (Fielder, Hamilton and Matsui saved me)
Milwaukee Maulers Pitchers: 163.67120 (Once Again My SP wins for me)
Milwaukee Maulers Bench: 157
Milwaukee Maulers Total 344.67

El Gato
C JEstrada 15
1B AGonzalez 14
2B RCano 13.5
3B RZimmerman 16.5
SS JRollins 31.5
OF CBeltran 26
OF ARios 17
OF GSizemore 11
DH KYoukilis 17.5
SP JBonderman 19
SP ZDuke 17.33
SP NLowry 46.33
SP MPelfrey 1.33
SP ISnell -1
RP ABeitez 5.33
BENCH
OF CHart 7.5
OF RBaldelli 7.5
1B JThome 0
SP JFrancis 4.67
SP RHarden 0
SP TLincecum 4.67
SP DLowe 30
SP AMiller 0
SP BZito 13
RP BRyan 0

El Gato Batters: 162/180
El Gato Pitchers: 88.32/120
El Gato Bench: 67.33
El Gato Total: 250.33

I just don't think that team at this time, can contend with mine. Which is sweet for me since he is in my division.

The Division goes as follows (we have only played division opponents so far, this week begins our interdivisional play.

Milwaukee Maulers 4-1
Gary Pounders 4-1
Come Back Kids 3-2 1 GB
2nd2none 2-3 2 GB
No Joke 1-4 3 GB
EL GATO 1-4 3GB

It'd be nice to pull away this week since it is our ONLY interdivisional stretch. After this we play our own division two more times through...these next 5 weeks could really spread out the division. Especially important since the last 1/2 of the season is going to be so difficult as everyone stands something to gain from every matchup being played then....anyway onto this weeks matchup for me...

Milwaukee Maulers lineup...
C MBarrett 6G
1B PFielder 6G
2B BUpton 6G
3B DWright 6G
SS HRamirez 7G
OF JHamilton 7G
OF HMatsui 7G
OF JWillingham 7G
DH THafner 7G
SP CHamels CHC (Angel Guzman)
SP THudson SD (David Wells)
SP CVargas WSH (Jason Bergmann)
SP CJames SD (Chris Young) @ PIT (Tony Armas)
SP BPenny @FLA (Ricky Nolasco) CIN (Kyle Lohse)
RP TSaito 7G

Maulers Hitters 59 Games
Maulers Pitchers 7 Starts, 7 RP Games

Thrown4ACurve
C Paul LoDuca 6G
1B Mark Teixeira 6G
2B Julio Lugo 6G
3B Hank Blalock 6G
SS Michael Young 6G
OF Pat Burrell 6G
OF Carlos Lee 7G
OF Nick Swisher 6G
DH Jason Giambi 7G
SP Adam Eaton @ARI (Micah Owings)
SP Kelvim Escobar CLE (Jeremy Sowers)
SP Johan Santana DET (Mike Maroth)
SP Carlos Silva CHW (Jose Contreras)
SP Jered Weaver CLE (Paul Byrd)
RP Bobby Jenks 6G

Thrown4ACurve Batters: 56 Games
Thrown4ACurve Pitchers: 5 Starts, 6 RP Games

I have a clear advantage going into this week with the extra pitching starts. I need to take advantage and improve to 5 and 1.

Thrown4ACurve for the year is 342.7 Points behind me. I average 315.96 per week, he averages 247.44 per week. He is 1-4 and in second last place in the other division. I'm pretty excited about this week...especially since today is my birthday, I feel like this could be a scheduled birthday gift, but I'm a little nervous at the beginning of the week, these are usually when the opponent tops out and scores like 400 points, while my team tanks and scores 200. We'll be even up 5 for 5 SP after today, so I'm hoping to jump out to a huge lead today...I only have 2 hitters with the day off as well, maybe I can get a Penny W and Saito Save all in one, he only has LoDuca, Burrell, Lee, and Giambi going today.

[BMW]

Well Travis Hafner scoring 14.5 in one game sure doesn't hurt to start the week.

[BMW]

Well I currently have a 21 point lead. My opponent has Johan Santana tomorrow and then he is all out of starts. I have Cole Hamels tomorrow, Brad Penny and Chuck James on Saturday. Being that I already have a lead, Santan would have to get around 50 points and all of my 3 would have to score 5 or less. On top of that I am also out-hitting him, so it would be very tough for me to lose this week at this point. It also looks like Gary Pounders (the team tied for 1st with me) is going to lose...so I will regain sole possesion of first place at 5-1.

[redtitan14]

dude what do i do if im offered dontrelle willis,barry zito,and mark buerhle,and johnny damon for carlos beltran

[redtitan14]

Originally Posted by BMW

There are trade talks brewing where I am offering ...

3B David Wright
OF Coco Crisp
SP Javier Vazquez

for

OF Matt Holliday
SP Daisuke Matsuzaka

This would free up my 3B jam, where Chad Tracy, Akinori Iwamura, BJ Upton would step in, Holliday would combine with Matsui, Cuddyer, Willingham, Burke in the OF, and Daisuke would be another MUST Start SP with Willis and Sheets for me...and shoot Hamels and Hudson are pitching their way into that category so far this year as well. I'd still have Brad Penny and Chuck James on my bench as well. I would likely pick up Josh Hamilton with the free roster spot. I'm willing to take this deal up to

Wright, LF Matsui, SP Vazquez

for

Holliday, Matsuzaka...but we'll see what happens.

Any thoughts?

dude i think u should do it. as we get farther into the season dice-k is gunna warm up and start throwing better than what he is and start getting wins. and i got a question 4 u. should i do where im getting dontrelle willis,barry zito,mark buehrle,and johnny damon for carlos beltran where i get the first 4 guys? let me know

[BMW]

I would love to help you redtitan, but as I replied in your other thread, we need to know more about your league and your roster to do so.

I ended up trading Vazquez for Josh Hamilton, which has worked out pretty well for me so far.

Anibal Sanchez was recently dropped and I am wondering if anyone thinks he would be worth picking up.

[Nocahoma]

He'll be back up, but it may take a while. I dropped him in at least one League b/c I needed the space, and he wasn't exactly lighting the world on fire this season. IF you have a spot to waste while he's in the minors, I'd say "Sure."

[BMW]

My Current Lineup
C MBarrett
1B PFielder
2B IKinsler
2B Chris Burke
SS HRamirez
3B DWright
3B BUpton
3B Chad Tracy
OF HMatsui
OF JHamilton
OF MCuddyer
OF JWillingham
OF CCrisp
OF DDeJesus
DH THafner
SP CHamels
SP THudson
SP DWillis
SP BSheets
SP BPenny
SP CVargas
SP TWakefield
SP Shawn Hill
SP Chuck James
RP TSaito
DL Josh Johnson

[BMW]

I just dropped Chris Burke (who was optioned to AAA) for SP Matt Belisle from Cincy.

[BMW]

I also dropped OF Coco Crisp for SP Jorge Sosa.

SP is so much more valuable in this league, if these guys can give me good double starts, it's a big addition to my team, especially since Sosa so far has been lights with the Mets of all teams.

I still have

OF Josh Hamilton
OF Hideki Matsui
OF Josh Willingham
OF David DeJesus
OF Michael Cuddyer

It looks as if SP Shawn Hill is headed for the DL. He had a freakin no hitter going when he came out with elbow soreness. Depending on how that goes I may drop him for Anibal Sanchez. We'll see.

[BMW]

Well I won and improved to 5-1. Unfortunately everyone in my division won their game this week. Pretty much a waste of a week as neither division changed any.

Milwaukee Maulers
C MBarrett 15.5
1B PFielder 22
2B BUpton 14
3B DWright 32
SS HRamirez 21.5
OF JHamilton 4
OF HMatsui 16
OF JWillingham 21
DH THafner 21
SP CHamels 27
SP THudson 24
SP CJames 23.33
SP BPenny 62.67
SP CVargas 13
RP TSaito 20
BENCH
2B IKinsler 7.5
3B CTracy 10.5
OF CBurke 9
OF CCrisp 16.5
OF MCuddyer 18.5
OF DDeJesus 11.5
SP SHill 23
SP BSheets 22
SP TWakefield 28
SP DWillis 1
DL SP JJohnson

tHrOwN 4 a CuRvE
C PLoDuca 12
1B MTeixeria 26
2B JLugo 32
3B HBlalock 18
SS MYoung 16.5
OF PBurrell 21
OF CLee 31.5
OF NSwisher 15
DH JGiambi 1.5
SP AEaton 9
SP KEscobar 45
SP JSantana 9
SP CSilva 2
SP JerWeaver 13
RP BJenks 16.67
BENCH
C GLaird 12
1B CJackson 7
2B MDeRosa 6.5
OF JEdmonds 9
DL SP JJennings
DL SP WMiller
DL SP JPatterson
DL SP MRedman
DL SP JSchmidt
DL RP TGordon

Milwaukee Maulers Batters 167/180 Not a good week
tHrOwN 4 a CuRvE Batters 173.5/180 Not much better hah
Milwaukee Maulers Pitchers 170/120 My 6 SP outscored my 9 Hitters
tHrOwN 4 a CuRvE Pitchers 94.67/120 Ouch
Milwaukee Maulers Bench 147.5
tHrOwN 4 a CuRvE Bench 34.5
Milwaukee Maulers 337
tHrOwN 4 a CuRve 268.17

You know looking at my team I'm lucky Cole Hamels is pitching the way he is. He has become what I thought Ben Sheets would be, the guy I can't sit regardless of how many starts he has or who they are against.

This week I am playing Kernels from the other division.

My lineup is going to be
C MBarrett 7G
1B PFielder 7G
2B IKinsler 7G
3B DWright 7G
SS HRamirez 7G
OF JHamilton 6G
OF HMatsui 6G
OF JWillingham 7G
DH THafner 6G
SP CHamels MIL (Jeff Suppan)
SP THudson @WAS (Jerome Williams) @BOS (TWakefield)
SP CVargas @PHI (Adam Eaton) MIN (Ramon Ortiz)
SP TWakefield DET (Justin Verlander) ATL (THudson)
SP DWillis @PIT (Tom Gorzelanny) @TB (Jae Seo)
RP MBelisle @SD (Gred Maddux) @CLE (Paul Byrd)
BENCH
2B/3B BUpton 6G
3B CTracy 6G
OF MCuddyer 6G
OF DDeJesus 7G
SP SHill
SP CJames @WAS (Matt Chico)
SP BPenny @ANA (Ervin Santana)
SP BSheets @PHI (Freddy Garcia)
SP JSosa CHC (Rich Hill)
RP TSaito 6G
DL SP JJohnson

Kernels
C Ramon Hernandez 6G
1B Paul Konerko 6G
2B Marcus Giles 6G
3B Scott Rolen 6G
SS Bobby Crosby 7G
OF Vladimir Guerrero 7G
OF Gary Matthews 7G
OF Magglio Ordonez 7G
DH Bill Hall 7G
SP Paul Byrd MIN (Ramon Ortiz) CIN (Matt Belisle)
SP John Danks NYY (Mike Mussina) @CHC (Carlos Zambrano)
SP Mike Mussina @CHW (John Danks) @NYM (John Maine)
SP John Smoltz @WAS (Jason Bergmann) @BOS (Daisuke Matsuzaka)
SP Randy Wolf STL (Kip Wells)
RP Francisco Rodriguez 7G
BENCH
C Ronny Paulino
OF Mike Cameron
OF Chris Duncan
SS Felipe Lopez
SP Anthony Lerew
SP Braden Looper
SP Ervin Santana
SP Kip Wells
DL SP Chris Carpenter
DL SP Mark Mulder
DL SP Carl Pavano

Maulers Batters 60 Games
Kernels Batters 59 Games
Maulers Pitchers 11 Starts 0 RP Games
Kernels Pitchers 9 Starts 7 RP Games

I am very worried about Francisco Rodriguez beating me. I hate having Penny, Sosa and Sheets on my bench, but the match-ups seem to favor me a little. Of my 11 Starts only 2 are against Aces type performers, and Wakefield is both of them so I feel okay with that. 2 of my guys go against each other, but 2 of his go against each other as well. We also have Paul Byrd vs. Matt Belisle next Sunday so that could determine the week.

Milwaukee Maulers
1st Place
5-1
319.5 Points Per Week

vs.

Kernels
3rd Place
3-3
271.05 Points Per Week

The lowest week I have had is 297.667. He has only broke 300 twice at 304 and 308. Knowing that, I feel a little better...but this is still going to be a big week for me.
The other big matchup for me is....

Gary Pounders
5-1 Tied with me for 1st Place in Away Division
313.1 Per Week

vs.

The Phat Alberts
4-2 First Place Home Division
289.3 Per Week

I could really use a Phat Alberts win to get sole possesion back. I'm still rather pissed about that loss I had....I can't feel comfortable at 5-1, what the heck is that???

[BMW]

Gary Pounders LOST!!!!! I came within one more strike on Hideki Matsui in the 9th inning to losing, but he got a single instead and I won by little over 1 point.

Milwaukee Maulers
C MBarrett 19.5
1B PFielder 19
2B IKinsler 11
3B DWright 43
SS HRamirez 36.5
OF JHamilton 2.5
OF HMatsui 22
OF JWillingham 20.5
DH THafner 27
SP CHamels 34
SP THudson 22.33
SP CVargas 8
SP TWakefield 7
SP DWillis 30
SP MBelisle 14.33
BENCH
2B/3B BUpton 11.5
3B CTracy 1
OF MCuddyer 23
OF DDeJesus 16.5
SP CJames 10.67
SP BPenny -3
SP BSheets 30.33
SP JSosa 25
RP TSaito 21
DL SP Shawn Hill
DL SP Josh Johnson

Kernels
C RHernandez 6
1B PKonerko 22.5
2B MGiles 16
3B SRolen 17.5
SS BCrosby 27
OF VGuerrero 24.5
OF GMatthews 14
OF MOrdonez 30
DH BHall 9.5
SP PByrd 49
SP JDanks 25.67
SP MMussina .67
SP JSmoltz 39.33
SP RWolf 23
RP FRodriguez 10.67
BENCH
C RPaulino 16.5
OF MCameron 25
OF CDuncan 20.5
SS FLopez 10.5
SP ALerew -6
SP BLooper -5
SP ESantana 22
SP KWells -1
DL SP Chris Carpenter
DL SP Carl Pavano
DL SP Mark Mulder

Milwaukee Maulers Batters 201/180
Kernels Batters 167/180
Milwaukee Maulers Pitchers 115.67/120 (I was over 120 going into Sunday but Vargas and Hudson combined for -5.34)
Kernels Pitchers 148.33/120
Milwaukee Maulers Bench 136
Kernels Bench 82.5
Milwaukee Maulers TOTAL 316.67
Kernels TOTAL 315.33

The PHAT Albert's 362.33
Gary Pounders 357.33

Milwaukee Maulers 6-1 0 GB
Gary Pounders 5-2 1 GB
2nd2None 4-3 2 GB
COME BACK KIDS 4-3 2 GB
EL GATO 3-4 3 GB
No Joke 2-5 4 GB

Points Lead
Gary Pounders       2235.8       0 Points Back
Milwaukee Maulers   2233.5     2.3 Points Back
The Phat Alberts    2098.0   137.8 Points Back
Karl                2065.0   170.8 Points Back
EL GATO             2060.2   175.7 Points Back
Balco's Bombers     2030.0   205.8 Points Back
2nd2None            1973.7   262.2 Points Back
No Joke             1949.5   286.3 Points Back
Kernels             1941.7   294.2 Points Back
COME BACK KIDS      1849.8   386.0 Points Back
tHrOwN 4 a CuRvE    1812.7   423.2 Points Back
Whack Job           1755.7   480.2 Points Back

[BMW]

This week I am playing The Phat Alberts which is my uncle.

My starting lineup for the week

Maulers
C MBarrett 6G
1B PFielder 6G
2B BUpton 6G
3B DWright 6G
SS HRamirez 6G
OF JWillingham 6G
OF HMatsui 6G
OF MCuddyer 6G
DH THafner 7G
SP CHamels @FLA (Scott Olsen), @ATL (Kyle Davies)
SP THudson @PHI (Jamie Moyer)
SP BSheets @LA (Randy Wolf)
SP JSosa @ATL (Kyle Davies) @FLA (Scott Olsen)
SP TWakefield @NYY (Chien Ming Wang) @TEX Vicente Padilla)
RP TSaito 6G

The PHAT Alberts
C Ivan Rodriguez 6G
1B Albert Pujols 6G
2B Dan Uggla 6G
3B Aramis Ramirez 6G
SS JJ Hardy 6G
OF Manny Ramirez 6G
OF Delmon Young 6G
OF Nick Markakis 6G
DH Johnny Peralta 7G
SP Joe Blanton @CHW (Jose Contreras) @BAL (Daniel Cabrera)
SP Jose Contreras OAK (Joe Blanton) TB (Casey Fossum)
SP Aaron Harang PIT (Paul Maholm)
SP Jeff Suppan @LA (Brett Tomko) @SD (Jake Peavy)
SP Jarrod Washburn @TB (Casey Fossum) @KC (Odalis Perez)
SP Adam Wainwright PIT (Zach Duke) WAS (Matt Chico)

Maulers Average 319.07 Per Week
Phat Alberts 299.71 Per Week

He has 11 Starts to my 8 but I do have Saito...I'll need a big week out of him as the Dodgers take on the Brewers and the Cubs.....

[BMW]

Well my team had it's worst week of the year so far, but I love my chances to rebound as I look at this weeks matchup. First let's cover what the heck happened last week....


Milwaukee Maulers
C MBarrett 9
1B PFielder 20
2B BUpton 24
3B DWright 17.5
SS HRamirez 15.5
OF MCuddyer 32
OF HMatsui 14.5
OF JWillingham 7
DH THafner 22
SP CHamels 33
SP THudson 2.33
SP BSheets 9.67
SP JSosa 19.33
SP TWakefield 18
RP TSaito 22
BENCH
2B IKinsler 12.5
OF DDeJesus 13
3B CTracy 0
OF JHamilton 0
SP CJames 1.33
SP BPenny 26
SP CVargas 6.67
SP DWillis 9.67
RP MBelisle 7
SP SHill 0
SP JJohnson 0

Phat Alberts
C IRodriguez 11
1B APujols 26
2B DUggla 25
3B ARamirez 13
SS JHardy 7
OF NMarkakis 27
OF MRamirez 28
OF DYoung 16.5
DH JPeralta 16.5
SP JBlanton 3.67
SP JContreras 26.67
SP AHarang 15
SP JSuppan 18
SP JWashburn 46.67
RP AWainwright 36.67
BENCH
2B TWigginton 18.5
OF SVictorino 25
DH DLee 8.5
SP DBush -1.5
SP JMaine 24
SP MMorris 9
SP CSchilling 5
RP CVillanueva 7
RP JBorowski 38
OF MAlou 0
SP RNolasco 0

Milwaukee Maulers Hitters 161.7/180
Phat Alberts Hitters 170/180
Milwaukee Maulers Pitchers 104.33/120
Phat Alberts Pitchers 146.68/120
Milwaukee Maulers Bench 76.17
Phat Alberts Bench 134
Milwaukee Maukers TOTAL 265.83
Phat Alberts TOTAL 316.67

Gary Pounders also won this week and scored 348.33 points. So we are technically tied for first but he has the advantage being up on me by 84.8 points. It seems like just when I think I have a chance to pull away from him and the rest of the division I blow it with a loss. I do think my team is ready for a big week however. This week I am playing Karl who is in the other division...he is 3-5 after starting 3-1. He is averaging 293.75 points per week. My average is down to 312.41 after that rough week. I think this is a week where I will pick my average up, win and take the points lead back rather strongly.

Milwaukee Maulers Lineup
C MBarrett 6G
1B PFielder 7G
2B BUpton 6G
SS HRamirez 7G
3B DWright 6G
OF HMatsui 6G
OF JWillingham 7G
OF MCuddyer 6G
DH THafner 7G
SP CHamels 6/2 SF (Noah Lowry)
SP CJames 5/28 @MIL (Chris Capuano) 6/2 @CHC (Rich Hill)
SP BPenny 5/29 @WAS (Jason Simontacchi) 6/3 @PIT (Tom Gorzelanny)
SP BSheets 5/29 ATL (John Smoltz) 6/3 FLA (Dontrelle Willis)
SP DWillis 5/29 @CHC (Jason Marquis) 6/3 @MIL (Ben Sheets)
RP MBelisle 5/29 @HOU (Jason Jennings) 6/3 @COL (Rodrigo Lopez)

Karl Lineup
C Russell Martin 6G
1B Richie Sexson 7G
2B Aaron Hill 7G
SS Miguel Tejada 7G
3B Melvin Mora 7G
OF Barry Bonds 6G
OF Ken Griffey Jr. 7G
OF Ichiro Suzuki 7G
DH Frank Thomas 7G
SP Josh Beckett 5/29 CLE (Jeremy Sowers)
SP Chad Durbin 5/28 @TB (Edwin Jackson)
SP Roy Halladay 5/31 CHW (Mark Buehrle)
SP Roy Oswalt 6/2 STL (Kip Wells)
SP Oliver Perez 5/29 SF (Tim Lincecum) 6/3 ARI (Doug Davis)
RP Billy Wagner 6G

I obviously have more pitching matchups but looking at it now I do like his chances a lot more because his matchups are more favorable. I don't mind that too much though because I like my pitchers and I believe they will do well regardless of who they are up against. If I can get up a couple points today when we are even in starts, and then get a huge lead tomorrow it should be over with some consistant performances...... Gary Pounders only has 6 pitching starts this week too so I should get back in the points lead. But he is playing the 1-7 team who is run by a clown who only has 5 pitching starts for the week....ugh.