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Friday, April 10, 2009Roster Doctor - 4/10/09Posted by Derek Carty at 3:59amWelcome to THT Fantasy's Roster Doctor. If you'd like your team to be analyzed by one of our fantasy baseball experts, please send your full roster to this address. Also be sure to include your league's player pool (mixed, AL-only, NL-only), number of teams, scoring format (roto, head-to-head, points, etc.), categories, whether or not it's a keeper league, and any other pertinent information. If your roster is selected it will be analyzed in a future Roster Doctor column. Player pool: Mixed No. of teams: 10 Categories: Traditional 5x5 Scoring Type: Roto Roster: C - Victor Martinez C - Ramon Hernandez 1B - Carlos Pena 2B - Alexei Ramirez SS - Jimmy Rollins 3B - David Wright CI - Adrian Beltre MI - Robinson Cano OF - Manny Ramirez OF - Nick Markakis OF - Alex Rios OF - Adam Dunn OF - Lastings Milledge UT - Adam LaRoche P - Javier Vazquez P - Yovani Gallardo P - Joba Chamberlain P - Zack Greinke P - Aaron Harang P - Ted Lilly P - Chad Qualls P - Joel Hanrahan P - Matt Lindstrom BN - Kevin Slowey BN - Scott Baker BN - Jason Motte BN - George Sherrill BN - J.J. Putz BN - Hong-Chih Kuo This is a team that I like a lot. The pitching is very strong with eight very good starting pitchers and a mix of risks and safer players. The team has five closers and the two best setup men in the game. The only real move I would recommend here would be to offer Matt Lindstrom around. If he pitches like he did last year, he's not a good bet to finish the year closing games. Heath Bell would be a great return, but I'd also trade him for Frank Francisco, Brandon Morrow, Mike Gonzalez, Huston Street, probably Brad Ziegler, and maybe even Kevin Gregg. Sherrill could be traded for any of them as well, but you'd be unlikely to get any bites. Carlos Marmol might be a good target for him, depending upon the savvyness of his owner. On offense, you have some good players, but I definitely think you could upgrade. Wright and Rollins are a terrific foundation for your team, and you have a very good outfield. I am big on guys like Carlos Lee, Matt Kemp, and Nate McLouth, however, and I think it would be worth offering Manny, Markakis, and Dunn around. Dunn for Curtis Granderson would also be an upgrade. I could also stand trading Dunn for Raul Ibanez if it means getting a good upgrade elsewhere. I'd also consider trading Alexei Ramirez. He's a good player, but Kelly Johnson is a very underrated second baseman this year, and you would only take a small hit at 2B while likely picking up a significant upgrade elsewhere. I like Robinson Cano a lot. Beltre is a guy who may be in for a power decline this year, although it's possible his peripheral drop last year was injury-related. If this is the case and he is healthy this year he could be fine, but he's a little too risky for my taste when there are safer guys who are similarly valued. James Loney would be a good choice. Nelson Cruz would be nice if you moved LaRoche to CI. I'd also offer Victor Martinez around. I'm not as big on him as some, and I'd rather have guys like Ryan Doumit, Chris Iannetta, or even Mike Napoli or Matt Wieters. Wieters would actually make a good target as he's likely undervalued, and then you could pick up someone like Kenji Johjima to start until he is called up. As Victor generally goes higher than all of these guys, you could also leverage an upgrade elsewhere. Something like Victor/Pena for catcher/Kevin Youkilis might be a solid deal. Or Victor/Milledge for catcher/Nelson Cruz. Just a few random ideas. Adam Lind might be gone by now, but if not, I'd probably pick him up to play over LaRoche. Derek Carty is a 22-year old fantasy baseball analyst residing in New Jersey. In addition to writing for THTF, his work has appeared at Rotoworld (NBC), Sports Illustrated, FOX Sports, and Heater Magazine. In his two years competing in expert leagues, he has won 2 titles with 4 top three finishes, including a LABR NL title in 2009, making him the youngest person to ever win a major expert league title. Derek is a proud graduate of the MLB Scouting Bureau's Scout Development Program and is a firm believer in the importance of combining stats and scouting. He welcomes questions via e-mail. CommentsNext Post: Hit Rate Observer>> <<Previous Post: My Razzball team |
