Sunday, August 14, 2011

Pitching help, have any ideas?

Your pitching is fine. There really isn't a bad one on your staff. I'd also keep Zumaya. He'll come around and by seasons end will have more k's than starters like Wang. You could afford to trade a bat for either a SP or another closer. Rather than going for an elite pitcher like Oswalt or Peavy (who also carry an elite reputation and price tag), I'd go after someone like Aaron Harang of the Reds or John Lackey of the Angels. Pudge and one of your second basemen could bring one of these pitchers and a competant replacement catcher someone like Michael Barrett for instance. If you had another first baseman you could put in Adrian Gonzalez could easily bring one of those two. You could also target someone like Carlos Zambrano or Erik Bedard off to a slow start. If you really want Peavy or Oswalt, Sizemore or Hanley Ramirez are the guys to offer. Those are fair trades and you have at least an adequate replacement. Maybe try to deal Uggla for Ian Snell. It sounds like you have a head to head team. If so, you may be losing some categories due to poor performance this week and others due to having too many extra bats and not enough extra pitchers. Kelly Johnson or Rowand could be dropped if needed though I'd try and deal them first.

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