Changes and trades

As you can tell my team has changed significantly over the past few weeks. I have made some moves that will hopefully boost me into the playoffs.

My team

Has been through its ups and downs, but hopefully that is all over now. I have been looking to acquire healthy players that will start every game and produce. I think the secret to fantasy sports is not to have players that may be streaky and produce huge numbers, but a player who produces great numbers consisently through the year. I activated Putz from the DL and now I have Jenks, CJ Wilson, and Putz as my relief. I wouldn't mind a Holds guy so I can compete in that category, but their are no more real good everyday setup men left in the our league.

The second half

Here is my prediction for how my team will perform in the second half of the fantasy season. Two weeks before the break I beat a team 16-7-3 and then the week after that I had a few players go on the DL which helped me to lose the week 8-17-1. I think that if my team would have been healthy in that week I would have either won or tied the other team. I have had this problem all year. We have our league set up to change our lineups on a weekly basis. This is good and bad at the same time. It is good in the sense that it takes strategy and a little foreshadowing in order to have a good week, but at the same time if you have a guy go down on Monday then you are screwed for a whole week. I personally like changing my lineup on a day to day basis for this reason. I think that my team would not be close to last place if I could change my lineup on a day to day basis. Comment on your preference either day to day or weekly changes.

Add then drop

Monday I decided to pick up Kenny Rogers off the free agent wire. I then re-evaluated the pick up and decided to drop him and pick up Tim Redding. The reason I decided this would be better is the fact that Kenny Rogers walks a guy every time he strikes out a guy. Redding has a much better K/BB ratio, which is essential for good pitching outcomes.

Fantasy Rant

So in the past week my team almost fallen apart for the second or third time this year. I have Chipper who is chronically injured and looked hurt at the beginning of the week. I have Peirzynski who got hit in the leg and is listed as day to day. I have Jenks, Saito and Putz who are all hurt in one form or another. I have Vernon Wells who is now out 4-6 weeks. Not to mention hitters like Willingham, Abreu, and Hawpe are underachieving big time! So after all this transpired my team looks into the upcoming weeks as uncertain as the stock market. I am still having fun, because it is a challenge to try and not lose as bad as I did last week (8-17-1)!

Just traded

This past week I traded Albert Pujols. I am in a keeper league and had kept Albert every year since I came into the league. I owned him 4 straight years. I loved having him on my team, but sadly my team has never really done much in the playoffs. In a desperate move I traded him in turn for Jason Giambi, Manny Ramirez, John Maine, and Yunel Escobar. I then traded Escobar for Bobby Jenks. Did I come out on top in this trade or was it a mistake? Feel free to comment!

Vernon Wells out 4-6 weeks?

Today I learned that Vernon Wells has been placed on the 15-day DL. I have Wells on my fantasy team and this is a bad break for me and is a bad break for everyone else that owns Vernon. This injury to suppose to sideline him for 4-6 weeks, which will put him back in a uniform mid to late August. Who should I put in the lineup to replace him. I have Willingham, Schumaker, and Bowker who are outfield eligible. Let me know by commentting!

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