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In the LV Ultimate Auction, I got extremely rich in Pitching and ended up with the following pitching staff:



Bedard

Lackey

Beckett

Smoltz

Lincecum

Cain

Nathan

Rivera

Soria



As you might imagine, this was at the expense of offense that looks like this:



C Posada

C Johjima

1B Kotchman

2B A. Hill

SS Y. Betancourt

3B E. Encarnacion

OF H. Matsui

OF Milledge

OF Fukudome

OF Rowand

OF Maybin

CI Saltalamacchia

MI Polanco

U Rasmus



Bench:

Wilkerson

Dinorfia

Capuano

Howry

Baldelli

Dobbs

Schierholz



My question is obvious - did I get enough offense to go with the 60+ points that my pitching staff is likely to achieve? In other words, can this team be competitive?

Absolutely not, in my humble opinion. Bottom half in every offensive category, easily.

I seriously doubt it - not anywhere near enough power OR speed.



What was the final split of your auction dollars - pitching vs hitting? Seems like it was way out of whack.

Captain,



My split was an ungodly 141 for pitching, 119 for hitting. There was a ton of overpaying for hitting early. Once I got in for a penny...well, you know the rest. As the other owners started scrambling for pitching, I got some good bargains on hitters (e.g., Fukudome for $6).



As I see it, my batting average should be worth 8 to 10 points and runs should be 6 or 7. After that, it purely depends on whether the young OFs (Milledge, Maybin, and Rasmus) are solid. I absolutely agree that SBs are a lost category.

if you release 85% of your offense, you might be able to do it...

Marv,



I did my first auction and a similar thing happened and I got a great offense and a terrible pitching staff. I should have reacted better and done better.



With that said I will take my pitching over your hitting any day of the week. At least I have Verlander and Krod....



Get to work on fixing that offense.

I don't believe that is enough offense. I am not against taking pitching early, but I think you just took it too far. But, I guess you know where to use your free agent money!