LV4 #8 team

[Da bears]

Hey guys here's my main event team from the 8th spot. First time in the NFBC main event so any comments much appreciated.



C J.R. Towles

C Yadier Molina

1B Adam LaRoche

2B Howie Kendrick

SS Derek Jeter

3B Miguel Cabrera

MI Tadahito Iguchi

CI Mike Jacobs

OF Alex Rios

OF Jacob Ellsbury

OF Jeremy Hermedia

OF Nate McLouth

OF Franklin Gutierrez

UT Casey Blake



SP Jake Peavy

SP Cole Hamels

SP Pedro Martinez

SP Derek Lowe

SP Matt Garza

SP Kyle Kendrick

SP Doug Davis

RP Francisco Rodriguez

RP Manny Corpas



Bench



OF Cameron Maybin

OF Dave Roberts

OF Brandon Jones

SS Brendan Ryan

RP Tom Gordon

RP Juan Cruz

SP Edwin Jackson

[Rey]

Originally posted by Da bears:

Hey guys here's my main event team from the 8th spot. First time in the NFBC main event so any comments much appreciated.



C J.R. Towles

C Yadier Molina

1B Adam LaRoche

2B Howie Kendrick

SS Derek Jeter

3B Miguel Cabrera

MI Tadahito Iguchi

CI Mike Jacobs

OF Alex Rios

OF Jacob Ellsbury

OF Jeremy Hermedia

OF Nate McLouth

OF Franklin Gutierrez

UT Casey Blake



SP Jake Peavy

SP Cole Hamels

SP Pedro Martinez

SP Derek Lowe

SP Matt Garza

SP Kyle Kendrick

SP Doug Davis

RP Francisco Rodriguez

RP Manny Corpas



Bench



OF Cameron Maybin

OF Dave Roberts

OF Brandon Jones

SS Brendan Ryan

RP Tom Gordon

RP Juan Cruz

SP Edwin Jackson Pros (as I see them):



- Top 2 starters are top notch. 450 k's from your top 2 guys is a nice crutch.

- Several young 5 tool guys on offense.



Cons (as I see them):



- I would have backed Corpas up with Fuentes.

- Too much riding on guys who haven't done much yet (Hermida, McLouth, Towles, Ellsbury, Mclouth, etc). Having a few of these guys is great, but you have more than I'd feel comfortable with.

- You have one lock for 30/100 (Cabrera). The general rule is that you should have at least 3 of these guys. I see power being your achilles heel all year. WHo else do you realistically expect to get you 30/100?



Overall, I'd say you need to have your pitching carry you and your young hitters to over-perform in order to be competitive.



Good luck.

[Da bears]

Originally posted by Rey:

quote:Originally posted by Da bears:

Hey guys here's my main event team from the 8th spot. First time in the NFBC main event so any comments much appreciated.



C J.R. Towles

C Yadier Molina

1B Adam LaRoche

2B Howie Kendrick

SS Derek Jeter

3B Miguel Cabrera

MI Tadahito Iguchi

CI Mike Jacobs

OF Alex Rios

OF Jacob Ellsbury

OF Jeremy Hermedia

OF Nate McLouth

OF Franklin Gutierrez

UT Casey Blake



SP Jake Peavy

SP Cole Hamels

SP Pedro Martinez

SP Derek Lowe

SP Matt Garza

SP Kyle Kendrick

SP Doug Davis

RP Francisco Rodriguez

RP Manny Corpas



Bench



OF Cameron Maybin

OF Dave Roberts

OF Brandon Jones

SS Brendan Ryan

RP Tom Gordon

RP Juan Cruz

SP Edwin Jackson Pros (as I see them):



- Top 2 starters are top notch. 450 k's from your top 2 guys is a nice crutch.

- Several young 5 tool guys on offense.



Cons (as I see them):



- I would have backed Corpas up with Fuentes.

- Too much riding on guys who haven't done much yet (Hermida, McLouth, Towles, Ellsbury, Mclouth, etc). Having a few of these guys is great, but you have more than I'd feel comfortable with.

- You have one lock for 30/100 (Cabrera). The general rule is that you should have at least 3 of these guys. I see power being your achilles heel all year. WHo else do you realistically expect to get you 30/100?



Overall, I'd say you need to have your pitching carry you and your young hitters to over-perform in order to be competitive.



Good luck. [/QUOTE]Yeah I agree that power is a concern, but I do think that Rios, Hermida, LaRoche, and Jacobs are capable of hitting 30 hrs. Of course I may be nuts



Thanks for the comments.