19-year league - HDID

[DJRadar]

16-team, 6x6 (AVG, HR, R, RBI, SB-CS, BB-K and W, HD, SV, K, ERA, WHIP)
$400 in-season cap
5 SP / 4 P with no season cap
keep 6 major/4 minor
+$3 first 3 years, +$6 after that

C - Realmuto $24 1st year keeper
1B - O'Hearn $3
2B - Brandon Lowe $9
3B - Wendle $9
SS - Kingery $9
CI - Cozart $11
MI - Merrifield $16 2nd year keeper
OF - Harper $43 7th year keeper
OF - Trout $43 7th year keeper
OF - Benintendi $16 2nd year keeper
OF - Bader $7
DH - Renfroe $5
SP - Nola $11 3rd year keeper
SP - Junis $1
SP - Kikuchi $17
SP - Odorizzi $1
SP - Roark $1
P - Alvarado $14
P - Bradley $8
P - Hicks $11
P - Woodruff $1
BN - Pederson $5
BN - Sheffield $5
BN - Hudson $5
MN - Rodgers $10
MN - Paddack $10

We draft our reserves at $5 followed by our minors draft at $1. I feel like the offense should be okay, although I would like to upgrade my 2B/SS. The back end of my rotation isn't that great plus I would like to find a couple of set-up guys or closers in waiting.

Thoughts from the RJ crowd?

[Sharky]

Lowe, Wendle, Kingery is the section that needs work. Roark, Odorizzi same deal on the pitching side. Woodruff will help your rotation, however. ohearn and Cozart are cheap, but not really great corner guys.

Overall should be in the mix but probably not a title contender this year. Good luck!

[mjl]

With the keepers you had, I think I would rather have taken some of the $33 you spent on relievers and $41 you spent on mediocre infielders and gotten at least one more decent starter. If Paddack isn't great (which admittedly I think he will be) you have a mediocre-to-awful rotation, and with him it's still pretty average. $142 in premium hitting keepers really should let you put those $1 players on your offense, not your pitching - a 75/25 split when most of your hitting money is already on underpriced players is really a bit much.

All that said, it still might work out, and maybe adding the sixth category makes a premium-reliever-heavy strategy work? What's your innings minimum? Could you turn Junis/Odorizzi/Roark into, like, Trivino and Hirano and Oh and dump W/K?

[joncarlos]

Seems weird to punt holds. Did you know Bradley was a setup guy when you bought him? I guess that's what Rogers is for?

I would be much more inclined to focus on $1 RPs in this league than $1 SPs. That Junis/Roark/Odorizzi trio seems to hold nothing but pain. Infield could use some work. I'd be trying to deal a reliever for a bat and fill in with Rogers or a free agent pickup. Makes me feel better about paying $1 for Cozart and $2 for Kingery in a 15-teamer though

[DJRadar]

I didn't know Bradley was a set-up guy, but I don't have faith in Holland either.

This is the first year we don't have an innings requirement. We've switched to using 5 SP and 4 P.