pitching improvement

[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 - Cozart $11
SS - Kingery $9
CI - Morales $10
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 - Renfroe $5
DH - Pederson $5
SP - Nola $11 3rd year keeper
SP - Junis $1
SP - Kikuchi $17
SP - Odorizzi $1
SP - Paddack $10
P - Alvarado $14
P - Bradley $8
P - Hicks $11
P - Hudson $5
BN - Sheffield $5
BN - Boxberger $10
BN - Roark $1
BN - Woodruff $1
BN - Devenski $10
IL - Bader $7
IL - Wendle $9
MN - Rodgers $10
MM - Riley $5
MN - Puk $5
MN - Singer $5

Two questions:

I've been offered Seranthony Dominguez $4 for Brandon Lowe. I'm not impressed with Dominguez so far. Would a counter of Buehler $13, Cease $4, or Wander Franco $10 be good enough?

I am bouncing between the bottom two in the league after finishing in the money for the first time last year. What do I need to do to improve this team? I've put Harper on the block, but the offers I am getting aren't worth even considering.

[joncarlos]

I think you're nuts if you think you can get a $13 Walker Buehler, a projected top 15 SP this year and one of the best young pitchers in baseball, for Brandon Lowe.

That said, I don't think Seranthony is enough for Lowe, and I'm not sure he helps you enough either. You need to hope and pray that Nola gets better, and maybe replace some of the more risky/toxic SPs on your team with safer MRs (Junis, Hudson, Roark, Boxberger). Cozart looks so done, you need to replace him somehow. But your offense should be fine. Stabilize the pitching and hope for the best. Too early to give up.