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In my 13 team mixed redraft I currently have a 18.5 point lead but its the weakest 18.5 point lead you'll ever see. I’ve bounced between 15 and 19 point lead the past couple weeks. I expect that my lead will be single digits a month from now. Reasons why?
1. Dee Gordon has stopped running like crazy and he is my only real source of SB. Polanco has one SB in two weeks, I traded for Pence to very modestly help in SB but he isn’t running – had 5 in April, 2 in May, 0 so far in June. I expected more SB out of Gomez and Choo. Currently 3rd here but I'm slipping. 4th-11th in SB is separated by only 8 SB.
2. My pitching is being exposed. I drafted poorly (Buchholz, Straily, Porcello), I made questionable cuts because we arent allowed to stash players when activated or called up (Gausman), and just stupid moves in general (cut Smyly, Qualls, Belisario). Now I’ve lost Wacha for an extended amount of time. My staff is currently: Grienke, Ryu, Keuchel, Kazmir, Hutchison, Stroman, and just picked up Shoemaker last week. Wacha on DL for a while.
In spite of my weak staff, I'm first in ERA and WHIP, probably due to my RP: Doolittle, Jansen, Papelbon, Krod (traded away), WDavis, and NRamirez.
I'm 10th in K's and haven't been able to move up past 8th, I just dont roster enough SP. Other teams have 9-11 SP. I don’t think I will go any lower than 10th here.
I'm 4th in Wins and may be able to hold here, not sure, I’m 11 ahead of 5th. Scary thing is 6th-12th are separated by only 6 wins, I don’t want to slide down into that group. First in saves but will lose 3 points here in a few weeks unless I find a 4th closer.
So here is the question: If I could trade away a valuable SP or maybe 2 for some hitting upgrades, and drop questionable SP like Hutchison and Stroman, and pick up RP with closing potential or high K rates, I could lock in my leads in ERA, WHIP and possibly Saves. By keeping some SP I could limit the loss of points in W and K, but I will lose some there.
I might only lose 1, max 2 points in K’s but Wins could be a problem.
1. Dee Gordon has stopped running like crazy and he is my only real source of SB. Polanco has one SB in two weeks, I traded for Pence to very modestly help in SB but he isn’t running – had 5 in April, 2 in May, 0 so far in June. I expected more SB out of Gomez and Choo. Currently 3rd here but I'm slipping. 4th-11th in SB is separated by only 8 SB.
2. My pitching is being exposed. I drafted poorly (Buchholz, Straily, Porcello), I made questionable cuts because we arent allowed to stash players when activated or called up (Gausman), and just stupid moves in general (cut Smyly, Qualls, Belisario). Now I’ve lost Wacha for an extended amount of time. My staff is currently: Grienke, Ryu, Keuchel, Kazmir, Hutchison, Stroman, and just picked up Shoemaker last week. Wacha on DL for a while.
In spite of my weak staff, I'm first in ERA and WHIP, probably due to my RP: Doolittle, Jansen, Papelbon, Krod (traded away), WDavis, and NRamirez.
I'm 10th in K's and haven't been able to move up past 8th, I just dont roster enough SP. Other teams have 9-11 SP. I don’t think I will go any lower than 10th here.
I'm 4th in Wins and may be able to hold here, not sure, I’m 11 ahead of 5th. Scary thing is 6th-12th are separated by only 6 wins, I don’t want to slide down into that group. First in saves but will lose 3 points here in a few weeks unless I find a 4th closer.
So here is the question: If I could trade away a valuable SP or maybe 2 for some hitting upgrades, and drop questionable SP like Hutchison and Stroman, and pick up RP with closing potential or high K rates, I could lock in my leads in ERA, WHIP and possibly Saves. By keeping some SP I could limit the loss of points in W and K, but I will lose some there.
I might only lose 1, max 2 points in K’s but Wins could be a problem.
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