# Fix my fantasy baseball team! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 23, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-my-fantasy-baseball-team/544201 "2010-06-23T02:25:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-my-fantasy-baseball-team/544201/1 "2010-06-23T02:25:00Z")
Here’s my fantasy team in a 12 team ESPN 5x5 roto keeper league. Ryan Doumit, Pit C Lance Berkman, Hou 1B Aubrey Huff, SF 1B Kelly Johnson, Ari 2B Jorge Cantu, Fla 3B Marco Scutaro, Bos SS Erick Aybar, LAA SS Orlando Hudson, Min 2B Sean Rodriguez, TB 2B Juan Uribe, SF 2B Jose Lopez, Sea 2B Matt Holliday, StL OF Ichiro Suzuki, Sea OF Alfonso Soriano, ChC OF Austin Jackson, Det OF Andre Ethier, LAD OF Brennan Boesch, Det OF David Ortiz, Bos DH Johan Santana, NYM SP Andrew Bailey, Oak RP Jose Valverde, Det RP Roy Oswalt, Hou SP David Aardsma, Sea RP Kevin Slowey, Min SP Mark Buehrle, CWS SP Mat Latos, SD SP Fausto Carmona, Cle SP R HR RBI SB AVG K W SV ERA WHIP PTS 7 3 2 10 3 5 1 7 4 8 50 So how should I improve this team? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-my-fantasy-baseball-team/544201/2 "2010-06-23T02:30:24Z")
What’s available? How many can you start? You’ve got a lot of pieces and should be able to package a lot for a stud first baseman? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-my-fantasy-baseball-team/544201/3 "2010-06-23T02:40:18Z")
I might be bad to ask right now. I’m mildly bitter because I’m trying to overpay to get a few upgrades, and people aren’t trading anymore, even though the trades are in their favor. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-my-fantasy-baseball-team/544201/4 "2010-06-23T03:07:52Z")
We start C, 1B,2B,3B,1/3B, 2b/SS, 5 OF, and one Util slot. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-my-fantasy-baseball-team/544201/5 "2010-06-23T03:14:25Z")
Woof. You need a new first baseman or two. A third baseman might be nice, now that Cantu fell back to Earth. ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-my-fantasy-baseball-team/544201/6 "2010-06-24T14:32:34Z")
What do you have 5 second basemen for? Get rid of any excess position players and replace them with pitchers. Unless you have an innings limit, that will give you a leg up on the pitching cats (the counting stats, anyway). Ideally, you could move some of your players for closers and then stream out the SP slots. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-my-fantasy-baseball-team/544201/7 "2010-06-25T12:05:04Z")
Most of the infielders I have are able to play multiple positions. With a 1b/3b and 2b/ss setting, it takes a lot of infielders to fill the lineup each day.