What to do with this team?

#13721  7/17/2013 9:38 AM

Hey guys,

I'm looking for some advice or insight as I prepare for the 2nd half of the season. I'm currently 9th of 10 teams in my personal H2H league. I have only won 6 matchups this year however with every defeat, I'm left scratching my head. I think on paper I have a good team which is corroborated by BBM as I have the top rated hitters (intentially punting SB) and 2nd highest rated pitchers in my league however no results to show for it. This is not a trade heavy league therefore any roster changes will have to be made via WW. Do I hold steady and hope for a 2nd half surge or do I try to work the waiver wire and perhaps offer an enticing trade offer to get something done?

10 Teams | 11 Hitters Per Team [6 Active = HR RBI SB R BA OPS] | 7 Pitchers Per Team [5 Active = W SV ERA WHIP SO]

Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	OPS	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV	OPSV
1	3	1.34	Braun, Ryan		MIL	OF	64		243	40	75	44	27	54	0.309	13	9	0.927	1.18	1.57	0.56	1.17	1.70	1.86
1	7	1.02	Bautista, Jose		TOR	OF	59		220	46	60	37	41	44	0.272	17	4	0.945	2.37	0.65	-0.41	2.31	-0.75	1.96
2	20	0.57	Ortiz, David		BOS	1B	52		186	33	56	40	29	29	0.301	11	1	0.961	0.81	0.98	-1.01	-0.12	0.89	1.88
3	21	0.57	Gordon, Alex		KC	OF	65		269	43	83	32	27	58	0.308	8	4	0.859	-0.26	-0.08	-0.42	1.65	1.81	0.72
3	23	0.46	Beltran, Carlos		STL	OF	60		245	41	69	36	23	48	0.281	14	2	0.848	1.48	0.47	-0.71	1.29	-0.21	0.46
3	28	0.31	Longoria, Evan		TB	3B	60		221	33	63	40	26	49	0.285	12	1	0.883	0.94	0.98	-1.01	-0.12	0.06	0.99
4	40	0.09	Hill, Aaron		ARI	2B	59		224	29	65	39	18	30	0.289	9	5	0.839	0.07	0.89	-0.04	-0.98	0.31	0.28
5	47	0.02	Butler, Billy		KC	1B	67		244	35	70	38	33	44	0.288	8	0	0.830	-0.14	0.70	-1.05	0.22	0.27	0.15
5	48	0.00	Heyward, Jason		ATL	OF	63		250	39	68	29	29	54	0.273	10	5	0.820	0.44	-0.43	-0.17	0.98	-0.78	-0.03
6	59	-0.21	Fowler, Dexter		COL	OF	57		233	39	66	22	32	64	0.282	6	8	0.812	-0.84	-1.43	0.43	0.86	-0.14	-0.16
7	65	-0.26	Ramirez, Aramis		MIL	3B	55		207	27	60	35	17	30	0.289	8	1	0.836	-0.20	0.32	-0.94	-1.27	0.29	0.21
11	110	-0.67	Napoli, Mike		BOS	C	55		194	29	49	30	25	64	0.255	9	1	0.813	0.11	-0.42	-1.02	-0.98	-1.58	-0.12
12	116	-0.76	Rollins, Jimmy		PHI	SS	61		238	31	61	26	22	34	0.257	7	9	0.733	-0.42	-0.93	0.74	-0.59	-1.81	-1.54
14	135	-0.90	Prado, Martin		ARI	2B/SS/3B/OF	61		213	24	60	26	17	22	0.284	5	3	0.757	-1.16	-0.90	-0.53	-1.83	0.00	-0.99
Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	OPS	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV	OPSV
		1.80	Avg Stats/Total Values				838		3,188	491	906	473	364	625	0.284	137	52	0.847	4.38	2.37	-5.57	2.59	0.05	7.02
		1.80	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				838		3,188	491	906	473	364	625	0.284	137	52	0.847	4.38	2.37	-5.57	2.59	0.05	7.02

Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV
1	4	1.00	Lee, Cliff		PHI	SP	12		90.4	84	32	30	13	81	8	2.98	6	0	1.07	0.70	-0.78	1.42	2.77	0.88
1	6	0.77	Scherzer, Max		DET	SP	13		90.8	78	34	31	27	104	9	3.10	7	0	1.16	1.13	-0.78	0.92	0.82	1.74
2	15	0.34	Sale, Chris		CHW	SP	13		88.6	81	35	33	23	89	9	3.30	6	0	1.17	0.64	-0.78	0.13	0.55	1.15
2	17	0.22	Fister, Doug		DET	SP	13		85.5	84	35	32	14	63	8	3.40	6	0	1.15	0.99	-0.78	-0.22	0.94	0.16
3	26	0.02	Holland, Greg		KC	RP	24		24.5	18	7	7	10	33	1	2.46	1	14	1.16	-1.29	1.23	0.93	0.22	-0.99
3	27	-0.01	Janssen, Casey		TOR	RP	26		26.0	23	9	8	5	26	2	2.92	2	15	1.10	-1.23	1.34	0.47	0.62	-1.25
3	29	-0.06	Hamels, Cole		PHI	SP	13		85.5	80	36	33	23	82	10	3.52	5	0	1.21	0.55	-0.78	-0.67	-0.29	0.89
5	45	-0.21	Teheran, Julio		ATL	SP	13		82.3	80	35	33	20	65	8	3.57	6	0	1.22	0.80	-0.78	-0.83	-0.50	0.25
7	64	-0.36	Perez, Chris		CLE	RP	23		22.8	21	9	9	7	23	2	3.42	1	13	1.22	-1.28	1.09	-0.08	-0.14	-1.35
14	136	-0.70	Garza, Matt		CHC	SP	13		83.4	81	39	36	25	75	10	3.88	5	0	1.27	0.27	-0.78	-1.94	-1.69	0.64
16	152	-0.77	Cobb, Alex		TB	SP	10		61.1	59	28	26	19	50	6	3.82	4	0	1.28	-0.02	-0.78	-1.27	-1.41	-0.34
Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV
		0.23	Avg Stats/Total Values				175		740.9	689	302	278	187	689	73	3.37	49	43	1.18	1.25	-2.58	-1.16	1.88	1.78
		0.23	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				175		740.9	689	302	278	187	689	73	3.37	49	43	1.18	1.25	-2.58	-1.16	1.88	1.78

mbuser   7/17/2013 12:06 PM

Your offense is obviously stacked with underachievers from top to bottom. I'm not sure what to tell you if there are no trades to be made. Check the "Head-to-Head Stats" tab (assuming it is Yahoo!) to see how close/far you are from the rest of your league in certain categories. Maybe you need to think about a more aggressive punt strategy which would allow for some unconventional trades that put you in a position to make a big move.