Hitting woes

Mvand  5/29/2014 7:41 AM

12 team roto keeper league. I'm last in R, HR, and RBI (thanks to Fielder, Braun, and Zimmerman). I'm doing okay (5th or better) in every other category, but I still find myself in 8th because of those 3 categories. 

I need to move a starting pitcher for a bat, but I can't decide what I should do. Go all out and trade Sale for the best slugger I can find? Or try to move Lynn for a smaller bat and hope my current hitters rebound? What would you guys do?

*Wacha was the only pitcher I kept, but I'm not against moving him.

10 Teams | 14 Hitters Per Team [5 Active = HR RBI SB R BA] | 12 Pitchers Per Team [5 Active = SV ERA WHIP SO QS]

Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV
1	10	0.96	Braun, Ryan		MIL	OF	96		368	57	112	58	36	76	0.305	18	11	1.08	1.01	0.28	0.87	1.57
4	33	0.39	Werth, Jayson		WAS	OF	92		343	54	100	49	44	73	0.292	15	7	0.50	0.25	-0.15	0.59	0.75
5	50	0.12	Zimmerman, Ryan		WAS	3B	95		341	46	96	55	35	75	0.281	15	3	0.54	0.74	-0.65	-0.23	0.19
6	53	0.08	Altuve, Jose		HOU	2B	100		426	53	124	33	24	49	0.292	3	25	-1.66	-1.24	1.83	0.52	0.96
6	56	0.03	Adams, Matt		STL	1B	89		339	42	98	55	19	86	0.289	14	1	0.27	0.82	-0.84	-0.70	0.61
7	66	-0.09	Lucroy, Jonathan		MIL	C/1B	92		327	41	96	50	29	44	0.294	11	4	-0.31	0.30	-0.48	-0.79	0.84
9	83	-0.26	Myers, Wil		TB	OF	99		345	44	91	47	34	93	0.263	14	4	0.38	0.09	-0.54	-0.47	-0.76
9	86	-0.26	Segura, Jean		MIL	SS	99		413	49	109	35	20	60	0.264	7	23	-1.04	-1.08	1.63	0.01	-0.85
11	106	-0.43	Gordon, Alex		KC	OF	106		373	43	97	47	33	75	0.259	11	6	-0.17	0.01	-0.30	-0.58	-1.08
14	134	-0.65	Bogaerts, Xander		BOS	SS/3B	96		314	42	84	36	35	81	0.266	9	5	-0.65	-0.95	-0.43	-0.67	-0.55
15	142	-0.70	Span, Denard		WAS	OF	95		398	49	107	27	29	48	0.269	3	14	-1.74	-1.80	0.55	0.01	-0.54
15	143	-0.71	Bourn, Michael		CLE	OF	93		390	47	101	27	32	98	0.258	4	19	-1.59	-1.78	1.11	-0.12	-1.16
26	255	-1.56	Francisco, Juan		TOR	1B/3B	43		155	20	37	21	13	56	0.240	8	1	-0.76	-2.29	-0.90	-2.98	-0.89
Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV
		-3.08	Avg Stats/Total Values				1195		4,531	588	1,251	539	384	915	0.276	131	123	-5.15	-5.93	1.11	-4.55	-0.91
		-1.85	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				912		3,486	452	971	421	282	660	0.278	104	97	-3.45	-3.94	1.09	-3.53	0.61

Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	SV	WHIP	QS	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV	QSV
1	5	1.01	Sale, Chris		CHW	SP	20		141.0	125	51	47	32	151	15	2.99	0	1.11	14	-0.54	1.40	1.57	1.74	0.86
2	15	0.55	Wacha, Michael		STL	SP/RP	20		124.8	107	47	44	37	123	12	3.15	0	1.15	14	-0.54	0.76	0.87	0.89	0.75
3	26	0.26	Chapman, Aroldis		CIN	RP	48		47.1	31	16	14	23	68	4	2.74	28	1.14	0	2.60	0.75	0.34	-0.78	-1.60
4	31	0.19	Ryu, Hyun-Jin		LAD	SP	21		132.0	124	53	48	35	107	11	3.30	0	1.21	14	-0.54	0.32	0.01	0.43	0.74
5	44	0.05	Estrada, Marco		MIL	SP	18		107.4	94	47	44	27	100	14	3.66	0	1.13	11	-0.54	-0.66	0.99	0.19	0.30
5	46	0.04	Lynn, Lance		STL	SP	21		127.0	119	50	46	47	123	11	3.28	0	1.30	14	-0.54	0.37	-1.34	0.90	0.78
6	58	-0.06	Kennedy, Ian		SD	SP	21		132.1	127	57	52	42	129	15	3.55	0	1.28	13	-0.54	-0.48	-1.03	1.07	0.70
8	74	-0.21	Melancon, Mark		PIT	RP	45		45.3	40	14	13	10	42	2	2.59	12	1.12	0	0.81	0.89	0.43	-1.57	-1.60
12	114	-0.50	Shaw, Bryan		CLE	RP	44		44.0	37	17	16	16	39	3	3.18	9	1.20	0	0.44	0.24	0.05	-1.64	-1.60
18	171	-0.68	Hughes, Phil		MIN	SP	21		120.0	127	58	54	32	98	16	4.02	0	1.33	12	-0.54	-1.78	-1.62	0.15	0.41
30	293	-0.92	Bradley, Archie		ARI	SP	12		67.9	63	32	30	35	62	6	3.96	0	1.44	7	-0.54	-0.92	-1.77	-0.95	-0.40
43	421	-1.01	Pomeranz, Drew		OAK	SP	19		73.2	68	38	35	35	65	9	4.29	0	1.41	7	-0.54	-1.58	-1.62	-0.86	-0.44
Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	SV	WHIP	QS	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV	QSV
		-1.28	Avg Stats/Total Values				310		1,161.8	1,062	481	442	372	1,106	119	3.43	49	1.23	106	-1.04	-0.68	-3.14	-0.43	-1.09
		-0.85	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				251		802.4	716	323	297	277	800	77	3.33	49	1.24	69	0.59	1.44	-2.51	-1.20	-2.54

ken_admin  5/29/2014 8:49 AM

Sale is the anchor of your pitching staff, but you probably need to take a chance and get a hitter for him. If free agents are hard to find in your league, you won't be able to turn your hitters around in R, HR, and RBI if you're currently last in those and projected to do poorly the rest of the way. You can always get lucky grabbing pitchers based on matchup, but that's unlikely to happen with hitters.

Though Span and Bourne are helping in SB, they are killing your HR and RBI cats so I would look to move at least one of them. Maybe Span has some trade value since he's currently hitting well?

Mvand  5/29/2014 9:04 AM

I'm hesitant to trade Span or Bourn, because my team is really dependent on 4 players for steals. I play the hot hand (or legs) so usually one of them is benched a lot of the time.

The only thing that is "easy" to get off free agency in this league is starting pitching. I think I will shop Sale and see what kind of hitter I could get in return. 

ken_admin  5/29/2014 9:27 AM

Sale should be considered a Top 5 starter so I would hope you can get a Top 10-15 hitter.

Mvand  5/29/2014 9:28 AM

Yeah, I'm going to reach high and go for Cabrera first. I think the lowest I'd settle for is Edwin (who will probably be impossible to get after his May) or Bautista.

Mvand  5/30/2014 7:36 AM

I was offered Victor Martinez for Lance Lynn. Thoughts?

ken_admin  5/30/2014 7:49 AM

Martinez helps exactly where you need it, and he's had a great start to the year. Plus he has 2 starts at C and could qualify there at some point soon if your league supports that.

Mvand  5/30/2014 8:14 AM

Yeah, that was pretty much a no-brainer for me.

Should I stop there? What about selling Sale for Stanton?

ken_admin  5/30/2014 8:31 AM

Your team still needs some drastic hitter upgrades so getting Stanton for Sale would work if you can pull it off.

Mvand  5/30/2014 8:42 AM

No dice but he countered with Freeman for Wacha

ken_admin  5/30/2014 8:44 AM

That may be better. You can keep your ace and get the #11 projected hitter (Freeman) compared to trading your ace for the #10 (Stanton) projected hitter.