Which of these players should I pick up...

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And which ones would you drop if I have to.

 

8 team H2H league, OPS is an offensive category. My offense isn't that bad right now, but I don't have a lot of options off the bench, and I have a lot of pitching, but my pitching isn't as great as I'd hoped...

 

C: Soto, V. Martinez (1B eligible)

1B: Pena

2B: Weeks

3B: Braun (OF eligible)

SS: H. Ramirez

OF: J. Upton, Dunn, Sizemore, C. Young, Fukudome

 

SP: Bedard, Hamels, Snell, Carmona, Owings, Greinke, Cueto

RP: Nathan, Rodriguez, Gagne

 

I just put Bedard on the DL and picked up Owings to replace him. I didn't even want to draft Bedard because of his injury history. I only drafted him to try and trade to a team with crappy pitching for more offense, but the teams I tried to hock him off on wanted to wait a couple weeks before trading away their players, now that's all fubar.

 

I recently dropped Chad Billingsley, not because I don't like what he can bring to the table, but because my offense only has 2 bench players, both of which are usually outfielders and I want a little more depth. I'd like one more offensive player for depth, preferably another infielder. These are the players I'm looking at.

 

Evan Longoria

- I'd move Braun to UTIL or OF, plus Braun is sucking it up lately. Does everyone think Longoria will be the real deal and worth a pickup?

 

Mark Reynolds

- Off to a hot start, but I don't think he's going to be as productive as this for much longer. Would he be worth the risk? Yahoo has him ranked 4th overall player in the league

 

Casey Kotchman

- Also off to a hot start, putting up nice numbers, not sure if it'll last though

 

Anyone else you guys can consider picking up? There's a lot of options right now, butthese three are the only ones I'm really interested in since the others are most definitely flukes (Pierzinski, Kapler, etc.). Would any of these guys be worth it? Or is there anyone else you'd guys recommend looking into? Or should I attempt to make a trade for more offense, maybe trade some of my pitching?

 

Oh yeah, Brian Banister... fluke or real deal? I considered getting him instead of Owings but went with Owings for Wins and K's over ERA and WHIP

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Oh yeah, Brian Banister... fluke or real deal? I considered getting him instead of Owings but went with Owings for Wins and K's over ERA and WHIP

 

I'm not crazy about Owings, but I wouldn't even consider Bannister for anything but a spot start. With his peripherals, I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up pushing a 5.00 ERA and 1.5 WHIP.