It's time to begin the daggering! Take notes. This is where the fun really begins.
jbarr8888, you drafted yourself a couple good pitching teams in the 78 Orioles and the 68 Mets. Your assigned teams were both better than the '68 Senators that (checks notes ...) you stuck me with, ya bastard! The 38 Dodgers and 38 Cardinals both have some useful hitters and cheap backups. As a result, there aren't necessarily targets that can really cause you tremendous pain. But I think I found one that won't make you happy.
Let's start with your pitching. Those Amazin' Mets (Minus 1) provide you with pretty much a whole pitching staff. In fact, 8 of your 10 best arms come from them, and the other two from your O's. Seaver is clearly your best starter and therefore a dagger target to be sure, though he'd likely be replaced by Koosman or McGregor with about a half-run higher ERC#, depending on how you build the team. It's a hit, but maybe not a devastating one. The Mets also have basically the only relievers you want or need, but taking any one of them away isn't too painful.
Among your catchers, Babe Phelps is really the only one who can hit much, but he has only 253 PA. He's nice to have, but not crushing to lose either.
At 1st base, we find an interesting situation. Each of your four teams had exactly one qualifying player. You've got Johnny Mize at $6.93M, Eddie Murray at $6.45M, Dolph Camilli at $5.21M and Ed Kranepool at $1.64M. Now you've got my attention. This looks problematic, but let's keep looking.
At 2nd base, you've got 8 players and none of them is particularly great at hitting or fielding. Make yourself a fun platoon here.
At 3rd base, you've got a stud Doug DeCinces at a reasonable $5.48M with 28 HR and a great glove. You also have cheap options. But surely Dougie Boy there would be someone you'd miss.
At shortstop, whoo boy, that's a pile of stink right there. Bud Harrelson is probably your best one with a .228/.286/.268 slash and a B/B glove. Be my guest, pal. Use any of these guys. Don't let me stop you. Heck, please play two of them as often as possible.
In the outfield, your options for a high-range CF are limited to a couple guys who don't scare you with the bat much, or you can sacrifice the glove and use a better bat out there. Your best hitters here are Joe Medwick and Ken Singleton. I'm sure you'd like to use them and probably can afford them, and there is a little dropoff if you can't. So those are players to keep in mind.
But let's get back to your 1B situation. Mize and Camilli only have ratings at 1B, so you can't use them anywhere else. Murray is D-/D- at 3B. Kranepool is D-/D- in the outfield. So, I'm thinking, what happens if we take Kranepool away. That leaves you three 1B all over $5.2M, and you must roster two of them. What are you going to do? Make one a very expensive pinch hitter? Play stone-gloved Murray at 3B (Is an .858 fielding percentage bad? Asking for a friend) and forego the flashy mitt and bat of DeCinces over there? Perhaps I said too much already, because you aren't as completely stuck here as I've seen owners be in this league, but it's definitely going to limit your choices and force you into a difficult decision however you play it. No one else you could lose makes things quite as difficult.
So, say goodbye to Ed Kranepool of the 68 Mets and his low-priced 1B bat. Enjoy the puzzle.
As for ballparks, well the only outlier among them is Sportsman's Park with a high 2B rating and 1.08 park factor. I'm not sure if you'd actually use it, but the other three are similar enough that it doesn't really make your choice much harder to remove one. So, scratch Sportsman's Park off your list. I still think you'll be a strong contender in the division and league, but I hope my daggers have provided a little hit to your chances.