This team took a bad turn at the end, being forced to take on an expensive and unusable Johnson season. I opted to drop Price and put Verlander at the back of my rotation to minimize wasted cash. Should get some Long A value out of Hernandez, but Wickman is wasted salary as well.
I've spent about $10M on my bench (VMart and Kaline), but they'll add value PHing and spelling some starters. Going outside the box and starting Lofton at 3B to get Griffey in my lineup. I've got an ace in Santana, but a really good offense and defense (Lofton, Belle, Rickey, Mattingly, Cano, Mauer, Griffey, Harrah) should compensate for a weaker rotation after that (Key, Perry, Verlander).
I'm confident I will win any game that's close through 6, thanks to a ridiculous bullpen (Diaz, Rivera, Gossage, Gordon, Nathan).