So I am just getting back into WIS after a long layoff and am excited to get back into it.

I recently joined a league that has as setup where each player selects a team from a specific year (user specified) and can add up to 5 players from any team in that year.

Any advice on on roster improvements, batting order and pitching rotation suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I selected the 97Marinerrs. 90Mill Cap, No AAA/WW/DH

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.

Lineup

Name (Bats)	Pos	Order	%	PA/162	AB/162	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	$
Deion Sanders '97 (L)	CF*	1	100	509	465	5	23	56	.273	.329	.363	3.52M
Alex Rodriguez '97 (R)	SS*	2	100	638	587	23	84	29	.300	.350	.496	4.72M
Larry Walker '97 (L)	LF*	3	100	664	568	49	130	33	.366	.452	.720	9.37M
Ken Griffey Jr. '97 (L)	RF*	4	100	704	608	56	147	15	.304	.382	.646	8.45M
Edgar Martinez '97 (R)	1B^	5	100	678	542	28	108	2	.330	.456	.554	5.77M
Russ Davis '97 (R)	3B*	6	100	454	420	20	63	6	.271	.317	.488	2.71M
Dan Wilson '97 (R)	C *	7	100	563	508	15	74	7	.270	.326	.423	4.19M
Joey Cora '97 (S)	2B*	8	100	649	574	11	54	6	.300	.359	.441	3.96M
BENCH
Name (Bats)	Pos	Order	%	PA/162	AB/162	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	$
Mike Blowers '97 (R)	1B*	Bench	100	177	150	5	20	0	.293	.376	.427	881K
Jose Cruz Jr. '97 (S)	LF*	Bench	100	198	183	12	34	1	.268	.315	.541	1.24M
Alvaro Espinoza '97 (R)	SS*	Bench	100	78	72	0	7	1	.181	.213	.194	210K
John Marzano '97 (R)	C *	Bench	100	96	87	1	10	0	.287	.340	.356	611K
Paul Sorrento '97 (L)	1B*	Bench	100	513	457	31	80	0	.269	.345	.514	3.01M

Pitching

STARTERS
Pitcher	Role	%	G	W-L	SV	IP/162	ERA	OAV	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	$
Curt Schilling '97 (R)		100	35	17-11	0	255.0	2.97	.224	1.05	11.30	2.06	8.23M
Jeff Fassero '97 (L)		100	35	16-9	0	235.0	3.61	.249	1.32	7.27	3.23	5.90M
Greg Maddux '97 (R)		100	33	19-4	0	233.0	2.20	.236	0.95	6.86	0.77	8.53M
Randy Johnson '97 (L)		100	30	20-4	0	213.0	2.28	.194	1.05	12.30	3.25	7.61M
Jamie Moyer '97 (L)		100	30	17-5	0	189.0	3.86	.256	1.22	5.40	2.05	4.49M
BULLPEN
Pitcher	Role	%	G	W-L	SV	IP/162	ERA	OAV	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	$
Derek Lowe '97 (R)		100	12	2-4	0	53.0	6.96	.282	1.49	6.62	3.40	734K
Omar Olivares '97 (R)		100	13	1-4	0	63.0	5.49	.315	1.75	4.19	4.04	722K
Bob Wells '97 (R)		100	46	2-0	2	68.0	5.75	.314	1.58	6.85	2.42	903K
Greg McCarthy '97 (L)		100	37	1-1	0	30.0	5.46	.230	1.43	10.43	4.91	516K
Heathcliff Slocumb '97 (R)		100	27	0-4	10	29.0	4.13	.241	1.45	8.89	4.76	554K
Scott Sanders '97 (R)		100	33	3-6	2	66.0	6.47	.280	1.70	8.54	5.23	851K
Mariano Rivera '97 (R)		100	66	6-4	43	72.0	1.88	.237	1.19	8.58	2.52	2.15M

Honestly my advice would be to pick a different team ;) You've got over 1500 innings and still only 1 decent reliever. But if you're going to keep them, you need a real leadoff hitter with a good OBP (not Deion) and you probably have to part with 1 of your added SPs to add another decent RP. Unless you have to use Sorrento, toss him back and get the extra cash to upgrade elsewhere.

The Mariner's pen absolutely sucked in 97....consequently they traded Lowe and Varitek for Slocumb, and Jose Cruz, Jr. for Timlin and Spoljarec, both awful trades. Even Bobby Ayala is better than that mess you have. Don't waste a non-M by leaving Buhner off your roster. He hits for power, draws a lot of walks, leave him in RF, put Grif in CF , where he belongs. Dump Walker and Sorrento, if you are going with Edgar at 1b. Use your $ to upgrade your bullpen.