Franchise Team - Could use some input Topic

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

5/19/2011 3:48 PM
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.
5/19/2011 8:58 PM
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.
5/21/2011 9:34 AM
Franchise Team - Could use some input Topic

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