Here is my team in Heavy_PRB's The Ultimate Baseball Season XXXIII.  I chose 2001 (obviously!) with home park in Enron!  Predictions??

Name (Bats) Pos Order % PA/162 AB/162 HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG $
Bret Boone '01 (R) 2B* 1 100 690 623 37 141 5 .331 .372 .578 7.48M 
Todd Helton '01 (L) 1B* 2 100 696 587 49 146 7 .336 .432 .685 8.77M 
Barry Bonds '01 (L) CF* 3 100 664 476 73 137 13 .328 .515 .863 15.39M 
Sammy Sosa '01 (R) RF* 4 100 711 577 64 160 0 .328 .437 .737 10.17M 
Luis Gonzalez '01 (L) LF* 5 100 728 609 57 142 1 .325 .429 .688 9.04M 
Alex Rodriguez '01 (R) SS* 6 100 732 632 52 135 18 .318 .399 .622 8.59M 
Chipper Jones '01 (S) 3B* 7 100 677 572 38 102 9 .330 .427 .605 6.54M 
Paul Lo Duca '01 (R) C * 8 100 519 460 25 90 2 .320 .374 .543 6.00M 
 BENCH
Name (Bats) Pos Order % PA/162 AB/162 HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG $
Clayton Bellinger '01 (R) LF* Bench 100 87 81 5 12 1 .160 .198 .383 386K 
Todd Greene '01 (R) C * Bench 100 99 96 1 11 0 .208 .232 .281 200K 
Adam Hyzdu '01 (R) LF* Bench 100 76 72 5 9 0 .208 .250 .431 268K 
Randy Knorr '01 (R) C * Bench 100 103 91 3 10 0 .220 .287 .341 313K 
Tomas Perez '01 (S) 2B* Bench 100 145 135 3 19 0 .304 .347 .437 775K 
Mario Valdez '01 (L) 1B^ Bench 100 67 54 1 8 0 .278 .418 .352 253K 
Pitching Staff
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 STARTERS
Pitcher Role % G W-L SV IP/162 ERA OAV WHIP K/9 BB/9 $
Randy Johnson '01 (L)   100 35 21-6 0 249.0 2.49 .203 1.01 13.41 2.56 9.04M
Greg Maddux '01 (R)   100 34 17-11 0 233.0 3.05 .253 1.06 6.68 1.04 6.66M
Mike Mussina '01 (R)   100 34 17-11 0 229.0 3.15 .237 1.07 8.42 1.65 6.94M
Roy Oswalt '01 (R)   100 28 14-3 0 142.0 2.73 .235 1.06 9.15 1.52 4.24M
Pedro Martinez '01 (R)   100 18 7-3 0 118.0 2.39 .199 0.93 12.57 1.93 5.04M
 BULLPEN
Pitcher Role % G W-L SV IP/162 ERA OAV WHIP K/9 BB/9 $
Woody Williams '01 (R)   100 11 7-1 0 75.0 2.28 .205 0.97 6.24 2.28 2.37M
Jeremy Fikac '01 (R)   100 23 2-0 0 27.0 1.37 .161 0.77 6.58 1.73 1.14M
Arthur Rhodes '01 (L)   100 71 8-0 3 68.0 1.72 .189 0.85 10.99 1.59 2.90M
Felix Rodriguez '01 (R)   100 80 9-1 0 81.0 1.68 .188 1.00 10.24 3.04 3.07M
Steve Karsay '01 (R)   100 31 0-1 1 44.0 1.25 .188 0.85 9.14 1.66 2.10M
Troy Percival '01 (R)   100 57 4-2 39 58.0 2.65 .187 0.99 11.08 2.81 2.29M

8/5/2012 6:53 PM
100 Cap?  My guess is your SP will take a beating....

Also, I would consider batting Jones or Luis Gonzalez lead off.  Boone looks like a bad fit for that spot with his low PA and OBP.
8/5/2012 9:04 PM
$120 mil cap NO DH.  2001 doesn't have great SP's due to the high offensive output.  Is there any doubt that Luis Gonzalez was using Roids this year??
8/5/2012 9:41 PM
Honestly, why would you bat the guy with literally the worst OBP in your lineup leadoff?  I could see it (maybe) (actually not really) if he blew everyone else away in terms of total PA, but as TJ pointed out, he's on the lower side there, too.  Worst OBP in the lineup plus 3rd-fewest PA means definitely bottom half of the order to me.
8/6/2012 2:36 PM
I don't think TJ was referring mainly to the quality of your pitching - it would be hard to find better starters than you have for that year - but to the number of innings you have for a 120 mil league. I am guessing you are going to tandem Oswalt and Martinez, so that makes a passable 4- man in terms of IP, but you don't have a lot of long relief, unless there are a lot of AAA to do that stuff, but with average AAA in a 120 league it could get ugly fast. Plus two of your relievers have very low IP. 

On the other side your lineup looks formidable. As to your leadoff hitter, in most league most of the time .372 is a very good OBP, but you have some with great OBP so people here have a point. 
8/8/2012 12:26 PM
Even in this sort of league, I doubt you will get value from Bonds or A Rod. I'd go with lesser players more likely to match RL stats, and draft a better bull pen. If you want to lead the league in HRs, this team may do that. If you want to win the WS, you need a better bull pen.
8/8/2012 3:07 PM
I was referring to the quality...those dudes get shellacked in a 120 cap.
8/8/2012 3:12 PM

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