Advice for my H2H Team? My first BB draft...may be a disaster:)

[penguins87]

Would GREATLY appreciate some feedback after my first draft (10th draft spot out of 10 teams). I've been a Pirates fan...so baseball has been dead to me for a while (LOL) - hence my lack of knowledge. Drafted Kendrys Morales because I didn't know any better. I have moved him to my Not Active Spot. I have a waiver claim in for Archie Bradley to add to my 2nd NA spot. No idea where he would fit into my rotation. Feel like I am weakest at OF. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!!

Scoring:
Format: Yahoo H2H; 1 year league
Batter: Runs (R), Hits (H), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Batting Average (AVG), On-base + Slugging Percentage (OPS)
Pitchers: Wins (W), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Earned Run Average (ERA)


*Batters
C Carlos Santana Cle - C,1B
1B Chris Davis Bal - 1B
2B Jason Kipnis Cle
3B Pablo Sandoval SF
SS Everth Cabrera SD - SS
IF José Altuve Hou - 2B
OF Ryan Braun Mil - OF
OF Álex Ríos Tex - OF
OF Hunter Pence SF - OF
OF Ben Revere Phi - OF
UTIL Starlin Castro ChC - SS
Util Jedd Gyorko SD - 2B,3B
Util Aramis Ramírez Mil - 3B
BN Andrelton Simmons Atl - SS
BN Adam Lind Tor - 1B
BN Yan Gomes Cle - C
BN Gerardo Parra Ari - OF
BN Carlos Quentin SD - OF
BN Empty
NA Kendrys Morales Sea - 1B

*Pitchers
SP Max Scherzer Det - SP
SP Jordan Zimmermann Was - SP
RP Jim Johnson Oak - RP
RP Steve Cishek Mia - RP
P Hyun-jin Ryu LAD - SP
P Sonny Gray Oak - SP
P R.A. Dickey Tor - SP
BN Fernando Rodney Sea - RP
BN Corey Kluber Cle - SP
BN Rex Brothers Col - RP
BN Dan Haren LAD - SP

[beLEAFing]

Is there really no SB in this league?

If so, Altuve should not be owned, and neither should Everth Cabrera or Starlin Castro. I might try to trade Rios too. Typically, in baseball H2H leagues, you only need to have 1 infielder at each position. So don't worry about positions - get rid of Altuve, Castro, Cabrera and pick up guys with better numbers off the wire. Andrelton Simmons is your best SS, so keep him. Ben Revere also probably has almost no value with SB. If you post a list of waiver players, I can make suggestions as to who you should replace these guys with.

I'd also try to move Pablo Sandoval if possible... given your league setting, a decent trade target might be Billy Butler. I could be wrong, but I think I read somewhere that he's got the third most hits in the MLB since 2009. He was undervalued going into a lot of drafts this year.

Is George Springer available on your wire? He's a good NA stash - almost went 40/40 last year in the minors. He should be up to the MLB in June.

Pitching looks good.

EDIT: Nevermind, forget Springer - forgot no SB.

[penguins87]

Thanks for the Reply and advice! No - there isn't a SB scoring category.

NA Spot: Báez worth stash? Polanco?

These are some FA names that seem to be the best available:

Sizemore (Updside here?)
Ackley (Updside here?)
Smoak
Jay
Uggla
Schierholtz
Moreland

[beLEAFing]

Baez is definitely worth an NA stash.

Those wire pickings are slim... I'd probably grab Schierholtz and Smoak. Maybe take a flier on Sizemore. Is Josh Reddick or Junior Lake available on your wire? Both are having good springs and are decent sleepers.

How often a batter gets hits is reflected in your league in three different stats (H, BA, OPS), so I'd say look for guys with good averages that put up respectable counting stats.

[penguins87]

Thanks again. Would you bother with Kendrys Morales for one of the NA spots? he was solid last year, but isn't necessarily anything special from what I can gather.