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Aug 2, 2011 1:14 PM
money is not a factor at all

For the Reds....probably wouldn't matter...but I'd choose:

Justin Verlander....SP
Jared Weaver....SP
Jose Bautista....LF

I almost chose Jose Reyes for SS and leadoff

Rotation : Verlander, Weaver, Cueto, Leake, Willis or Bailey....maybe even go 4 man rotation.

Bautista....bats 4th and plays LF...Phillips in the 2 hole.
Aug 2, 2011 1:14pm
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Aug 2, 2011 1:22 PM
Verlander
Reyes
Bautista
Aug 2, 2011 1:22pm
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Aug 2, 2011 1:24 PM
or we could be clever and take Halladay, Lee and Hamels....to take from the competition....or Pujols, Braun and Fielder....
Aug 2, 2011 1:24pm
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Aug 2, 2011 1:24 PM
Reyes, Verlander, and it wouldn't matter after that.

Reyes SS
Prado LF
Jones 3B
McCann C
Uggla 2B
Freeman 1B
Bourn CF
Heyward RF

Rotation: Verlander, Jurrjens, Hudson, Hanson, Beachy
Pen: O'Flaherty, Venters, Kimbrel
Bench: Hinske and Brooks MFing Conrad

Maybe take a RH reliever, Hanrahan as a set up guy or another bat for the bench. Berkman.
Aug 2, 2011 1:24pm
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There are Philly, Braves, Indians, Mets, Yankees fans on here...let's hear it
Aug 2, 2011 1:24pm
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Aug 2, 2011 1:25 PM
Hanrahan would give the Braves the Nasty Boys
Aug 2, 2011 1:25pm
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Aug 2, 2011 1:26 PM
Moylan has started throwing bullpen sessions, hopes to be back by the end of the month.
Aug 2, 2011 1:26pm
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Aug 2, 2011 1:37 PM
Reyes and Verlander for the Red Sox too. Reyes comes into a position the Sox haven't had locked down since Cabrera in 04, Verlander plugs into the rotation and gives the best 1-2-3 in baseball.

CF Ellsbury (L)
2B Pedroia (R)
1B Gonzalez (L)
3B Youkilis (R)
DH Ortiz (L)
LF Crawford (L)
C Saltalamacchia (S)
RF Reddick (L)
SS Reyes (S)

Verlander, Beckett, Lester, Lackey/Fill-in, Wakefield/Fill-in
Aceves, Bard, Papelbon in the pen
Aug 2, 2011 1:37pm
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Aug 2, 2011 1:40 PM
gorocks99;849710 wrote:Reyes and Verlander for the Red Sox too. Reyes comes into a position the Sox haven't had locked down since Cabrera in 04, Verlander plugs into the rotation and gives the best 1-2-3 in baseball.

CF Ellsbury (L)
2B Pedroia (R)
1B Gonzalez (L)
3B Youkilis (R)
DH Ortiz (L)
LF Crawford (L)
C Saltalamacchia (S)
RF Reddick (L)
SS Reyes (S)

Verlander, Beckett, Lester, Lackey/Fill-in, Wakefield/Fill-in
Aceves, Bard, Papelbon in the pen

How do you hit Reyes 9th?
Aug 2, 2011 1:40pm
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Aug 2, 2011 1:46 PM
Ironman92;849714 wrote:How do you hit Reyes 9th?
Yea, Reyes is the best leadoff man in the game.
Aug 2, 2011 1:46pm
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Aug 2, 2011 1:46 PM
You don't, I just plugged him into the lineup where Scutaro is now. The one issue with Reyes is it'd be tough to bump Ellsbury from the lead-off.

Ellsbury: .320 BA/.890 OPS/17 HR/68 RBI/31 SB
Reyes: .340 BA/.889 OPS/4 HR/35 RBI/32 SB

I guess you plug him in at the top and bump Ellsbury down to the end of the order? I'm not sure though. That's why managers make the big bucks.
Aug 2, 2011 1:46pm
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Aug 2, 2011 1:47 PM
The injury to Ike Davis has killed the Mets, so if we are strictly talking this season, would love to see Prince Fielder man first base, and slide scorching Daniel Murphy over to second base (left side of the infield is fine with Reyes and Wright).

Would love Halladay heading up our rotation, moving everyone down a peg, and would love an exciting guy in our outfield like Andrew McCutchen, who would be a triples machine in Citi Field.
Aug 2, 2011 1:47pm
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Aug 2, 2011 2:07 PM
gorocks99;849723 wrote:You don't, I just plugged him into the lineup where Scutaro is now. The one issue with Reyes is it'd be tough to bump Ellsbury from the lead-off.

Ellsbury: .320 BA/.890 OPS/17 HR/68 RBI/31 SB
Reyes: .340 BA/.889 OPS/4 HR/35 RBI/32 SB

I guess you plug him in at the top and bump Ellsbury down to the end of the order? I'm not sure though. That's why managers make the big bucks.
Must be nice to have a lineup so loaded that its hard to place a guy hitting .340 w/ a .380 OBP.
Aug 2, 2011 2:07pm
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Aug 2, 2011 2:08 PM
Why change anything when you have the best record in baseball?
But just to go along with it.

1. Rollins SS
2. Utley 2B
3. Bautista RF
4. Howard 1B
5. Pence LF
6. Polanco 3B
7. Victorino CF
8. Ruiz

Pitching Rotation

1. Halladay
2. Lee
3. Verlander
4. Hamels
5. Oswalt


Set Up Man- Madson
Closer- Bell
Aug 2, 2011 2:08pm
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Aug 2, 2011 2:09 PM
se-alum;849754 wrote:Must be nice to have a lineup so loaded that its hard to place a guy hitting .340 w/ a .380 OBP.

That whole spending-buckets-of-cash thing is working out.
Aug 2, 2011 2:09pm
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Aug 2, 2011 2:11 PM
Tiger2003;849756 wrote:Why change anything when you have the best record in baseball?
But just to go along with it.

1. Rollins SS
2. Utley 2B
3. Bautista RF
4. Howard 1B
5. Pence LF
6. Polanco 3B
7. Victorino CF
8. Ruiz

Pitching Rotation

1. Halladay
2. Lee
3. Verlander
4. Hamels
5. Oswalt


Set Up Man- Madson
Closer- Bell
Interesting, I would put Verlander #1 in any rotation.
Aug 2, 2011 2:11pm
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Aug 2, 2011 2:13 PM
Bautista
Halladay
Reyes

Lineup:
1. Reyes SS
2. Phillips 2B
3. Votto 1B
4. Bautista LF
5. Bruce RF
6. Stubbs CF
7. Hernandez C or Rolen 3B
8. Cairo 3B or Hanigan C

Rotation:
Halladay
Cueto
Leake
Bailey
Volquez (Arroyo can piss off on the DL)
Aug 2, 2011 2:13pm
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Aug 2, 2011 2:20 PM
For playoff success I used 2 spots on elite pitchers.
Aug 2, 2011 2:20pm
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Aug 2, 2011 2:28 PM
I think a top 3 of Halladay, Cueto, and Leake can hang with anyone with that lineup.
Aug 2, 2011 2:28pm
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Aug 2, 2011 2:51 PM
justincredible;849781 wrote:I think a top 3 of Halladay, Cueto, and Leake can hang with anyone with that lineup.

But Weaver guarantees they can. Cueto as your # 3 guy?
Aug 2, 2011 2:51pm
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Aug 2, 2011 3:15 PM
Tribe
Verlander, Pujols, Bautista

Brantley - CF
Cabrera - SS
Bautista - LF
Pujols - 1B
Hafner - DH
Choo - RF (2 weeks)
Santana - C
Chisenhall - 3B
Kipnis - 2B

Verlander, Materson, Jimenez for your 3 man rotation w/ Carmona, Tomlin as your 4/5
Aug 2, 2011 3:15pm
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Aug 2, 2011 4:20 PM
se-alum;849759 wrote:Interesting, I would put Verlander #1 in any rotation.

Nah I'll keep Doc as my #1....wouldn't take any pitcher over him.
Aug 2, 2011 4:20pm
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Aug 2, 2011 4:26 PM
Josh hamilton
Pujols
Bautista
Aug 2, 2011 4:26pm