I hate Scott Baker and Placido Polanco with the fire of 1000 suns (almost as much as I hate Jason Kendall). Don’t get me started on Moneyball’s Joe Blanton. But my squad is full of RBI Machines!!! My entire roster of OF-ers is above 30 RBI (with the exception of McLouth who is at 29). Beltran and Adam Jones have been amazing, and Ryan Howard is waking up. If I can get my pitching to middle of the pack, I can get into the top 5

My pitching has been very good so far – nobody on the team has an ERA over 4 or a WHIP over 1.44 Vazquez,King Felix,Bush and Lilly have all been good and the middle relief duo of Dotel and Cruz have combined for 35inns 30K’s 4 Wins and 2 Saves with an ERA of around 2.4 and a WHIP of 1.2.
The hitting has been alot less impressive in spite of leading the league in HR’s it is below average in RBI’s and a very low average. Hopefully Beltre can start hitting along with Theriot/Matsui and Izturis (basically my middle infielders part from Hill) and Synder is start to hit at catcher after an awful start (something like 2 for 30). Aaron Hill has been my best draft pick, already he has hit more HR’s (11) than I expected for the whole season with a .350 average to boot.
Hopefully I can get back to first but need the team to hit for a better average because it is hard to finish 1st with only getting decent scores in 9 Cats.

That line has defined my offense for the past two weeks. I had been as high as 7th or 8th due to a very power orientated offense that had a 8 HR lead. My offense has now decided to hide under a rock and my one SB threat I had on my team from the draft, Carlos Gomez sucked so bad that I cut him. I got lucky picking up Pedro Feliz off waivers as he has been doing rather well, and I was also able to pick up Gamel right when he was called up. Stolen bases and batting average have not been my friends and with my power numbers falling off, I have gone down a decline lately.

As for pitching I am mediocre. My K’s and wins have been doing well due to my rotating a couple pitching spots with free agents who are that days probably pitchers, though my ERA and WHIP have been suffering (probably as a consequence). Hoffman has been awesome but Kerry Wood has been god-awful and I am just waiting for Cleveland to take him out of the closers spot.

I’m always open to viewing trade offers, though I honestly don’t know what I’d give up or what I would take.

And am willing to trade Matt Cain… any takers?

I give up Michael Young

He gives up Ass Drool Cabrera and Jon Lester

I told him to kick rocks.