2009 Reds

[albbla2000mu]

Another .500 type season on tap...Im guessing 85 wins.

Team as of right now...

Eric Byrnes, RF 8-7-8-6-8
Chipper Jones, LF 8-9-8-10-7
Josh Hamilton, CF 8-7-9-7-6
Brandon Phillips, 2b 8-9-9-6-5
Edwin Encarnacion, 7-7-9-6-5
Jorge Cantu, SS 7-7-9-5-6
Sean Doolittle, 1b 8-8-5-6-7
Kenji Johjima, C 6-9-6-5-7

Sub for now
Jay Bruce, RF 9-8-7-3-7

SP:
Homer Bailey 10-7-10
Brad Penny 8-9-9
Bronson Arroyo 7-8-8
Kenshin Kawakami 7-9-8

Spot Starter
Mark Redman 7-8-8

MR:
John Lieber 7-9-8
Brett Tomko 7-7-8
Sidney Ponson 7-7-8

Setup:
Julian Tavarez 9-6-8
Bill Bray 9-7-7

Closer:
Todd Coffey 7-8-9

[Doppelgänger]

Give me Bruce.

[nick]

DAMN YOU FOR SIGNING BYRNES

honestly... I think you have a top-5 NL team right now. Your offense is really good. If you had kept Harang, I'd say you're the favorite in the central... but I'm clueless as to whether or not he lost stamina in the offseason or had always been at a 6, but if he just lost stamina and you were worried he wouldn't last, I can understand why you traded him. Plus, running a 4-man, a guy like Kenshin is probably much better off in there than Harang. *shrugs* if it was real life, Harang's a horse, so I'm wondering why his stamina is 6. Must have taken a drop?

Nonetheless, great 1-8... and Bruce off the bench should be nice. Even without Dunn, you have the NL's best offense this side of Colorado/Arizona... and 4-men rotos work well for you, so having a dude with 10 endurance who lead the league in innings pitched in that rotation should really work wonders. I like what you've done with your team.

[albbla2000mu]

yeah, well Hamilton will likely be gone. But the rest of team will be in tact. (So, Bruce will be starting) as for Harang.....yeah, he was always a 6 endurance. I dont know why, but when we started the league he was a 6. Very strange considering he is one of the best workhorses in MLB. But yeah, wanted to improve the farm and was always concerned he may become a 5 endurance...

[nick]

That's balls... if I could go back and fix it, I would. Atleast he still pitched 200+ innings for you and you got fair return. I can see the worries and why you would trade him, though.

[Kingdom]

That goes with my initial reaction as to why you would pull a Porter, sell off Harang and turn around and buy big in free agency. Then I almost failed the deal with Harang's low endurance. Good gamble to take.