Fantasy Baseball Keeper League Help Needed?

I am currently in last place 29.5 games back from first place and i am going nuts about the way my team is performing. Should I hit the panic button and give up or is this team going to turn it around and soon? i need some suggestion on who to trade, who to drop and who to pick up?





10 team keeper league Stats - Batting - Runs, Hits, Home Run, RBI, Stolen Bases, OPS - Pitching -Wins, Saves, K's, HOLD's, ERA and WHIP





C Iván Rodríguez (Det - C,1B)


1B Albert Pujols(StL - 1B)


2B Orlando Hudson (Ari - 2B)


3B Chone Figgins(LAA - 2B,3B,LF,CF)


SS Rafael Furcal(LAD - SS)


LF Manny Ramírez (Bos - LF)


CF Juan Pierre (LAD - CF)


RF Jermaine Dye (CWS - RF)


Util Jim Thome (CWS - Util)


Util Dan Uggla (Fla - 2B)


BN Dan Johnson (Oak - 1B)


BN Raúl Ibañez (Sea - LF)


BN Orlando Cabrera (LAA - SS)


BN Frank Thomas (Tor - Util)


BN Melvin Mora (Bal - 3B)





SP Jake Peavy(SD - SP)


SP Cole Hamels (Phi - SP)


RP Takashi Saito(LAD - RP)


RP Bob Wickman(Atl - RP)


P Akinori Otsuka (Tex - RP)


P Aaron Heilman(NYM - RP)


P Bob Howry(ChC - RP)


P Kevin Gregg (Fla - SP,RP)


BN Javier Vázquez (CWS - SP)


BN Nate Robertson (Det - SP)


BN Ian Snell (Pit - SP)


BN Chris Capuano (Mil - SP)


DL Joel Zumaya (Det - RP)


DL Jason Schmidt(LAD - SP)

Fantasy Baseball Keeper League Help Needed?
Well, don't give up; we haven't even hit June yet. It looks like you're just suffering from poor starts from your studs. Pujols, ManRam and Dye are turning it around. Figgins has been invisible. Uggla over Cabrera at utility? Your pitching isn't bad either. Just stay the course and make good decisions with your starting lineup.
Reply:You are having a bad year with a good team. Happens. Keep this team intact and next year you'll be out of last place.





But I think you're a little short of a championship here.





Your priorities ought to be:





1. Clean out the deadwood. Frank Thomas--gone! Pick up a promising young catcher from the waiver wire--you need a backup catcher anyway to fill in on IRod's days off. I'd try to trade Manny before he gets worthless, and the day is coming soon. Drop Ibanez (he once was great) and see if Josh Hamilton or another wunderkind OF is available as a free agent. Dan Johnson may be iffy as a long-term 1B since Oakland has Daric Barton about ready for the bigs, and you have IRod as a backup 1B if you get a decent backup at C, so consider that when making moves.





2. See if you can trade up for at least one top-tier starting pitcher. Are any of the Marlins' pitchers available as FA? If not, maybe Snell or Hamels will grow into one for you.
Reply:Drop Vasquez......Try other starters like Chuck James (ATL) Bergman ( Wash ) Gorlezanny ( PIT ) these are younger pitchers to take a chance on. Whatever you do, dont get rid of Peavy or Hamels. Figgins is horrible so far. He is hitting like .140 since of the DL. Atleast get him out of the lineup and try Hunter PEnce ( HOU ) Josh Hamilton ( CINC ) or Reggie Willits ( ANA ) these young guys are doing well. Willits is starting for Garret Anderson, but has been real tough, look for Scosscia to keep him in the lineup even when Anderson comes back. GOOD LUCK !
Reply:wow...you're in last place with this team?...hmmmm...wtf...anyways...your pitching seems in need of some improvement...Jeremy accardo is availble in most leagues, check him out...james shields is also suprisingly available so check him out too...
Reply:Your offense is pretty nasty with the exception of your bench....your probably struggling in that area a bit though because Thome was hurt....but hes back now and on fire.....Figgins is probably killing you right now too. I would suggest trying to get better pitching, im sure theres no one out there though. Maybe you can stash away Phil Hughes or someone like that