Dynasty Help

[Lual]

lo all

apologies if i posted this in the wrong place, the only MVP forums i know of are here, BBSC and EA.

first of, a little about me - im from UK, i enjoy baseball - see maybe 1/2 live games per week, not really clued up on the game though, and MVP is my first baseball game.

background - using PC version, patched, TotalMinors, Progression Mod. All-Star level.

Anyway onto my problem, i am currently playing as the Orioles (i fancied the challenge of knocking off the Sox and Yanks lol)

1st year went well in my eyes. We amazingly tied with the RedSox for the WildCard place, and eventually beat them 3-1 in a 1 game playoff, to make the playoffs lol.

So acheiving post season play was great - didnt last long though as we lost 2-3 in the ALDS to Detroit - who surprisingly won the World Series too :shock:

My problem is, that i traded alot of players, a few retired, some not resigned etc - so i have a brand new lineup. And its not working - we stand at 10-11, 4GB from NYY.

Heres my team - batting order:

RF Richard Hidalgo .247 4HR 16RBI

3B Eric Chavez .284 3HR 11RBI

SS Bobby Crosby .244 4HR 8RBI

CF Carlos Beltran .177 1HR 8RBI

LF Larry Bigbie .271 1HR 14RBI

C Guilermo Quiroz .325 4HR 15RBI

1B Travis Hafner (just acquired) Travis Lee was batting .081

2B Chone Figgins .197 2HR 9RBI

DH Cesar Itzuris .299 0HR 5RBI

alot of changes there, only Bigbie and Beltran survived from the 1st Season.

Heres my Pitching - in order:

Dontrelle Willis 1-2 5.03ERA

Roy Oswalt 2-1 3.66ERA

Odalis Perez 2-2 4.22ERA

Jose Lima 1-2 4.26ERA

Ryan Rupe 2-1 0.39ERA

again alot of changes, only Rupe survived the 1st season.

My bench & Pen is weak, i traded alot of good minors to get some of these players, so im a bit thin in numbers.

How should i shake my order up? Should i trade for better? (6000pts in bank)

All help appreciated, from baseball fans more intelligent than me

cheers all

:D

[jpup]

I would change your lineup to something like this

Izturis

Crosby

Beltran

Chavez

Hidalgo

Hafner

Bigbie

Quiroz

Figgins

[Wolverineman]

I pretty much agree with jpup about the batting order. I would make Izturis your SS and Crosby the DH, as I believe Izturis is the better fielder, but I may be mistaken. I would also probably make a couple trades to get bullpen help, but I've always been a pitching first guy. I'm sure you can find a team that would take one of your big hitters for 2 or 3 good guys in the pen. And if you don't mind doing it, sign the best players in FA and trade them for bullpen/bench help. I'm pretty sure there'll be enough guys in FA that you can at least get a respectable bench and pen, and maybe even improve your minors some(Very important if you plan to play for awhile).