My Fantasy Teams

Alright, here's a rundown of my two teams so far. Both teams are from a 12 team, 5x5 rotisserie scoring league. I've put how I acquired each player in parenthesis.

4 Keeper League (2nd place, 4.5 games out of 1st):

C - Joe Mauer (6th round keeper)
1B - Mark Teixeira (1st round keeper)
2B - B.J. Upton (14th round pick)
SS - Jhonny Peralta (15th round pick)
3B - Alex Gordon (Free Agent)
OF - Carlos Beltran (Traded Alfonso Soriano/Joe Blanton for him)
OF - Manny Ramirez (Traded Alex Rios/Brandon Webb for Manny Ramirez/Ben Sheets)
OF - Hideki Matsui (Traded Hunter Pence/Howie Kendrick/Kevin Gregg for Hideki Matsui/Derrek Lee)
UTIL - Derrek Lee (See Above)
UTIL - Dmitri Young (Free Agent)
Bench - Josh Hamilton (Free Agent), Chris B. Young (17th round pick), Mike Cameron (Free Agent)

SP - Jake Peavy (3rd round pick)
SP - Ben Sheets (See Manny Ramirez)
SP - Tim Lincecum (Free Agent)
RP - Joe Nathan (4th round pick)
RP - Takashi Saito (9th round pick)
RP - Manny Corpas (Free Agent)
RP - Jonathan Broxton (Traded Scot Shields/Dan Johnson for him)
Bench - Yovani Gallardo (Free Agent)
DL - Curt Schilling (8th round pick)

That trade for Matsui and Lee was huge for my offense, plus I get both Teixeira and Upton back from the DL after the AS break. That trade seems a bit lopsided, but the player trading him to me wasn't going to keep either guy, and Hunter Pence can be kept indefinitely for a 22nd round pick, so he has a ton of value in a league of that sort. It's a stupid keeper rule to be able to keep someone indefinitely at whatever round they were acquired in, but I didn't make it. I wanted to hang onto him, but I was offered enough to move him so that I'd have a chance to win it all. I have a decent amount of room to move up in the offensive catagories, so I have some room to grow here, especially with all the offensive upgrades I've made through my trade and getting those 2 guys back from the DL. I'm done making moves for now. I have an empty roster spot, and I'm eyeing Zito and Arroyo on my waiver wire. Arroyo gets the Mets tonight, so I didn't want to grab him yet. If he pitches well tonight, I'll add him and go with him over Zito. If he doesn't, given his overall numbers, I can wait til he gets a better matchup to pick him up, and then keep an eye on who Zito gets next.

Redraft League (2nd place, 0.5 games out of 1st):

C - Bengie Molina (Free Agent)
1B - Albert Pujols (Traded David Ortiz and Dan Wheeler for him after his horrendous start)
2B - Howie Kendrick (9th round pick)
SS - Troy Tulowitski (Free Agent)
3B - Alex Rodriguez (1st round pick)
OF - Jason Bay (3rd round pick)
OF - Jeff Francouer (11th round pick)
OF - Eric Byrnes (13th round pick)
UTIL - Jim Thome (7th round pick)
Bench - Willy Taveras (20th round pick)

SP - Carlos Zambrano (Traded John Maine and Nick Markakis for him)
SP - Brandon Webb (4th round pick)
SP - Kelvim Escobar (19th round pick)
SP - Felix Hernandez (6th round pick)
SP - James Shields (Free Agent)
SP - Oliver Perez (Free Agent)
SP - Roger Clemens (14th round pick)
RP - Francisco Rodriguez (5th round pick)
RP - Hideki Okajima (Free Agent)
RP - Scot Shields (18th round pick)
DL - A.J. Burnett (Traded Al Reyes for him)

My biggest mistake was jumping the gun and dropping Kevin Gregg after the Marlins traded for Benitez. If I still had Gregg, my bullpen would be fine. As is, I only have one closer. I've been trying to trade for one for quite a while, but I just can't find any takers since everyone seems to overvalue saves in this league, although I knew that during the draft when mediocre closers were flying off the board in the middle rounds. My offense is fine except for steals, but I do have Taveras on the bench and have plugged him in when Bay and Francouer were slumping and got a few steals there. I don't worry much about steals and saves because I have won without them before, but I really need to jump on the next closer that emerges so I can try to pick up a few points in that catagory.