Well, as we finish up 3 weeks of the season, all 4 of my teams are in the best league position they have been in so far this year: 2nd, 5th & 2nd in Bronze and 8th in Silver (30 teams in Silver leagues, paying top 7 spots). Not like 2014, when my teams ended April in the top 2 in their leagues & top 5 overall...but a far cry better than last year, when I ended the month between 16th & 19th in my leagues.
I guess this is the lineup I will go with next week unless someone gets hurt today. Don't like having to keep Realmuto, but I couldn't find anyone I really liked whom I thought was worth wasting a purchase on right now. Other than Posey, there really aren't any catchers who can be counted on to consistently put up good numbers. It's probably better to get catchers other than Posey from the AL, where you at least have the DH to get them some extra at bats on days off from catching. Realmuto does have 7 games next week, so maybe he will improve from terrible to just bad. LOL. As I mentioned earlier, so far this year he has a grand total of 7 singles & 2 doubles. That's it....for the entire year.
ACTIVE
Pos Player Salary
C Posey, Buster C,UT - SF 2,150,000
C Realmuto, J.T. C,UT - MIA 1,300,000
1B Goldschmidt, Paul 1B,UT - ARI 3,240,000
1B Rizzo, Anthony 1B,UT - CHC 2,990,000
2B Odor, Rougned 2B,UT - TEX 1,630,000
2B Schoop, Jonathan 2B,UT - BAL 1,260,000
3B Arenado, Nolan 3B,UT - COL 2,670,000
3B Donaldson, Josh 3B,UT - TOR 3,030,000
SS Bogaerts, Xander SS,UT - BOS 1,840,000
SS Story, Trevor SS,UT - COL 1,200,000
OF Betts, Mookie OF,UT - BOS 2,330,000
OF Conforto, Michael OF,UT - NYM 1,260,000
OF González, Carlos OF,UT - COL 2,520,000
OF Harper, Bryce OF,UT - WAS 3,000,000
OF Piscotty, Stephen OF,UT - STL 1,460,000
OF Santana, Domingo OF,UT - MIL 1,000,000
UT Sano, Miguel OF,UT - MIN 1,840,000
UT Trumbo, Mark 1B,UT - BAL 1,810,000
SP Archer, Chris SP - TB 2,560,000
SP Carrasco, Carlos SP - CLE 2,220,000
SP Corbin, Patrick SP - ARI 1,530,000
SP Kershaw, Clayton SP - LAD 3,350,000
SP Sale, Chris SP - CHW 2,960,000
SP Syndergaard, Noah SP - NYM 1,820,000
RP Allen, Cody RP - CLE 2,210,000
RP Britton, Zach RP - BAL 2,330,000
RP Davis, Wade RP - KC 2,410,000
RP Ramos, A.J. RP - MIA 2,020,000
Total 59,940,000
RESERVE
Pos Player Salary
1B Abreu, José 1B,UT - CHW 2,790,000
2B Panik, Joe 2B,UT - SF 1,480,000
3B Bryant, Kris 3B,UT - CHC 2,460,000
3B Franco, Maikel 3B,UT - PHI 1,690,000
SS Correa, Carlos SS,UT - HOU 2,370,000
OF Springer, George OF,UT - HOU 2,260,000
OF Trout, Mike OF,UT - LAA 3,310,000
OF Upton, Justin OF,UT - DET 2,540,000
SP Kluber, Corey SP - CLE 2,820,000
SP Lester, Jon SP - CHC 2,680,000
SP Rodon, Carlos SP - CHW 1,440,000
SP Scherzer, Max SP - WAS 3,240,000
SP Strasburg, Stephen SP - WAS 2,580,000
Total 31,660,000
Franco has been hot lately, but he has a terrible schedule next week: 3 games at Washington, then 3 against Cleveland's 3 best pitchers. Both Abreu & Upton have very attractive 7-game schedules, but I don't feel comfortable using them. I even put in Rizzo with 6 games (at home) over Abreu's 7 games....which are on the road, but in great hitters' parks (Toronto & Baltimore). Don't even know why I have Upton, if I can't play him in a week with 4 games at home vs Oakland & 3 at Minnesota.
Really wishing I had picked Machado instead of Bryant. That's hurting me a little so far. 77 of the top 100 in Bronze have Machado and only 46 of the top 100 have Bryant. And so far, Machado's numbers are killing Bryant's. Bryant has 6 games at home next week & I would have liked to get him in my lineup, but didn't see any way to sit Donaldson or Arenado, and my DH spots were filled with Trumbo & Sano (also 6 games at home, and I didn't have the money to replace him with Bryant, anyway).
ETA: And now Carrasco gets hurt today covering 1st base in the 3rd inning....leaving with a 3-0 lead. Rodon only lasts one-third of an inning in his first start this week...and now this. It's hard to completely lose two of your starts in a week and keep up.