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Originally Posted by Orcin
Look at the best teams in your league. They will mostly look like this:
C Posey/Grandal
1B Goldschmidt/Freeman
2B Altuve/Ramirez
3B Arenado/Rendon
SS Lindor
LF Yelich
CF Trout
RF Betts
DH J.D. Martinez
SP deGrom
SP Sale
SP Kershaw
SP Syndergaard
SP MLB2018 diamond
CL Treinen/Diaz/Doolittle
RP Minter/MLB2018 diamond starter
Of course, there are exceptions, especially for some coveted historical cards such as Randy Johnson. But for the most part, this is the team you need if you want to play with the big boys.
Edit: I forgot to add the standard DH.
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Lest anyone view this as pejorative, many of these cards are very good and represent an excellent value on the AH. My current team (following the format above) is:
C Campanella (Grandal is my backup)
1B Kuslewski (just replaced and sold Freeman)
2B 2017 Altuve (much better than the 2018 Live version)
3B Arenado
SS 1949 Vern Stephens
LF Tim Raines
CF Trout
RF Betts
DH Gehrig
SP Sale
SP Syndergaard
SP Niekro (91 OVR version)
SP Corbin
SP Dierker
CL Treinen
RP Diaz/Doolittle/Smith/Future Legend Hicks/etc.
For the price they sell at, Treinen/Diaz/Doolittle/Smith are some of the best values you can find. I'm looking to upgrade Niekro/Dierker with Kevin Brown, Roger Clemens (1990), or John Smoltz (1996). All of those are better than deGrom, IMO, but deGrom is a good value at his current price. I think most of the high gold historical players like my Kuslewski and Gehrig are better than their diamond counterparts. That Kuslewski card is miles better than Freddie Freeman. Grandal is a nice value as well. I think the 2018 Lindor is a pretty good card and a good value. I probably would've gotten it had someone not made a mistake by listing a 1949 Vern Stephens (92 OVR) at a 4,001 PP buy it now. The weakest spot on my team by overall rating is LF where Raines is an 82 OVR. I've been in a league with a super team that has a 97 OVR Rickey Henderson and that Raines card has done just as well as Rickey every year. I've had Raines since the official release. Over that time he has produced a 162 game average of .280/.380/.410 with 9 HR, 38 doubles, 5 triples, 80 SB, 17 CS, and 6.0 WAR. I haven't found a LF card on the market that I feel will outperform those numbers at a reasonable price.