[Malova]

Originally Posted by Weaseltail

I'm not sure you're doing anything wrong. You've got a .521 winning percentage, which is pretty good in a competitive league.

Your offense looks fine to me. The problem is your pitching and defense (which work together). A few thoughts:

Carew and Altuve are a bad SS/2B combo defensively. I'd suggest moving Altuve back to 2B (he's lousy defensively there too, but at least playable), and look for an upgrade at SS. There are some good silver options with decent hitting + defense like Pesky and Vizquel. You could also look at some less expensive gold options like Boudreu, Cronin, or Bell. Ideally you'd platoon a couple of these guys to improve the offense.

I'm not sure how good Betts is defensively at CF, but you may want to consider moving him to RF, dropping Ichiro to a backup/platoon role, and getting someone with 80+ def in CF. There are some good silver options if points are an issue, or try a gold like Agee or Blair. Agee was great for me -- 5+ WAR two consecutive seasons -- and he's usually available for around 1,500 points.

Snell and Strasburg aren't great SP options. I'd sell both and use the proceeds to buy some combo of a good gold like Bonham, Corbin, Dierker, or Perry (89), a cheap live diamond like Severino or Kluber, an underrated silver like Barker or Soroka, or a better historical diamond like Beckett, Carpenter, or Syndergaard.

I think your most effective improvements will come from upgrading your defense and improving your SP, both of which should be pretty easy to do.

Great Ideas see attached picture of updated lineups and I had andrelton simmons at SS who has like elite D at SS so that should help.