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My 25 man roster has 11 pitchers and Mike Sweeney is a free extra bat in a 5 to make 3 rotation over LF, 1B and DH.
I like Garko a lot too...so I can't just swap in Sweeney for Garko. But I *REALLY* want to keep Sweeney on this club. A healthy (and constantly well-rested) dangerous bench bat is a WS caliber tool.
I go with:
Moore (C)
Johnson (C)
Garko (1B)
Kotchman (1B)
2B) Figgins
3B) Lopez
SS) Wilson
UT) Tuiasosopo
LF) Bradley
CF) Gutierrez
RF) Ichiro
OF) Saunders
DH) Griffey
BAT) Sweeney
My 5-to-make-3 would include - on days when you need to rest Bradley from LF - GARKO PLAYING LEFT. I don't know why this isn't talked about at all...he's not a good outfielder, but he's athletic enough to occasionally play left field...c'mon now.
Against Righties:
RF) Ichiro!
2B) Figgins
LF) Bradley
DH) Griffey
3B) Lopez
1B) Kotchman
CF) Gutierrez
C) Moore
SS) Wilson
Against lefties:
RF) Ichiro!
2B) Figgins
LF) Bradley
1B) Garko
3B) Lopez
DH) Swweeney
CF) Gutierrez
C) Moore
SS) Wilson
Tui gets PT swinigng all over the infield to give guys days off and playing short whenever Wilson is hurt. Sweeney steals some PA as an extra bat. Garko steals a fwe PA from Bradley on his off-days and from Kotchman when the Ms realize Kotchman sucks...or just against the lefties.