So I got an intriguing offer:
Jose Reyes, Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Mussina for Magglio Ordonez, JJ Hardy, and Cole Hamels
Right now, I'm first in the rotisserie league and it might be nice to cement that lead (roughly 10 points right now) with some added SB, which I sorely lack in. But the guy offering it is currently #2 and I don't want to give him any advantages. So should I take it or not?
My roster
C - Russell Martin
1B - Aubrey Huff
2B - Dustin Pedroia
3B - Evan Longoria
SS - James Hardy
OF - Carlos Lee
OF - Jason Bay
OF - Carlos Quentin
Utility - Alex Rodriguez
Bench
James Loney
Magglio Ordonez
DL - Juan Pierre
SP - Roy Halladay
SP - Cole Hamels
RP - Jonathan Papelbon
RP - Francisco Rodriguez
P - Huston Street
P - Jonathan Broxton
P - Kerry Wood
Bench
Chad Billingsley
Jake Peavy
Jair Jurrjens
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Im not sure this is a good trade for either team. Ellsbury hasnt done squat in months and if hes not stealing bases and getting slap singles hes useless for fantasy. Hes also got no spot in your lineup.
Hardy sucks, so from that perspective I could see you accepting it since reyes is a huge upgrade and clearly the best player in the deal. I also see no spot for magglio to play
The pickle there is this...Halladay is always injury prone and so is hamels. Halladay is rarely healthy for a full season and Hamels has always missed starts every year he was in the minors and majors. So do feel comfortable only having one of these guys and not the other to fall back on?
The way i would approach it is to try and get reyes for hardy, jurrgens and maggs. Moose's whip would drag you down in a a roto league and Ellsbury like I said hasnt been particularly good. Then what I would do is to try and upgrade 2b with a guy like roberts, figgins or bj upton or an OF slot with someone like a Matt Kemp or BJ upton and make up more steals that way....If not that way then id do nothing at all.You have a ton of power stats looking at that lineup and im not sure how much good it would do for you to try and pursue speed when clearly thats not the strength of that team.Regan21286 likes this. -
Hardy's been hitting well recently and he was an injury replacement for Furcal. I've been trying to unload one of my OF's for some time but really I couldn't get anything of value back and it got to the point that denying someone of that player was just as good a strategy.
Right now, I think I'm a few innings over the max, about 3.5 innings. so injuries won't be too big a factor. I do have Billingsley and Peavy to fall back on so I'm comfortable there and especially with a few decent guys around on FA (Pettitte, Lester, Wakefield).
I've sent a counter-proposal of Reyes, Figgins (2b, 3b, OF would help give me some flexibility), Verlander for Ordonez, Hardy, and Jurrjens. It might be hard though since it seems this guy's an Angels homer. -
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I got another trade offer from the 9th ranked team that I just can't say no to so I declined this one. Ironically, fantasy coincides with real-life a bit. JJ Hardy, Dustin Pedroia, Jason Bay for Manny Ramirez, Hanley Ramirez, Chase Utley. :pointlol: -
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