Fantasy Baseball Trade Thread

[The Rick]

Have made a few trades since my last post:

Traded Edwin Encarnacion and Jesus Montero for JJ Putz and Adam Wainwright.
Traded Matt Wieters, Carlos Pena, Curtis Granderson, and Jordan Zimmermann for Adrian Gonzalez, Dustin Pedroia, Nelson Cruz, and Jesus Montero.

Current Roster (Keepers in Bold)

C - Jesus Montero
1B - Adrian Gonzalez
2B - Dustin Pedroia
SS - Starlin Castro
3B - David Wright
OF - Jay Bruce
OF - Ryan Braun
OF - Shane Victorino
UT - David Ortiz
UT - Nelson Cruz
BN - Cameron Maybin
BN - Rickie Weeks
DL - Victor Martinez
DL - Carlos Quentin

SP - Felix Hernandez
SP - Zack Greinke
SP - Matt Cain
SP - Adam Wainwright
SP - Tim Hudson
SP - Shaun Marcum
SP - Gavin Floyd
SP - Ervin Santana
SP - Max Scherzer
SP - Ryan Vogelson
RP - JJ Putz
RP - Jason Motte
RP - Brett Myers
RP - Matt Capps
RP - Scott Downs
RP - Brian Fuentes
DL - Brett Anderson
DL - Chris Carpenter

Sitting in 1st place after 5 weeks with a 35-11-4 record and I'm 10 games up on first place.

Damn, that's some great dealing there.

[erb8472]

Damn, that's some great dealing there.

HAHA thanks. If you look at all the deals I've made and exclude the guys I dealt for and also dealt this is what I've done:

Traded:
Matt Wieters
Carlos Pena
Jordan Zimmerman
Edwin Encarnacion
Albert Pujols
Justin Morneau
John Danks
Jhoulys Chacin
Austin Jackson
Mat Latos
Brett Gardner

Received:
Adrian Gonzalez
Nelson Cruz
JJ Putz
Chris Carpenter
Tim Hudson
David Ortiz
Rickie Weeks
Shaun Marcum
Felix Hernandez
Ryan Braun
Ervin Santana

Keepers last season:

Matt Wieters
Dustin Pedroia
Albert Pujols
Starlin Castro
David Wright
Jay Bruce
Mat Latos
Matt Cain
Jordan Zimmermann
Zack Greinke

Keepers this season:
Jesus Montero
Dustin Pedroia
Adrian Gonzalez
Starlin Castro
David Wright
Jay Bruce
Ryan Braun
Matt Cain
Felix Hernandez
Zack Greinke

[The Rick]

I am in a 16 team head to head keeper league. There are 4 divisions of 4 teams. There are 6 playoff spots, 4 division winners and 2 wild cards. You get to choose 4 keepers. I play an opponent each week (Monday through Sunday), and you get W/L/T's that week for your performance vs the opponent on each category.

The measured categories are:
Offense - R - HR - RBI - SB - AVG - OPS
Pitching - W - SV - K - HLD - ERA - WHIP

My roster is as follows:
C - Geovany Soto
1B - Justin Mourneau
2B - Kelly Johnson
3B - David Wright (Keeper)
SS - Hanley Ramirez (Keeper)
OF - Nick Markakis
OF - Corey Hart
OF - Lance Berkman (1B too)
Util - Bryan LaHair (1B, OF)
DL - Mark Reynolds (1B, 3B)
DL - Chris Young (OF)

SP - Justin Verlander (Keeper)
SP - Josh Johnson
SP - David Price (Keeper)
SP - Yu Darvish
RP - Mike Adams
RP - Joe Smith
RP - Joaquin Benoit
RP - Josh Lindblom
P - Mitchell Boggs
BN - Ivan Nova
BN - Ervin Santana
BN - Drew Hutchison
BN - Bronson Arroyo
BN - Jacob Turner
BN - Jordan Lyles
DL - Josh Tomlin
DL - LaTroy Hawkins

A couple of things - I don't plan on having any offensive bench players, so when Reynolds and Young are back, I need to decide who I'm dropping. Same with Tomlin and Hawkins on the pitching side. Again, it's a 16 team league, so you have to dig deep. That's why, even though he's still in AAA, I have Jacob Turner stashed away, and have guys like Lyles and Hutchison on the team (not dependable yet, but there's upside).

Here is my question - I have a hole at catcher, Soto has been terrible. I have Hanley Ramirez who won't be SS eligible next season. It makes sense to try to trade HanRam and try to get as much value as possible given that I won't be keeping him next season (I'm keeping David Wright over him since both will be at 3B.)

I'm also contemplating selling Yu. Yu is a keeper quality starting pitcher, but I already have David Price and Justin Verlander.

So my two biggest trade chips are Yu Darvish and Hanley Ramirez. Given the league I'm in and my roster, what do you suggest?

I'm thinking try to trade Hanley Ramirez for a keeper level catcher and a decent SP.

Then try to trade Yu for a good starter and an above average SS.

Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

Okay, so back to my plight... I am about to send a proposal out to a team that is in 13th place in the league.

Trading:
David Wright
Yu Darvish
Geovany Soto
Corey Hart

Receiving:
Matt Wieters
Mike Trout
James Shields

Your thoughts?

Out of this, my four keepers next year would be:
Hanley Ramirez
Matt Wieters or Mike Trout (Probably Wieters)
Justin Verlander
David Price
*I might not keep Price and instead keep both Wieters and Trout - not sure

This gives me an adequate replacer keeper of Wright, while supplementing my current roster to make a run for the championship this year. What do you think?

[erb8472]

Okay, so back to my plight... I am about to send a proposal out to a team that is in 13th place in the league.

Trading:
David Wright
Yu Darvish
Geovany Soto
Corey Hart

Receiving:
Matt Wieters
Mike Trout
James Shields

Your thoughts?

Out of this, my four keepers next year would be:
Hanley Ramirez
Matt Wieters or Mike Trout (Probably Wieters)
Justin Verlander
David Price
*I might not keep Price and instead keep both Wieters and Trout - not sure

This gives me an adequate replacer keeper of Wright, while supplementing my current roster to make a run for the championship this year. What do you think?

I think that is a good offer for you. Getting Trout and Wieters though you might have to take a lesser pitcher than Shields. I would offer that without Hart and see if he bites.

[luismatos4prez]

In a 20 team keeper league with 25 man rosters on another Orioles board that I post on. Took over the basement team and traded CJ Wilson for Jarrod Parker and Travis Hafner. I'm convinced that Jarrod Parker is going to be a certifiable ace. Nearly throwing a no hitter against Josh Hamilton and the Rangers last night made me think he might be already.

[erb8472]

I have made two more trades and also added Dylan Bundy with the intent on keeping him.

Traded Adam Wainwright, Nelson Cruz, Felix Hernandez, and Starlin Castro for Adam Jones and Joey Votto.
Traded Adrian Gonzalez, Matt Capps, and Matt Cain for Hanley Ramirez and Andy Pettite

Current roster

C- Montero
1B - Votto
2B - Pedroia
3B - Wright
SS - Ramirez
OF - Jones
OF - Braun
OF - Bruce
UT - Ortiz
UT - Victorino
BN - Smoak
BN - Beckham
BN - Maybin
DL - Berkman

SP - Greinke, Marcum, Hudson, Santana, Pettite, Floyd, Niese, Liriano, Vogelsong, Bundy
RP - Downs, Motte, Myers, Putz
DL - Anderson, Carpenter, Britton

We have to keep a minimum of 7 guys in this league and can keep up to 10. I'm tossing around the idea of keeping only 7 this year. I would package some of my current 10 and try to upgrade my top 7. I intend on keeping Bundy. Guys I'm considering trading to upgrade would be Greinke, Montero, Bruce, Wright. Current Keeper rank:

1) Braun
2) Votto
3) Ramirez
4) Pedroia
5) Wright
6) Bruce
7) Jones
8) Greinke
9) Bundy
10) Montero

[erb8472]

Since my last post I traded Wright, Bruce, and Greinke for Haren, Tulo and Pena.

So I am planning on keeping only 7 guys and maybe 8.

1) Braun
2) Votto
3) Tulo
4) Hanley Ramirez
5) Pedroia
6) Jones
7) Bundy

and I might keep Montero as my 8th guy depending on how he does.

[TheWall]

Lots of faith in Bundy, eh?

[Justinlstn]

I have made two more trades and also added Dylan Bundy with the intent on keeping him.

Traded Adam Wainwright, Nelson Cruz, Felix Hernandez, and Starlin Castro for Adam Jones and Joey Votto.
Traded Adrian Gonzalez, Matt Capps, and Matt Cain for Hanley Ramirez and Andy Pettite

Current roster

C- Montero
1B - Votto
2B - Pedroia
3B - Wright
SS - Ramirez
OF - Jones
OF - Braun
OF - Bruce
UT - Ortiz
UT - Victorino
BN - Smoak
BN - Beckham
BN - Maybin
DL - Berkman

SP - Greinke, Marcum, Hudson, Santana, Pettite, Floyd, Niese, Liriano, Vogelsong, Bundy
RP - Downs, Motte, Myers, Putz
DL - Anderson, Carpenter, Britton

We have to keep a minimum of 7 guys in this league and can keep up to 10. I'm tossing around the idea of keeping only 7 this year. I would package some of my current 10 and try to upgrade my top 7. I intend on keeping Bundy. Guys I'm considering trading to upgrade would be Greinke, Montero, Bruce, Wright. Current Keeper rank:

1) Braun
2) Votto
3) Ramirez
4) Pedroia
5) Wright
6) Bruce
7) Jones
8) Greinke
9) Bundy
10) Montero

Of your list i'd keep

Votto
Pedroia
Wright
Hanram
Jones
Braun
Bruce
Grienke
Marcum (i think the guy is under rated, he keeps his whip under 1.20, 3.30 ERA and good 150k pitcher)
and maybe Victorino. the guy is a good 15hr 30sb threat.

If i were you i'd look into trading away Wright or HanRam. Han Ram is going to lose his SS option unless he is traded or Reyes gets hurt. So that would leave you with two elite 3b. It would great if you can get S. Castro. Go well with your young core of players. Plus since you have good amount of power hitters Castro will help you out in SB, Runs, and Avg. I dont like the idea of keeping Catchers. They are so easy to replace year to year, and never are consistent in their production. I have McCann and he is killing me this year but i cant convince myself to trade em away because of his pre season value. Also i wouldnt keep Bundy, especially over Marcum. I think Marcum's will be more helpful over Bundy for the next few years you are trying to compete.