Trade High

by RJK on Jul 29, 2008 8:00 AM EDT in Baseball

I don't drink alcohol, smoke or do drugs. The only buzzes I get are from an occasional Diet Coke. I do get high however. All of you fantasy baseball players know the feeling. The extreme high after making a great trade can carry a fantasy owner for days. I've been wheeling, dealing, and going after the high recently in my keeper league. I wrote about one of the trades in this space recently but, I'll recap them all for you.

Trade 1 - I trade Ryan Braun for Brad Lidge, Rich Harden, and Justin Morneau

Trade 2 - I then trade Justin Morneau for JD Drew and Johan Santana

Trade 3 (today) - Finally, I trade Johan Santana for Vladimir Guerrero, Michael Young, and Chad Billingsley

Since Trade #1 I've traded pieces of the first two deals for other pieces. I have a good lead in this league and at this point I want to step on their throats. I realize I'm trading top talent but, the Yoo-Hoo shower after winning a league will make any weakness in my keeper list tolerable.

Basically I dealt Ryan Braun and end of the bench guys like Jose Guillen, Jon Rauch, and others for Brad Lidge, Rich Harden, JD Drew, Michael Young, Vladimir Guerrero, and Chad Billingsley. I've traded for depth and feel my squad now has what it takes to win it all.

Fake Teams community, do tell me, should I be feeling high or am I trading while high?

PS. Minutes after completing today's trade Michael Young left the game with a broken finger. They say he'll be out for a week. Talk about a buzz kill

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After these 3 deals am I . . . .

Feeling a high?

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Actually high for making them?

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good moves

You have traded Ryan Braun for 6 players (Lidge, Harden, JD Drew, V. Guerrero, M. Young, and Billingsley). That’s a pretty good haul! Unless your team is still actively being chased, let off the pedal. Or maybe you are just one of those guys who likes to churn the roster and trade for the trade.

by TheStoneCop on Jul 29, 2008 9:14 AM EDT reply actions

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It would certainly look like I was trading just to trade but, these are the only 3 I’ve done all year. They’ve just come back to back to back. Do I have to pay Pat Riley for saying that?

I am going to chill for a while and see what happens. In this 12 team 5×5 league my lead has been as much as 20 and as little as 7 over the past couple weeks. I learned the hard way last year that no lead is completely safe in July or August. I was in first deep into August only to have my whole team do a swan dive thanks to the wonderful second halfs of Dice K and Jeremy Bonderman, remember him?

by RJK on Jul 29, 2008 11:54 AM EDT reply actions