Trade Advice

by Civardi on Jul 3, 2009 9:11 PM EDT

I'm in a 20 man, head to head, 8 hitting, 6 pithing cat , 5 keeper league

So far, ive managed to find myself at 7-4-1, and am in the thick of the playoff hunt

Heres my roster as of now

C	Dioner Navarro , TB C	*
1B	Casey Kotchman , Atl 1B	*
2B	Mike Fontenot , ChC 2B	*
3B	Evan Longoria , TB 3B	*
SS	Edgar Renteria , SF SS	*
2B/SS	Alex Cora , NYM SS	*
1B/3B	Gordon Beckham , CWS SS	*
OF	Chris Young , Ari CF	*
OF	Chase Headley , SD LF	*
OF	Nyjer Morgan , Was LF	*
OF	Carlos Gonzalez , Col CF	*
OF	B.J. Upton , TB CF	*
UTIL	Hanley Ramirez , Fla SS	*
P	Yovani Gallardo , Mil SP	*
P	CC Sabathia , NYY SP	*
P	Brett Anderson , Oak SP	*
SP	Micah Owings , Cin SP	*
SP	Derek Holland , Tex SP	*
SP	Barry Zito , SF SP	*
RP	B.J. Ryan , Tor RP	*
RP	Jason Hammel , Col RP	*
Bench	Mike Hampton , Hou SP	*
Bench	Jeff Suppan , Mil SP	*
Bench	Lastings Milledge , Pit CF	*
Bench	Jon Garland , Ari SP	*
DL	Dave Bush *, Mil SP	*
DL	Troy Percival *, TB RP	*
DL	Brandon McCarthy *, Tex SP	*
DL	Brandon Webb *, Ari SP

However, I'm still looking for ways to improve my team, and a few deals have recently been proposed to m

Ryan Braun and Matt Wieters for Hanley Ramirez

and

Adrian Gonzalez and Aubrey Huff for Hanley

As of this moment here are my five keepers

Hanley

Longoria

Upton

C.C.

Gallardo

Should I mess with that and make one of those deals listed above?

Thanks For The Help

---Civardi

Poll

Which Deal Makes More Sense For My Team

Giving up Hanley for Braun/Wieters

12 votes

Giving up Longoria for Gonzalez/Huff

5 votes

Staying Pat, And Waiting For A Better Offer

22 votes

39 votes | Poll has closed

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My take

I like the Braun/Wieters offer. However, both could be looked at as keepers for next season. (Yeah, I’m not discourage by Wieters’ perf so far.) If you agree, then you’ve got six legit keepers with just five spots.

I don’t like the AGonz/Huff offer because I don’t see Huff as a keeper and AGonz is a much weaker protect than HanRam. Heck, AGonz has got three months of not seeing pitches to turn into the same player he was last season.

Having a legit 6th keeper offers up additional trade possibilities though. Having more is always better than having less in my book.

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