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***UPDATE*** HanRam Dynasty Trade Decision

***UPDATED*** Counter-offer didn't work so I've updated the poll to 2 choices. Please select.

ORIGINAL POST:

I'm in a 10-team Dynasty League (Year 7) which we play on Yahoo.com with no minor leagues or salaries or contracts or anything like that - just straight Yahoo Fantasy Baseball. I was offered Mark Teixeira and Ian Kinsler for Hanley Ramirez, which I turned down (at least for now). I'm considering making a counter-offer for the same players, but I would extend it to be Mark Teixeira and Ian Kinsler and Stephen Strasburg for Hanley Ramirez and Jake Peavy and Dexter Fowler. I'm concerned with Kinsler - his power numbers are nonexistent and even in his best year (2009), he only batted .253. I have enough low-BA guys on my team! I believe Tex will bounce back, though.

Here is my team:

C Matt Wieters (Bal - C)
1B Lance Berkman (Hou - 1B)
2B Dan Uggla (Fla - 2B)
3B Ian Stewart (Col - 2B,3B)
SS Hanley Ramirez (Fla - SS)
CI Carlos Pena (TB - 1B)
MI Jose Reyes (NYM - SS)
LF Bobby Abreu (LAA - LF,RF)
CF Adam Jones (Bal - CF)
RF Jay Bruce (Cin - RF)
OF Nelson Cruz (Tex - RF)
UTIL Derrek Lee (Chi - 1B)
UTIL Justin Upton (Ari - RF)

BN Pedro Alvarez (Pit - 3B)
BN Cameron Maybin (Fla - CF)
BN Dexter Fowler (Col - CF)
DL Travis Snider (Tor - LF,RF)


SP Chris Carpenter (StL - SP)
SP Matt Garza (TB - SP)
SP Jake Peavy (CWS - SP)
SP Rick Porcello (Det - SP)
SP David Price (TB - SP)
RP Jose Valverde (Hou - RP)
RP Chris Perez (Cle - RP)
RP Joel Zumaya (Det - RP)
P Mike Leake (Cin - SP)
P Craig Kimbrel (Atl - RP)

BN Johnny Cueto (Cin - SP)
BN Brian Matusz (Bal - SP)
BN Madison Bumgarner (SF - SP)
BN Javier Vazquez (NYY - SP)
DL Chad Billingsley (LAD - SP)
DL Rich Harden (ChC - SP)
DL Homer Bailey (Cin - SP)
DL Erik Bedard (Sea - SP)

So, a few questions are:

  • Am I nuts to turn down that initial offer?
  • Is it stupid to make my counter-offer (because it's asking for too much or because it's not asking for enough)?
  • What other thoughts do you have? The other manager also has Tulo and Utley, but he thinks they're both better than HanRam (at least that's what he tells me), so I don't think I can get either of them.