All he's doing is taking up a roster spot. The guy in my AL only league who owns DeRosa has been inactive all year. He's been in the starting lineup, but hasn't accumulated any stats since the trade.

Colby Rasmus tilts me, every night I second myself and I bench u, and every time I do so you have a good night, every time I use u, u go 0-4 2 k's or you sit on the bench. okay end of my rant.

11 team keeper league. Need to re-sign Soria this week (cost will go up after the ASB). I have no closers signed beyond this year. Franklin will be a RFA next winter.

I can extend Soria for 1 year @ $13 per, 2 @ $15, 3 @ $18 or 4 @ $20. All contracts are guaranteed.

This past year's closer FA market was pretty weak: Devine $10, Bell $9, Ziegler $9, Gonzalez $8.

This winter's FA market will be flooded with closers (Paplebon, K-Rod, Nathan, Rivera, Gonzalez, Fransisco, Gregg, Qualls, Capps, Hoffman, Lidge, Bailey, Sherril, Wood, Franklin, Rodney) so not re-signing and hopping to sign a few of those guys for cheaper is an option.

How much is Soria worth? My guess is the only time it makes sense to sign pitchers to long term contracts is if the savings is pretty big.

Is this trade offer even worth offering,

Team is out of playoffs he's 93 games(he's in 11 place), I am in 7th right now(ton of injuries 5 of my top 12 picks hurt), I need to make a extra spot in the outfield as I have 6 guys that can start ever day and 5 spots to play em.

I offered

I give up

Brandon Phillips, Cristian Guzman, Manny Ramirez

I asked for

Chase Utley, Miguel Tejeda.

here is what my team looks like right now

C - Saltalamacchia
1b - Loney
2b - Phillips
3b - A. Ramirez
ss - M. Young
IF - R. Howard
LF - Willingham
CF - McCutchen
RF - Ellsbury
OF - Rasmus
Util - M. Ramirez
Bn - Damon
Bn - Guzman
Bn - Hafner

or should I not be riding high on Willingham/ & McCutchen/ Rasmus right now since 2 are rookies and 1(willingham) just started heating up.

Just picked up Nolasco off waivers 2 weeks ago since then running unreal. Was Offered Youkilis for him today, snap call?


Also, any thoughts on McGehee (MIL) going forward?

Youk is more valuable in a vacuum, but I wouldn't call it such a trouncing that I'd overlook categories and positional need. So not a snap call unless you need what Youk is selling and can spare pitching.

Youk for Nolasco is easy snap iyam, you sell high on Nolasco now and don't look back. i mean, Nolasco was on waivers two weeks ago and now suddenly somebody thinks he's worth Youkilis? (Youk adp was 41, Nolasco adp was 133)

and it's not like Nolasco is trouncing good opposition. he's dominated Pittsburgh, Washington, Baltimore, and had a darn good outing against Boston.

Nolasco's projections are pretty good, and you could make a very good case that his early suckitude was unmerited. Youk's perceived value may be higher, so perhaps you could flip him again even if your team didn't need him, but I think in reality the gap isn't too wide. It's there, but again, I don't think it's wide enough to say "snap call" without considering need.

My other starters are CC, Zambrano, Wandy Rodriguez, Jered Weaver, Ervin Santana, Harang, Kershaw, Danks.


At first base I have Ryan Howard, at third its Branyan/Huff.

Trade feedback...

I give up Chris Carpenter

I get C. Pena, C. Blake, and A. Harang.

I was thinking C. Pena for C. Carpenter straight up is pretty close, so it sounds like this guy wants to bowl me over for Carpenter.

I'm in 2nd place with a very solid all-around team. The Pena's BA dip shouldn't hurt me too bad (I have Pujols, Ichiro, Markakis, Youkilis, and Votto, who have all been ++ Batting Average guys).

And I have a lot of depth with starting pitching. One ace, Felix, and a ton of serviceable, young, mediocre-with-upside guys: Baker, Wainwright, Vazquez, Garza, Danks

So in 2nd place should I be looking to stand pat, or deal a potential ace for hopefully never losing HR, R, RBI, and OPS ever again.

definitely snap-call on youkilis for nolasco.

Youk is a top-5 3rd baseman, major ++ in batting average and OPS (if that's a category in your league), and looks like a good bet to push for 30 home runs.

Even if Nolasco runs as hot the rest of the year as he ran cold to start the year, he's barely cracking the top 25 in SP.

I think you're giving up too much.

Chase Utley isn't a Manny-Ramirez-like upgrade over Brandon Phillips.

Why don't you try Phillips + "your hottest rookie lately" for Utley straight up?

TJ, Usually I'm not a fan of a 3 for 1 deal but this one looks pretty good.

Yeah, the improvement from Huff to Youk is probably greater than demoting from Nolasco to Wandy or Kershaw. I'd do it.

I would definitely try to move Reyes if I could.

There is nothing to like about his situation, and all his value comes from his speed.

But I'd try to get more than fringe-top 40 starters for him. And I'd definitely stay away from Zambrano... he might be a dead arm walking.

From Fangraphs:

I might keep Harang, but I have nowhere to put Blake. 1b Pujols, 3b Youkilis, 1b/3b Votto, Util Pena

So I'm thinking of countering just Carp for Pena and Harang... which he'd accept because it's less than what he's offering.

Yunel Escobar, Clint Barmes or Feliple Lopez as SS for the rest of the year?

I think you're losing total value in the deal. As suggested, I would try and move one of your lesser OF. The problem is, that doesn't get you Utley back unless he's in love with Phillips. I don't really care for Guzman, but I don't really trust Tejada either.

That. For example, in my league where I've got Berkman/Wtight/Ortiz, I'd probably prefer Nolasco. The only question is, is Youk suck a big gain in value that you can trade him or one of your other corner guys for a Nolasco type or better? So not a snap call, but one that gets made a great deal of the time.

I like the idea of getting rid of the risk of Carpenter. On a value basis, this is probably a win for the Pena side anyways.

Escobar then the other two.

sit or start Rich Harden tomorrow against the Cards? I'm leaning towards sitting him especially since he was shelled last start

Should I trade

J. Reyes + C Hart for N. McLouth?

Zobrist is playing for Reyes and my OF is fairly weak after Werth: Werth, Bruce, Hart, Bradley


--- Also - Cody Ross is on WW if that would change strategy at all

No. Trade Zobrist and Hart for McClouth. Bruce and Bradley are running ice cold in the BABIP department, so I'd expect them to both produce better in the second half.

I'd start him. When healthy, Harden is an every week starter. His components are not far off of last year, so he's likely been running cold after running as hot as the sun last year. I just traded Bedard for Harden and don't expect to lose anything going forward, if that means anything.

That leaves me having to bank on Reyes coming back in gear after the allstar break / injury and going to the WW for SS in the meantime.

JJ Hardy could potentially be had cheap via trade, btw.

Players that qualify for SS on WW
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Yunel Escobar
Adrubel Cabrera
Alberto Callaspo
Emilio Bonafacio
Felipe Lopez
Maicer Izturis
Jerry Hairston Jr
Christian Guzman
Evlis Andrus

So I keep trying to propose 2 for 1 trades but no one is biting, but I'm also ******ed with fantasy baseball so I'll keep getting sanity checks here

Michael Young and Adrian Gonzalez for Rollins (which he probably won't go for)

Young and Holliday for Rollins?

What is Gallardo worth? Is starting off by offering Holliday too much? Too little?

I'm forced to hold onto guys like Ortiz, Sandoval, Branyan because my league is full of morons who think they suck

i apologize for posting this again, but i'm going to go more in depth

Downs is coming off the DL and i need to drop one reliever.

we have 9 pitching categories (IP (min 40) W, L, SVs, ERA, WHIP, K, K/9, K/BB)

I have a deep, solid staff so saves are the top priority before rate stats

Howell - best rate stats / save opps. unsure

Capps - good career rate stats for our format / poor this year , K's slightly low

Downs - probably un-dropable

Rodney - OK K and saves numbers / poor rates

Aardsma - decent rates and SVs / high BB rate, prob due for regression

i'm leaning towards Rodney because he has the worst rates, but i feel like I could drop everyone but Downs