Fantasy Baseball Trade

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<p>What do you guys think of Lance Berkman + Jason Marquis + Cliff Floyd for Garciaparra + Nick Johnson + Tom Glavine + Scott Olson? He drop Escobar.</p>

<p>I have the latter players. You think I’m getting a good deal? </p>

<p>My team:
B. McCann
N. Johnson
T. Iguchi
H. Blalock
M. Young
I. Suzuki<br>
R. Ibañez
Re. Johnson
M. Teixeira
N. Garciaparra
DL H. Matsui</p>

<p>Pitching
T. Glavine, D. Lowe, T. Jones, Ma. Rivera, M. Prior, Jo. Johnson, S. Olsen, C. Sabathia, B. Sheets, J. Francis, J. Jennings</p>

<p>His team:</p>

<p>Ra. Hernández
L. Berkman
M. Giles
A. Ramírez
O. Cabrera
C. Patterson
A. Kearns
C. Floyd
M. Cameron
E. Byrnes
DL D. Lee
DL J. Kent</p>

<p>Pitching
V. Padilla
F. García
B. Ryan
A. Benítez
J. Borowski
T. Hudson
J. Marquis
N. Robertson
J. Smoltz
K. Escobar</p>

<p>I have made one trade with him before. I sent him Berkman + Benitez and I got Michael Young, Mariano Rivera, and Marquis.</p>

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<p>I’d do it in a heartbeat. Normar has fallen dramatically and still is a health concern. Olsen is still a rookie, and does play for the Marlins. So the trade is essentially Lance Berkman, Jason Marquis, Cliff Floyd for Nick Johnson, Tom Glavine. Berkman is a top 10 fantasy hitter this year, Marquis is not as bad as you think. If you take away 1 game he had where he gave up 15 earned runs, his ERA would be under 4. He is still a good pitcher. Cliff Floyd is hitting very well this half, and I think it will continue. Glavine is a great pitcher, but you are getting much more in return.</p>

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<p>Ok. I’m going to accept it. Anyone else have any last minute thoughts?</p>

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<p>Its good, so was is a terrible idea to drop Ken Griffey Jr. For Quentin for ARI?</p>

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<p>I have accepted. Now, who should I pick up for pitching? I think Escobar isn’t a bad option.</p>

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<p>Who’s available in your league?</p>

<p>(and Marquis really is as bad he looks…idiot gave up 12 and 13 Earned runs in 10 innings…what is that??)</p>

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<p>Nothing good. All the starters have at least a 4 ERA…and their WHIPS aren’t all that great.</p>

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<p>forget it then…most of the decent pitchers already got picked up</p>

<p>you have to look for young talent…no name guys who are pitching well…gotta find em b4 they become prominent starters…that’s how you get jered weaver/jon lester types</p>

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<p>i might pick up matt morris or billingsley or anthony reyes. the latter 2 are nonamers that do have potential…but have been a lil shaky</p>

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<p>morris is past his prime…reyes and billingsley are two good prospects</p>

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<p>good relievers are helpful too</p>

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<p>relievers don’t do much in my league…they dont give you enough inning to affect ERA or WHIP…and they dont get you enough SO or saves</p>

<p>pick any of the 2:
billingsley
reyes
marquis
escobar</p>

<p>that’s not too bad…although my whole pitching staff is based on people with a lot of potential that didnt have a name for themselves last yr</p>

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<p>Yeah relievers don’t do much for me either.</p>

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<p>i’d take reyes and escobar…keep billingsley on the watch list…forget marquis, 1 Win at the cost of a crappy ERA/WHIP isn’t worth it.</p>

<p>what some people do is obtain 4 strong SPs and then fill the rest up with RPs…you only need 7 innings or so to qualify for pitching…the relievers end up lowering ERA/WHIP…some one like juan rincon can pick up wins as well</p>

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<p>i can easily pick up top relievers like macdougal, proctor, linebrook, etc…they dont help your team win categories each week unless they pitch at least 5 inn a week.</p>

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<p>I know what you mean there, chrisc.</p>