Of All the Pundit Pontification ... Today's Yahoo Trades ...

[zoozam]

was perusing this w/nothing better to do ... all trades should be made on need first but even ESPN's fantasy trade info is useful for value sometimes ... this was hilarious:

TRADING POST
Derrek Lee, ChC, 1B
One curious deal saw Lee traded straight up for Eric Chavez. I like Chavez and I think he'll pick it up, but he's no match for Lee's overall game. Somebody got fleeced.

Ummm - no sh@#t

Ben Sheets, Mil, SP
Separate deals netted Alfonso Soriano, Ramon Hernandez and Guillermo Mota.

[color=#444444]Yeah - those are equitable players ...[/color]

Roger Clemens, Hou, SP
What you're getting: Straight up deals have seen Clemens moved for Mike Sweeney, Chris Carpenter, Joe Nathan and Dontrelle Willis.

Chris Carpenter???

Classic useless info ...

[nikku88]

I like these Yahoo things, it shows how pathetic some people are.

[gws226]

......... or perhaps there are morons in your league that will happily give away clemens for cents on the dollar.

[RJCarrot]

Yeah seriously, I wish I coulda traded Chavez in my league for Lee...

That fartknocker is still on FA.

[Cooner]

Roger Clemens, Hou, SP
What you're getting: Straight up deals have seen Clemens moved for Mike Sweeney, Chris Carpenter, Joe Nathan and Dontrelle Willis.

Chris Carpenter???

Classic useless info ...

First of all, this is hardly useless info. I think that column provides a GREAT way to take the pulse of the fantasy world as a whole... I would never have thought to go after Sheets with some of those guys, but having seen that, I might start throwing some flyer offers out there.

And frankly, if I had the Rocket, I would trade him for Carpenter today with no questions asked (but I drafted Carpenter several rounds later than Clemens in several leagues and got exactly what I expected- a steal.) The guy is consistently good- something you can't say for most pitchers, and a trait that makes him extremely valuable in H2H leagues.

[RJCarrot]

Agreed, I check for bad trades all the time to see what kind of extra value I can get off of guys I want to get rid of.

It helps know how LOW to buy on a buy low and how HIGH to sell on a sell high.

Lots of value there. But agreed, there are alot of bad trades made every day.

[cnt]

Where exactly on Yahoo can you view these trades? I am in a Yahoo league and have never seen this option. Any help is appreciated?

[RJCarrot]

In the fantasy baseball section there are sometimes articles on this. ESPN.com has a fantasy section where you can type in a name of aplayer and see all trades done within like 4 weeks that included that player.

[jblank]

Where exactly on Yahoo can you view these trades? I am in a Yahoo league and have never seen this option. Any help is appreciated?

On Yahoo, as far as I know, its for Plus leagues only.

[RJCarrot]

Type in the users name and search here:

http://games.espn.go.com/cgi/flb/reques ... aram0=6161

Then click on the player card,
Then click trades recently accepted.

It will give an output like below.

http://games.espn.go.com/cgi/flb/reques ... rIDTo=6161

You can sort by 1 for 1 trades, uneven grouped trades, and even grouped trades

the site itself is kind of busy, but its got some good info expecially when researching buy low / sell highs