Ive made 10 trades so far this season. Normally i wouldnt do so much but with all the injuries and struggling players ive gotten some really good deals out of things. 10 teams
Before the season started-
Chipper,D.Wells,O.Hernandez- i got Griffey,Morris,Lilly
K.Wood-got Delgado
Glaus,Gaurdado,Lilly,Griffey- got Zito,Smoltz,Alfonzo
Beckett,Lackey- got B.Williams,Pineiro
After season started- Not until May 1st did i make another trade
Delgado,Klesko,Williams- got Giambi,Berkman
Ishii- got Clement
Santana- got Lilly
JuanGone- got G.Anderson
Lilly,Pineiro- got Lowe,Z.Day
Vlad (after injury),Rollins,Matsui- got Green,Tejada,Colon
Pedro,Vidro- got Soriano,Simontachi
Giving me a final of
C-Pudge
1B-Giambi
2B-Soriano
3B-A.Ramirez
SS-Tejada
OF-P.Wilson,Berkman,Green
U-G.Anderson
Bench-Biggio,Konerko,Hinske
P-Smoltz, Brown, Morris, Colon, Zito, Lowe, Padilla, L.Hernandez, Simontacchi, Clement
Currently 1 game ahead in 1st place. Another in our league has made 19 trades on the season and is in 3rd place. Guy in 2nd has made only 3 trades including the one thats in pending right now. So figure out that one.
I'm in two leagues this year. First league is 10-team, head-to-head. I've made the following deals there:
Gave: Shannon Stewart
Got: Greg Maddux
Gave: Paul Quantrill
Got: Jamie Moyer
Gave: Jason Kendall/Shawn Chacon
Got: Magglio Ordonez (claimed Juan Encarnacion on waivers with free roster spot)
Second league is 12-team, head-to-head
I've made these deals there:
Gave: Mike Williams
Got: Adam Dunn
Gave: Hank Blalock/Eddie Guardado/Jose Hernandez/Lance Carter
Got: Albert Pujols/Billy Koch/Jimmy Rollins (picked up Frank Thomas with free roster spot)
Gave: Pat Burrell/Brett Myers/Carlos Zambrano
Got: Lance Berkman/Brandon Webb (picked up Morgan Ensberg with free roster spot)
I've made five trades so far this season.....I'm in third place - 2 games out of first...
1. Got Vincent Padilla for Danny Graves
2. Got roy Oswalt for Ryan Dempster/Kaz Ishii
3. Got Lance Berkman/Eric Chavez for Pat Burrell/David Bell
4. Got Marcus Giles for Vincent Padilla/Kris Benson
5. Got Billy Wagner for Mike Sweeney/ Troy Percival
Good luck ....
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Pfffffft!!! In my Yahoo Winner's league, I'm winning by 19 points. Ranked 550 overall. The only trade I've made in this league was Pudge and Jose Cruz for Randy Johnson. I did make a couple great pickups, so I don't foresee myself trading anytime soon.
In my only other league, I'm prohibited from trading so there!
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