Wow, total overhaul and now in 1st

[Belle4Hall88]

who'd ya get for A-Rod?

[spacehamster01]

Only 5 original guys remain on my team

Before
C. R. Barajas
1B L. Overbay
2B C. Utley
3B A. Ramirez
SS N. Garciaparra
OF T. Hunter
OF M. Cabrera
OF C. Lee
Util J. Gibbons
BN A. Huff
BN R. Baldelli

SP J. Lackey
SP P. Byrd
RP F. Rodriguez
RP D. Turnbow
P A. Burnett
P J. Patterson
P B. Sheets
BN. C. Young
BN D. Lowe
BN B. Chen
BN G. Chacin

After
C. M. Napoli
1B R. Sexson
2B C. Utley
3B J. Cantu
SS M. Tejada
OF L. Berkman
OF J. Bay
OF S. Podsednik
Util N. Garciaparra
BN D. Roberts
DL H. Matsui

SP C. Schilling
SP P. Martinez
RP T. Hoffman
RP A. Otsuka
P J. Sosa
P Cl. Lee
P B. Webb
BN Jer. Weaver
BN C. Young
BN S. Olsen
BN J. Patterson
DL B. Sheets (Mil - SP)

Picked up from FAs
Curt Schilling (someone stupidly dropped him b4 the season)
Scott Olsen, Jered Weaver, Akinori Otsuka, Dave Roberts, Mike Napoli

Trades I've made: (sent for recieved)
Prior for Burnett
MCab, Huff, Lowe for Tejada, Edmonds, Colon (at least at the time)
Tejada, Colon for Berkman, Rollins
Hunter for Podsednik
Edmonds for Hoffman
Thomson (FA pickup) for Guardado
Guardado, Lackey for Sexson
Carlos Lee, Rollins for Tejada, Matsui
ARam, Turnbow for Teixera, Cantu, Isringhausen (the guy proposed it to me...I dunno why)
Prior, Isringhausen, Robertson for Bay
Teixera for Pedro
Krod, Jorge Julio (FA pickup) for Webb

[virgil22]

Cantu was your second pick?

[mrkrab2003]

Berkman and Gomes have never been equal. That was just a bad bad bad trade

Traded Berkman/Kearns/Miceli(who i piked up for R. Wagner) for Gomes

Wait what?

Berkman for Gomes? How are you in first?

hindsight that one was a bad trade, he was equal until he injured his shoulder.

[BitterDodgerFan]

i dont understand such excessive trading...don't people believe in the players they draft anymore? seems like too many fantasy managers want what they dont have and dont appreciate what they have. unless its a total killer deal i cant refuse, i dont trade until things pan out and my team's weakness are clear and need to be addressed.

[deerayfan072]

Cantu was your second pick?

the best second basemen were gone and it was a thin position so i decided to grab a 2nd baseman.

[daullaz]

who'd ya get for A-Rod?

A-Rod was in a package deal that landed me Chavez, Soriano and Jeter. Sori and Jeter ended up getting traded in the deal that got me Thome, Haren, Tejada and Crawford.

[jeter2411]

I am in a similar situation in my 12 team NL only league:

Players added by FA:

D Ross
B Phillips
J Carroll
S Taguchi
El Ramirez
C Park

Trades:
Biggio/J Jones for Turnbow/Miles/Church (who i dropped anyhow)
Abreu/Barmes for Rolen/Dunn
R Ortiz/T Ohka/R Clayton for Furcal/Milton

Shortly after the Abreu trade I shot up the standing from around 8-9th to 3rd where I have been holding pretty steady since then. I keep drawing closer and closer to the top two as well. Plus I got Prior and D Lee back so the second half of the season should be interesting!