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by **Guzman24** » Mon May 19, 2008 9:45 pm

A few weeks back I traded Phillips/Volquez/Loney for Utley and Howard.

by **duckbillgates** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:50 pm

In 2004, I decided after much deliberation to not keep Josh Beckett after his World Series MVP performance. Instead I went with a guy who only started 18 games the previous season. Johan Santana.

Of course, Beckett seems like a perfectly good option now, but remember all those years of blister trouble.

And Johan? Well, he's Johan. :-)

by **bobbing_headz** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:20 pm

No great ones come to mind but my memory barely stretches back last year

Last Year:
- Kendrick for Cano
- Drafting Maggs 10th round (after Baldelli %-6

), Russell Martin in the 20th
- Picking up Beltre at the ASB off WW
- Picking up Cust, riding him for 3 weeks then trading him for Francouer

This Year:
- Picking up Volquez 1 day after missing out on Cueto (I had the #2 Waiver :-D

)
- Accidentally drafting Uggla over Rich Hill ;-D

JasonSeahorn · by **JasonSeahorn** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:30 pm

Starting Votto when he had his 15 HR game.

by **sherwood921** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:39 pm

Trading Aki Iwamura for Ryan Braun immediately after the minor league draft in my keeper league last season

by **AussieDodger** » Tue May 20, 2008 12:17 am

Short Term:

Last year in a 18 (now 16) team dynasty, Scott Olsen and Anibal Sanchez for Lackey/Napoli/Otsuka.
Lackey carried me through the playoffs, all the way to 2nd. He was literally the difference maker in 2 finals weeks. (Then I showed tremendous loyalty by flipping him for Alex Gordon :-D

)

Long Term:

My favourite from this year which could end up topping that.........

20 team dynasty Granderson/Swisher/C.Cordero for Kemp/Butler/Gallardo. I think I'll be crowing about that one at the end of 2009.

by **roninmedia** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:13 am

I traded Chris Carpenter (instead of Jake Peavy) and the draft rights to Daisuke Matsuzaka for Felix Hernandez and the draft rights to Brandon Webb last season about a week before Chris Carpenter went down for the season.