Trade: Utley, King Felix and Price

[Chief Noc-A-Homa]

League Info: 16 Teams, H2H, Points Based

Keeper Rules: 6 MLB and 6 MiLB

Trade Offer: I get Chase Utley and RD 9 (133) Draft Pick - I give up King Felix and David Price (Price can be kept as 1 of my MiLB Keepers, a loophole that would give me 7 actual keepers)

List of potential keepers (I am taking over this team from a ghost owner):
MLB
1B - Derek Lee
OF - Jacoby Ellsbury
OF - Jason Bay
SP - Johan Santana
SP - King Felix
SP - Jon Lester
SP - Dice K
SP - Chad Billingsely

MiLB
David Price
Travis Snider
Fernando Martinez
Michael Iona
Elvis Andrus
Deolis Guerra

Do I make this deal? Ask for a better pick? Or hit the reject button?

WHIR

[ayebatter]

This deal does have upside for you, and I think I'd pull the trigger for Utley with another bat better than the 9th pick.

[San D]

Right now, your MLB 6 keepers are:

Ellsbury
Bay
Santana
Felix
D.Lee
Billingsley

and Price in the minors

I like this deal for you (getting Utley and the 9th for Felix and Price). I would ask for a better pick (like a 5th), but I would pull the trigger if he stands pat with his offer.

[bauermj]

You get very thin at pitching with the trade, however. You will need to draft Starting Pitching earlier

[The Artful Dodger]

I'd make the Utley trade. Your keepers should now be:

Ellsbury
Utley
D. Lee
Johan
Bay
Billingsley

[oddmanout7]

I would take the deal. I think you are doing well to buy low on Utley. Losing two good young pitchers hurts your rotation a bit, but just keep this in mind in the draft and you should do fine.

[sdieckhaus]

You have to do the deal. Utley is a sure thing at 2B, even with the surgery. Felix is over-rated, and Price has yet to prove himself. Always go with the sure thing.

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[GiantsFan14]

take utley, this is buying pretty low on his injury. i don't think utley will end up missing much time this year, plus he's still a great keeper down the line.

[eclecticj]

I'd be all over that deal. Here's my reasoning: Felix is on the edge of being a keeper at best. (i'd guess 5th round or so in your league?) While it would be a big bonus to keep Price as a minor leaguer, after the '09 season you'd either have to cut him loose or spend a keeper on him. I'm not at all convinced that Price will be worthy of a 6th round or better pick in the '10 draft. On the other hand Utley is a no doubt first rounder, and I always try to accumlate as many top round guys as possible. It's much harder to find a guy who'll blossom into a first rounder then it is to find a guy who will blossom into a fifth or sixth rounder.