Keeper league trade offer, need opinions

[ryanwoodward]

I have an offer from a team of Javier Vazquez/Yunel Escobar for Nick Markakis.

Players without * will be placed in FA pool and then we'll redraft the rest.


Here is my team: (Keepers have * beside them)

Mike Cameron (Mil - OF)
*Andre Ethier (LAD - OF)
*Prince Fielder (Mil - 1B)
Christian Guzman (Was - SS)
*Nick Markakis (Bal - OF)
Alexei Ramirez (CWS - 2B, SS, OF)
*Manny Ramirez (LAD - OF)
Marco Scutaro (Tor - 2B, 3B, SS, OF)
*Grady Sizemore (Cle - OF)
Geovany Soto (ChC - C)

A.J Burnett (NYY - SP)
Paul Byrd (Bos - SP)
Manuel Corpas (Col - RP)
Jorge De La Rosa (Col - SP, RP)
LaTroy Hawkins (Hou - RP)
*Trevor Hoffman (Mil - RP)
*John Lackey (LAA - SP)
Mike Mussina (NYY - SP)
Manny Parra (Mil - SP, RP)
Fernando Rodney (Det- RP)
Kevin Slowey (Min - SP)
Jered Weaver (LAA - SP)
*Brandon Webb (Ari - SP)






Here is his team:

Garrett Atkins (Col - 1B, 3B)
Carlos Delgado (NYM - 1B)
Edwin Encarnacion (Cin - 3B)
Yunel Escobar (Atl - 2B, 3B, SS)
Curtis Granderson (Det - OF)
Raul Ibanez (Phi - OF)
Conor Jackson (Ari - 1B, OF)
Matt Kemp (LAD - OF)
James Loney (LAD - 1B)
Russell Martin (LAD - C)
David Murphy (Tex - OF)
Alfonso Soriano (ChC - OF)
Chase Utley (Phi - 2B)
Vernon Wells (Tor - OF)
Ryan Zimmerman (Was - 3B)

Heath Bell (SD - RP)
John Danks (CWS - SP)
Aaron Harang (Cin - SP)
Dan Haren (Ari - SP)
Bobby Jenks (CWS - RP)
Mike Pelfrey (NYM - SP)
Rafael Perez (Cle - RP)
James Shields (TB - SP)
Javier Vazquez (Atl - SP)

[dirtdogs4life]

I'd keep Nick

[ensanimal]

I would stay far away from that deal if I was going to lose Markakis.

[ryanwoodward]

Any kind of counter deal? or should I keep Nick, he said he really wanted him but I wasn't sure.

[boredguy]

Markakis is gonna be a great fantasy player, he's not even close to offering fair value in that trade.
Also, have you already decided keepers? If not i'd probably keep Alexei Ramirez and Soto over Hoffman and Ethier.

[jonboy418]

I would try and counter that trade to see if you could get Utley for cheap. In a keeper league, what's a couple of months on the DL? Try Markakis and a mid tier pitcher to get Utley.

And I'll resonate a previous poster: keep Alexei over Hoffman - any day of the week - you will regret this later.

But the more I look at it, that trade is garbage. He's giving up no keepers in order to gain a strong OF. Would you honestly give up any of your other players to keep Vazquez, or even worse Escobar? You're basically giving up a keeper to throw two players back into the free agent pool for redraft.