J.Lopez/A.Jones/Nolasco for B.Roberts/Verlander.....WHIR!

[thax]

5x5 roto, 12 teams

should I make this trade? I made the mistake of drafting Verlander and am really worried about his this season, so I'm trying to move him. I like Nolasco in the proposal, but figure I would be losing too much by trading Roberts and his steals.

any opinions? roster below...and as always, leave a link and I'll respond. Thanks!

C-Chris Iannetta
1B-Lance Berkman
2B-Brian Roberts
3B-Álex Rodríguez
SS-Alexei Ramírez
OF-Ryan Braun
OF-Justin Upton
OF-Brad Hawpe
Util-Conor Jackson
Util-Hank Blalock
BN-Adam LaRoche
BN-Ryan Spilborghs

SP-Chad Billingsley
SP-Josh Beckett
SP-Justin Verlander
RP-Brian Fuentes
RP-Mike González
P-Scott Baker
P-John Danks
BN-Ted Lilly
BN-Hong-Chih Kuo
BN-Manny Parra

[RRGL1]

Short answer: I vote no. You do need Robert's SB.

Although I do like the trade for the straight value of it. But you are kind of hurting in SB already, and losing Robert's SB production would likely put you at the bottom for SB. If your league trades frequently, and you think you could get SB back in another trade then I would go for it.

[happyturtle]

Dont do it. Roberts is the best player in the deal, I do like Nolasco, but he is uproven and at this point not that much more valuable than Verlander. Lopez and Jones are nothing special in a 12 team league.

[dave knight]

I've got Nolasco a lot higher than Verlander, but the fact is that you're trading a 3-4 rounder for a pack of 8+ rounders. So I would not do the deal.