by Chrgrs17 » Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:52 pm
Hey guys, as the title says, I am new to the fantasy baseball world and I need some advice on a trade that was offered to me. I don't follow baseball much so I don't know a lot about some of the players on my team. What would you do?
Trade:
Sean Marshall SP CHC
Shane Victorino OF PHI
Michael Young SS TEX
for
(My team)
Mark DeRosa 2B CLE (also eligible as OF and 3B)
Brad Hawpe OF COL
My roster:
10 team H2H league
Pitchers:
SP Johan Santana
SP Tim Lincecum
SP Mike Pelfrey
SP Dan Haren
SP John Lackey
SP Hiroki Kuroda (until Lackey gets off DL)
RP Kevin Gregg
RP Brian Wilson
Batters:
C Jorge Posada
1B Lance Berkman
2B,3B,OF Mark DeRosa
3B Garret Atkins
SS,2B Mike Aviles
OF Curtis Graderson
OF Carlos Quentin
OF Vernon Wells
1B James Loney
2B Kelly Johnson
OF Jermaine Dye
OF Brad Hawpe
1B, OF Conor Jackson
Scoring System:
Batting:
Singles - 1 point
Doubles - 2 points
Triples - 3 points
Walks (Batters) - 1 point
Caught Stealing - 1 point
HBP - 1 point
Home Runs - 4 points
Strikeouts (Batter) - 0.5 points
Runs 1 point
RBI - 1 point
Stolen Bases - 2 points
Pitching:
Walks Issued (Pitchers) -1 point
Blown Saves -2 points
Earned Runs -2 points
Hits Allowed -1 point
Innings 3 points
Strikeouts (Pitcher) 1 point
Losses -5 points
Saves 5 points
Shutouts 5 points
Wins 7 points
I won't have much room for Sean Marshall, but I really like Victorino and Young. Any advice would be appreciated.
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