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by **kidsilk** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:09 pm

I am in an AL ONLY LEAGUE, 10 teams, 23 man rosters, 7 keepers with 3 year contracts, 5x5 roto style.

ARod was my number one draft pick this year so has 3 years on his contract. But, I want to win this year and need a better OF, a good CI, and adding another closer never hurts since I have 3 already and can use some as trade bait or just dominate the saves category.

So, I have been offered Johnny Damon(2 years on contract), Joquim Soria ( 1 year on contract)and Mike Lowell(3 years on contract) for my ARod. Is this a good deal for my team? I was thinking about countering and adding D. Price into the mix. What do you guys think?

Here are our rosters:

C-Johjima
C-Zaun
1B-MCab
2B-J. Lopez
3B-Bautista
SS-M. Izturis
MI-Getz
CI-Konerko
OF-Freel
OF-Wells
OF-Hunter
OF-Kubel
OF-Morales
DH-Thome

P-Cahill
P-Downs
P-Francisco
P-Ziegler
P-MOrrow
P-J.Shields
P-S. Shields
P-Sonnanstine
P-McCarthy
\
DL-ARod
DL-S. Lewis
Minors-Wieters
Minors-Poreda

His Team:

C-Kottaras
C-Salty
1B-Giambi
2B-A. Ramirez
SS-Andrus
3B-Lowell
MI-Punto
CI-Teahen
OF-Burrell
OF-Crawford
OF-Damon
OF-Vlad
OF-Dye
DH-Hafner

P-Braden
P-E. Jackson
P-Soria
P-Pavano
P-Penny
P-Purcey
P-Reyes
P-Romero
P-Uehara

DL-Cordero
DL-Smoltz
DL-Zumaya

Minors-G. Beckham
Minors-D. Price

by **kidsilk** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:14 pm

anyone help me out? Leave your links. Thanks

by **sigriffey** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:32 pm

Get him to include Price and I think this is a no brainer...

by **kidsilk** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:23 pm

by **woowoo crew** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:26 pm

yes, i think you should be able to get price. not thrilled about lowell, but price would make it better.

help me please! i'm not getting as many responses as i need. viewtopic.php?f=26&t=379052

by **SpecialFNK** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:41 pm

can you use Cabrera at 3B?
you need someone better at 3B than Bautista so Lowell would be needed there.

i dont usually like 3 for 1 trades because the 3 players dont usually add up individually as the one your giving up plus the 2 your dropping. i guess in this case its not bad. Lowell helps over Bautista who could be dropped. Damon would help over say Freel who could be dropped?
you could counter and ask for Price along with the other 3?
you might aswell counter and even if he says no you could go back to what the original proposal was.

help?
viewtopic.php?t=379049

by **kidsilk** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:00 pm

Just to answer your question, no I can't use MCab at 3rd. He is not eligible in my league. Do I do the deal even without Price or do I need to ask for Price as well to do this deal?

by **Boyakasha** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:15 pm

Thanks for looking at mine.

I don't think you do the deal without Price. I'm even a little iffy with Price, but I lean towards doing that. But I wouldn't do it without Price.

by **kaiser** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:20 pm

sigriffey wrote:Get him to include Price and I think this is a no brainer...

I agree. Otherwise, I think I would stand pat with AROD, and go smaller. remember, there will be closers out there for the taking on the wire.

Thanks for your help.