Rollins/Sizemore deal?

[bcbhockey68]

When Rollins starts to play at little bit better I'm thinking of going after Sizemore, so how is this trade?

My Pedroia, Rollins, Choo for his Sizemore, Weeks, and Tejeda?

14 team H2H keep 5 per year

My Team:
C Chris Iannetta (Col - C)
1B Mark Teixeira (NYY - 1B)
2B Dustin Pedroia (Bos - 2B)
3B Ryan Zimmerman (Was - 3B)
SS Jimmy Rollins (Phi-SS)
OF Ryan Braun (Mil - OF)
OF Curtis Granderson (Det - OF)
OF Justin Upton (Ari - OF)
Util Shin-Soo Choo (Cle - OF)
BN Brad Hawpe (Col-OF)
BN Adrian Beltre (Sea-3B)

SP Javier Vazquez (Atl - SP)
SP Chris Volstad (Fla - SP)
RP Trevor Hoffman (Mil - RP)
RP Brian Wilson (SF - RP)
P Paul Maholm (Pit - SP)
P Rafeal Soriano (Atl-RP)
P Edwin Jackson (Det - SP)
BN Anibal Sanchez (Fla - SP)
BN Roy Oswalt (Hou - SP)
BN Jason Marquis (Col - SP)
BN Sean Marshall (Chc-SP, RP)
DL Rich Hill (Bal - SP)DL


His Team:
C Bengie Molina (SF - C)
1B James Loney (LAD - 1B)
2B Howie Kendrick (LAA - 2B)
3B Chipper Jones (Atl - 3B)
SS Miguel Tejada (Hou - SS)
OF Grady Sizemore (Cle - OF)
OF Ichiro Suzuki (Sea - OF)
OF Rick Ankiel (StL - OF)
Util Jacoby Ellsbury (Bos - OF)
SP Johan Santana (NYM - SP)
SP --empty--
RP Huston Street (Col - RP)
RP Chris Pérez (StL - RP)
P Adam Wainwright (StL - SP)
P Randy Johnson (SF - SP)
P Chien-Ming Wang (NYY - SP)DL
BN Vladimir Guerrero (LAA - OF)DL
BN Pat Burrell (TB - OF)
BN Rickie Weeks (Mil - 2B)
BN Billy Butler (KC - 1B)
BN Hank Blalock (Tex - 1B,3B)
BN Dioner Navarro (TB - C)
BN Édgar Rentería (SF - SS)
BN Hiroki Kuroda (LAD - SP)DL
DL John Lackey (LAA - SP)DL

[Hit Factory]

I think you should address your major weakness.....starting pitching. I would not look to shake up your team that much so early in the season, I think if you could get 1 or 2 more solid starters you would be in great shape. I also think that Rollins will bounce back very soon and when its all said and done he will have similar numbers to Sizemore at the end of the year, so you really won't be gaining anything significant.

[bcbhockey68]

Yeah but I really like Sizemore's potential to be a 40-40 or a least a 30-40 guy in the future and Rollins is on the decline. If I could swing Lackey in the deal would you be a fan (for some one else, help me put together a nice deal)?

[Hit Factory]

I mean like I said, it's not a "bad" trade it just doesn't really address your main issue, the SP. If you got Lackey it would certainly be an improvement. I would cancel the Pedroia for Weeks portion of the deal, just go with Rollins/Choo for Sizemore/Tejada, and then find out who he would want for Lackey, try and get him as cheap as possible since he hasn't even pitched yet this season.

[bcbhockey68]

I may be a complete idiot, but I'm just one of those guys that thinks he doesn't need a solid staff to win because there are always the guys, like Volquez or Cliff lees, that pop up during the middle of the season and then there are the Peavys or Bedards that you spend a top pick on them to have them sit on the DL.

[Hit Factory]

I agree that you don't have to have a star studded staff, however he only has 1 really solid SP, (Vasquez,) Oswalt is not what he once was and the rest of the guys are young players with upside but who knows if they can put together a good full season? He needs another guy who he can rely on to provide quality starts, someone with a winning track record.

[bcbhockey68]

I agree that is why it is going to be really hard to pull Lackey from him, and if I do do this trade there is always Granderson to pull in a pitcher like King Felix or Webb while he is on the DL (one guys team that needs OF really bad), so if I do this trade I can always move someone to get a SP later, do you agree?

[Hit Factory]

Yeah I think that is a good plan, if you can swing Sizemore and then flip Granderson for a SP in another deal you will be in good shape.