Trade Help- Please!

[adq64535]

I'm trying to work out a trade for a top 15-20 pitcher. The person I'm trading with needs an OF or a utility guy and a closer badly.

He proposed to me Shields and Juan Cruz for Berkman and Hoffman

The deal I'm thinking of counter proposing is:

Shields and Mike Gonzalez for Adam Jones and Hoffman

Am I crazy not to take the 1st deal and is he crazy not to take the 2nd? Which one is more fair?

[Bea Arthur]

I like the second deal for you. That way you get an actual closer and not just a stopgap (Cruz). Plus Berkman will probably be better in the long run than Jones.

Help w/mine?

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[MaudDib]

I like the second deal but if he needs a closer why would he be willing to trade one?