he offered this deal to me - I offered him JJ/Beltran for McCLouth/J. Santana and he countered with this..... so I think at this point it is take it or leave it
5x5 H2H, NK 10 teams C- JP 1B- Voto 2B- Zobri 3B- ARam SS- Rolins OF- J. Uptn, Choo, A. Gordn UTIL- Fielder BN- C. Crawfrd SP- Hamls, Bumgarner, Galardo, I. Kenedy, Fister, Kurda, Minr, Dempstr, Burnet, Ogando RP- Cishek, Veras, Parnel
i don't like you giving up both slowey and johnson. would he take johnson or slowey and smoltz or hughes instead? i'm with you on ervin santana, so i'm guessing he wouldn't take him either. i like you getting johan and mclouth for sure. i'd try to tweak it a bit to not have to give up both young pitchers. thanks for your help.
Okay, it looks like you have some nice depth at your pitching already with Oswalt, Gallardo, Vazquez, Wainwright & Harang. You also have Tommy Hanson who is still waiting to be called up. If the deal to make it or break it is Josh Johnson, Kevin Slowey and Beltran...I think you can afford to part with Slowey in this case and do the deal.
I think getting Santana and McClouth is worth it -- Beltran is a headache sometimes and Slowey is great but I think Slowey plus JJohnson might = Santana when all is said and done. Obviously 2 pitchers are better than one, but Johan is quality for sure.
Id pull the trigger, Citi field has such a huge impact on both hitters and pitchers, i see a decline in power for beltran the rest of his year and santana pitching in that park is just unfair