traded verlander for rivera....good trade?

[toddmb1975]

non-keeper h2h yahoo league with the following stats

Batters Stat Categories: Runs (R), Singles (1B), Doubles (2B), Triples (3B), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Walks (BB), Batting Average (AVG)

Pitchers Stat Categories: Wins (W), Losses (L), Complete Games (CG), Shutouts (SHO), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Holds (HLD), Earned Run Average (ERA), Quality Starts (QS)

lineup

C Russell Martin
(LAD - C,3B)

Ryan Howard
(Phi - 1B)

Robinson Canó
(NYY - 2B) 2B

3B Miguel Cabrera
(Det - 1B,3B)

SS Ryan Theriot
(ChC - SS) SS

OF Alfonso Soriano
(ChC - OF) OF

OF Álex Ríos
(Tor - OF) OFUtilBN

OF Jason Bay
(Bos - OF) OFUtilBN

Util Adrián González
(SD - 1B) Util

Util Justin Morneau
(Min - 1B)

Bn Juan Rivera
(LAA - OF) Util

Pitching

Starters - J. Vazquez, F. Hernandez, J. Chamberlain, J Verlander, J Smoltz, S Richmond, R Romero, W Rodriguez
Closers = B Jenks, M Capps, J P Howell, R Soriano


I'm currently in first but felt the one area i needed to be more stable was in saves i was offered frank francisco for verlander so i countered with mariano rivera for verlander....figure if the trade goes thru i'd drop howell or soriano for another stater

best starters avail right now are:

ja happ
r nolasco
s baker
v mazzaro
d braden

thinkin maybe nolasco because he's been much better since coming back from minors??? any opinions??? good trade bad trade???

[thax]

i wouldnt have done it..you have 4 viable and decent closers already

ususally dont pay for saves as if your patient, you can grab some off the WW when a starting closer goes down.

not a horrible deal and if your paying for saves, Rivera is the guy to do it for. But Verlander is a stud and a a good SP is worth alot more then a good closer

please look at: viewtopic.php?t=392452

[yearbend]

i would drop wandy and richmond to pick up romero and nolasco.

and by the way, i think you got ripped off on that verlander trade.

[toddmb1975]

well i think howell and soriano are shaky as far as solid save options....soriano is a part timer and howell is the guy for now

[toddmb1975]

ok I dropped richmond for Nolasco....but can't drop wandy for romero since i already have romero on my team too