Getting enough for Howard? whir

[lyons595]

I have 4 CI for 3 spots and am lookign to add RP and SP depth. The offer I countered with is:

Give: Ryan Howard
Get: Papelbon, J Cueto

If he says no to Papelbon, should I also try to get Street (already offered to me) and an OF to help compensate for Beltran on the DL?

ESPN, h2h, 10 team, daily. Cats: avg, r, hr, rbi, sb; w, k, sv, era, whip.
Mine:
C Miguel Olivo
1B Ryan Howard
2B Chase Utley
3B Kevin Youkilis
SS Troy Tulowitzki
OF Michael Cuddyer
OF Hunter Pence
OF Nelson Cruz
UTIL Prince Fielder
Bench Carlos Beltran
DL Aramis Ramirez

SP Ricky Nolasco
SP Felix Hernandez
SP Scott Baker
SP Max Scherzer
SP Zach Duke
RP Mike Gonzalez
RP Jose Valverde
RP David Aardsma
RP Jason Frasor

His:
Geovany Soto, ChC C
1B Adrian Gonzalez, SD 1B
2B Brandon Phillips, Cin 2B
3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY 3B
SS Hanley Ramirez, Fla SS
OF Alfonso Soriano, ChC OF
OF Jermaine Dye, CWS OF
OF Adam Lind, Tor OF, DH
UTIL Aubrey Huff, Bal 1B, 3B, DH
P Jonathan Papelbon, Bos RP
P Francisco Rodriguez, NYM RP
P Carlos Zambrano, ChC SP PP
P Kevin Gregg, ChC RP
P Chad Qualls, Ari RP
P Huston Street, Col RP
Bench Johnny Cueto, Cin SP
Bench David Price, TB SP
Bench Joba Chamberlain, NYY SP, RP
DL Scott Kazmir, TB SP PP

[cranfire87]

The Papelbon/Cueto deal sounds pretty fair to me, I wouldn't give up Howard for anything less than that, especially not Street. Closers are mostly a dime a dozen save for the few elite ones, and if you are giving up the best player in the deal you better be getting a top closer in return

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[TheNephilim]

in a 10 team league there are usually some closers on the ww. Any room for scavenging saves? I would want a little more for howard, I hate paying for saves.

[lyons595]

That's the thing with our league, everyone has the same philosophy. Closers are hard to come by because we are all looking for cheap saves. SP is much easier to find. And position players to fill gaps (for example, filling HR and RBI if I trade Howard) are fairly easy to get too. That's why I'm going after Papelbon.

[Mortician]

seems fair to me