HELP!! Trade Accepted.. juan rivera free agent..??

[Richie Rich]

Great trade getting Timmy.

I think you can grab Juan Rivera now by dropping Duke if you wanted to...Otherwise wait it out...

http://www.fantasybaseballcafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=393575&p=3129782#p3129782

[Tireur]

Rivera got hurt, but is DTD and not on the DL. I like him a lot, he's a good pickup. Drop duke for him, duke doesn't deserve to be owned in an 8 team league.

Thanks for the help with mine.

[attaraxia]

duke has put up better #'s then harden though.. and some of the teams in my league went very pitcher heavy and try matchups

W-L 8-8 ERA 3.29 K 65 Walks 32 WHIP 1.21 is dukes line
while
W-L 5-6 ERA 5.47 K 83 Walks 36 WHIP 1.54 is harden's

and i hear duke could be traded to a better team, .. i am sweating it out right now thinking that rivera is going to be picked up before the trade finishes its veto phase..
i was thinkign of dropping M. Bourne for him.. i picked him up way late

[Tireur]

Harden will pick up the pace, he has a better k/9 and he pitches for a better team and he has a proven track record in the past. Duke should not be owned in an 8 person team. Most rankings have harden in mid 100s. Duke isn't even on anyone's top 250. Harden has been unlucky as well.

Bourne is a stealing machine, I wouldn't drop him either, I think he has trade value in your league if you don't use him. Rivera is a good pickup, and I'd drop duke for him. Then you can start looking at packaging a hitter and a batter for a better pitcher or maybe two outfielders for a better outfielder.

[attaraxia]

ok if i drop duke... i will need to get another starting pitcher after the trade goes through.

my starting pitching at that time will be:

Lincecum
Carpenter
matt Cain
Ricky Nolasco
ted lilly
rich harden

on the free agent/waiver wire currently there is: (i have #5/8 waiver)
Lirano (waviers)
chris young (DL)
Brett Myers (DL)
scott baker
Max Scherzer
kevin slowey
david price
john maine
wang
gavin floyd
manny parra
mike pelfrey
chris volstad
joe saunders

[Tireur]

I'd drop casey blake for liriano. I think liriano will rebound in the second half and is the best option out of that list.

Also I think you should start trading some bats for some pitchers. Look for a bat for a pitcher straight up trades, or look to do a bat(bourne) and a lesser pitcher (lilly or harden) for an ace like beckett or something.

I think you've got too many good bats and not enough pitching. Too many bats just rotting on your bench right now.

[attaraxia]

bump