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by **BALCO All-Stars** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:28 pm

I like Carlos lee but the astros lineup is awful and he doesn't really steal bases anymore so I am struggling to see him as a top ten OF anymore. I have been offered kerry wood and rodney (I.e. Two closers) for him...thoughts? Is there any chance lee gets traded or is in a better lineup next season?

Closers have a lot of value to trade for keepers and my starting OF is bj, holliday, jd drew with maggs and felipe lopez on the bench and vlad on the DL and I don't have any full time closers anymore...thoughts?

by **DVauthrin** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:15 pm

first of all the astros lineup is not horrible(mediocre i'd agree with). bourn, berkman, lee, tejada and pence automatically disqualifies them from horrible consideration. the padres lineup is horrible, for example. Now, as for your trade idea, that is not nearly enough in return for lee. You should at least get an elite closer back for his services.

Lastly, he's not leaving houston anytime soon.

by **schmidty** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:38 pm

Without knowing the details of your league and scoring ... that sounds like a really bad trade. Carlos Lee may not steal bases anymore, but he's a perennial 30-100-0.300 player. That's got to carry value. If you want to trade him for pitching ... ok. But for Rodney and Wood? I don't get what you said about keeper value ... would Rodney and/or Wood really be your keepers? Career-wise Rodney's not the most dependable guy (good 1st half of 2009 not withstanding), and Wood's an oft-injured closer who never gets saves anymore. That's terrible value for you.

Besides, looking at your team I think you need Lee more than you need 2 mediocre-to-bad closers. Drew, Maggs, and Lopez (if you're playing him at OF) have almost no fantasy value except in extremely deep leagues. And Vlad can't stay healthy. Despite having a somewhat off 1st half, Lee is still your best outfielder.

by **smoovethug** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:37 pm

You're selling yourself way short here. I don't look for C.Lee to steal many bases but he's still very capable of producing for you in every other cat. The lineup is better than you give it credit for. Trading him for 2 mediocre closers is doing yourself a disservice.