I just pulled the trigger trading Teix/Barmes/Scherzer for Crawford and Lackey. I am in 3rd place and my worst categories are SB and BA. Looking for some input on the quality of the trade and other suggested moves to improve my squad. 12 team standard Roto
Inge, Brandon 3B DET Teixeira, Mark 1B NYY Barmes, Clint 2B COL Rodriguez, Alex 3B NYY Zobrist, Ben SS TB Holliday, Matt LF OAK Ludwick, Ryan RF STL Werth, Jayson RF PHI Reynolds, Mark 3B ARI
Active Pitchers Bedard, Erik SP SEA Billingsley, Chad SP LA Broxton, Jonathan RP LA Anderson, Brett SP OAK Nunez, Leo RP FLA Scherzer, Max SP ARI Smoltz, John SP BOS
Reserve Batters Napoli, Mike C ANA Atkins, Garrett 3B COL Ortiz, David DH BOS
Reserve Pitchers Richmond, Scott SP TOR Contreras, Jose A. SP CHW Volquez, Edinson SP CIN
Hmmmm, I don't know if I would have done that b/c you need a 1B and a 2B now. I wouldn't want to have to play Garrett Atkins at 1B regularly. I don't see anyone you can plug into at 2B, so you gotta get a 2B.
given that you dont play any MI, CI and there are only 3 OF and one Util, it seems your league is extremely shallow (unless its a 20 teamer, then i take it back).
b/c it's so shallow barmes is barely ownable. after that, i break down the trade as follows:
Crawford > Tex
Scherzer > Lackey
good trade if you need CC's steals more than tex's power.
Yup, depends on what youre replacing those spots with. And on second thought, trade probably isnt that bad considering youre needing BA and SB. If you can pick up a decent 2B, I'd say you won.