AL Only Rank these keepers

[briane]

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Thank you

I have been using the advice on this board to upgrade my keepers, and these are the best bets I have now:

8 team AL Only $260 cap

Kendry Morales (6)
Aaron Hill (6)
Shin-Soo Choo (13)
Matt LaPorta (6)
Zach Greinke (13)
John Lackey (15)
Jered Weaver (11)
Justin Masterson (6)
Brett Cecil (6)
Andrew Bailey (6)
Brandon Inge (6)
Russell Branyan (6)
Marco Scutaro (6)

Please answer the below part as well, as this is the only part I have to answer right now. We protect three, and I was thinking of offering the teams with some of the following keepers anyone but my top 4:

Gordon Beckham (6)
Adam Lind (6)
Derek Holland (6)

Edit:

In response to a point made on this post, I am actually looking at non-contenders; most of the contenders have no more really valuable players (except for one guy who is at the league cap, so not going to happen). My idea is to trade my 4th, 5th and 6th best keepers for one that would jump into the top.

[briane]

Please help. Am thinking of upgrading keepers through trades.

WHIR but can not help until Thursday night.

[bazzy_51]

out of those players i would keep:

Greinke
Hill
Cecil
Choo or Inge

that if you can't get a deal done... but:

im guessing the teams with the players you have listed are contending? im hoping, if not go for a contending team and offer the vets like Choo, Lackey, Weaver, Bailey for help with them...

i would try...

Lackey/Inge or LaPorta for Beckham (hell id give ANY combo he wanted for Beckham as long as it wasn't involving Hill or Greinke...

Choo/Lacker for Lind (again anything they wanted aside from Hill and Greinke)

then there is Holland and Chapman, i think those 2 are just as valuable as any players you have (Masterson, Cecil) so no sense in trading for them...

[briane]

bump

[twistedude]

Well I currently think your best 3 keepers are:

Greinke
Hill
Morales (how can you not? at $6?)

I think landing Beckham or Lind would be nice though. Your best shot is by dealing your pitching. I like the idea of combining Choo/Lackey for one of these guys. If not, maybe they'll bite on Laporta's potential paired with Lackey. Also, Bailey could be a good bargaining chip being a young closer with great stuff.

Good luck and thanks for your help on mine.

[D.Piston]

Kendry Morales (6)---Great price!
Aaron Hill (6)----30 homers from 2nd basemen is nice.
Shin-Soo Choo (13)-----I think he will have a similiar year and is a good multicat guy
Zach Greinke (13)----Nasty stuff for years to come as long as he controls his anxiety.

Thanks for helping me. (I've never played a keeper league, but I think I want to try it one time.)

[miller2ah]

I like Morales, Hill, Greinke, and probably Inge.

thanks for the help.