Keeper Baseball: Jorge De La Rosa vs Tim Alderson

[leal72]

I'm in a 12-team keeper league (keep 19), H2H scoring

who would you rather have?

In this league we have a prospect list so Alderson would not count against my 19 keepers where DLR would

The trade would be Brett Anderson for Hunter Pence and either DLR or Alderson

my team right now
C Joe Mauer (Min - C)
1B Kevin Youkilis (Bos - 1B,3B)
2B Dustin Pedroia (Bos - 2B)
3B Ryan Zimmerman (Was - 3B)
SS Alexei Ramírez (CWS - 2B,SS,CF)
LF Carlos Lee (Hou - LF)
CF Andrew McCutchen (Pit - CF)
RF Marlon Byrd (Tex - LF,CF,RF)
Util Carlos Beltrán (NYM - CF)
Util Álex Ríos (CWS - CF,RF)
BN James Loney (LAD - 1B)
BN Carlos Guillén (Det - 1B,3B,LF)
BN Franklin Gutiérrez (Sea - LF,CF,RF)
DL Nyjer Morgan (Was - LF,CF,RF)
SP Brett Anderson (Oak - SP)
SP Clay Buchholz (Bos - SP)
SP J.A. Happ (Phi - SP,RP)
RP Matt Capps (Pit - RP)
RP Leo Núñez (Fla - RP)
P Mike González (Atl - RP)
P Michael Wuertz (Oak - RP)
P Dan Meyer (Fla - SP,RP)
P Hong-Chih Kuo (LAD - SP,RP)
BN Josh Beckett (Bos - SP)
BN Cole Hamels (Phi - SP)
BN Carlos Zambrano (ChC - SP)
BN Jon Lester (Bos - SP)

prospects:
Kyle Drabek, RHP, PHI
William Rowell, 3B, BAL
Eric Campbell, 2B/3B, ATL
Angel Villalona, 3B, SF
Scott Elbert, LHP, LAD
Buster Posey, C, SF
Carlos Santana, C, Cle
Kyle Blanks, 1B, SD
Matt Dominguez, 3B, FLA

[fast dogs]

I think your other choices are just as good as DeLaRosa you might as well keep the free prospect, SP seems to be a strength already

[raiders_umpire]

I think I would hold onto Brett Anderson. You don't really need the outfield help that Pence would provide, and Anderson showed some good promise in the 2nd half.

[ensanimal]

Since you keep so many, I would hold on to Anderson, who could turn into a top SP in a few years.

If you make the deal I might keep Alderson as a free keeper. I am not super high on him, but you don;t have much on the farm for arms.

[leal72]

thanks guys

[MadDog36]

Maybe its just me but I like the Pence and Alderson side of the deal. Especially giving you a quality arm for your farm system.

[Johnny Tuttle]

I think this deal hinges on whether or not you consider RF an immediate and hard-to-fill need. I tend to be unafraid to scare up a starter from the wire in our league here and there, and you do have in Rios a flier worth considering as a keeper at least potentially.

I like Anderson. I don't know that you could do better for him than this, but you are definitely moving downwards in terms of upside here. Pence is more solid than spectacular, and either pitcher might not be a whole lot.

For me, it's Alderson over De La. De La could certainly break out, but he costs you a shot at keeping someone else, and that's not crickets with me.

This is a reasonable deal, and it certainly would position you better for 2010. It won't for later years.

I've got a thread about the Mauer deal we're discussing: viewtopic.php?t=397873