Keeper Trade Question (Tex for Kemp?)

[XTSilver]

I'm in a standard 5x5 H2H keeper league. We keep 4 and have a rookie team.

I kept Utley, Tex, Wright, and Rollins last year and am leaning towards keeping them all again this year. The only other guy I'm considering is Zimmerman.

However, I have Billy Butler on my rookie team and have to call him up this year (not as a keeper just as a last round draft pick) or else I lose him.

I'm thinking about trading Tex for Matt Kemp and just having Butler as my starting 1b.

Would this improve my team?

[kidsilk]

Keep Teix here. Kemp is great but Teix is a first rounder and Kemp is a second round pick most likely. I would stay put if I were you.

please help

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[HOOTIE]

I like Kemp. Plus you can't lose Butler. I also le Zimm over Rollins.

[Diamond Miners]

I like the idea of flipping one of your 1Bs, but I wonder what you would get for Butler. I'd probably shop him before agreeing to the trade for Kemp. I like Kemp in a 5x5 H2H league. 20-25 HRs with 30-35 SBs. Hard to argue with that, even if its 35HR, 100R, and 120RBI. 20HR/30SB from your SS slot is pretty ideal as well, even if it means passing on 30HR, 100R, 100RBI from 3B.

Thanks for the help on mine!

[ensanimal]

I like Zimm ahead of Rollins.

I also like Tex more than Kemp, but if you were to keep Zimm you would have 2 1B (with Butler) and 2 3B, so if you don't have any extra Util or CI spots you could be in a bind. If you have no extra spots, I could see myself doing the deal for Kemp.

[Johnny Tuttle]

I definitely like Kemp over Tex. I would do so in a redraft next spring, and the age suggests that's a long term shift. If CF is separated out from generic OF slots, this treads into "no brainer" status.

With Kemp, you'd have a worthy keeper in a format this shallow, favoring having elite, for sure.

For me, I roll those dice on Rollins. I would want to feel out something like Zimm/Rollins for Hanley first, but I'm a huge proponent of shoring up SS before UTIL. As good as Zimm's production is, at UTIL, it doesn't look terrible irreplaceable. Dropping from Rollins to a redrafted SS could be devastating, however.

[XTSilver]

Thanks guys for the help.

We do have a Util spot and we also start LF, CF, RF.

I didn't want to keep Zimm for the very reason Johnny Tuttle said. It seems much easier to replace Zimm's numbers at Util than Rollins at SS.

I suppose I could look at shopping a different 2 for 1 keeper deal. I doubt I'd pull off Rollins/Zimm for Hanley though.

Any other thoughts?

[Johnny Tuttle]

In CF league, please go get your Kemp now. We'll wait.

.....

Seriously, go get him. I offered Fowler/LaPorta/Bum for him and got declined in a CF dynasty.

[XTSilver]

Before I got the chance to formally offer the trade for Kemp I got an email from another owner in my league with Braun as a definite keeper and then a bunch of marginal keepers (Berkman, Jeter, Morales, Hamilton, Zobrist.) He said he would be willing to part with Braun for Tex and 2 of Wright, Zimm, and Haren (who I didnt mention I also have).

Since I wasn't going to keep Zimm or Haren anyways, I figure Braun for Tex/Zimm/Haren works for me. Figure Braun is a better keeper than Kemp right?

[Johnny Tuttle]

Tex/Zimm/Haren for Braun is a definite winner, but I would still take Kemp over Braun. CF has a lot of nice talent, but you'd have the best.