My Hamels for his Santana?

[sox 06]

Should I trade Coles Hamels for Johan Santana?

Yahoo! 10 Team H2H League
R, HR, RBI, SB, BB, AVG, W, SV, K, HLD, ERA, WHIP

C Mike Napoli
1B Miguel Cabrera
2B Chase Utley
3B Ryan Zimmerman
SS Yunel Escobar
OF Carl Crawford, Raúl Ibañez, Hunter Pence
UTIL Jason Kubel
BN Johnny Damon, Álex Ríos

SP Cole Hamels, Chad Billingsley
RP Jonathan Papelbon, Andrew Bailey
P Joakim Soria, Frank Francisco, Jeremy Affeldt
BN A.J. Burnett, Matt Cain

[raiders_umpire]

Yes, definitely get Santana.

[pre1322]

Higher reward with Santana IMO. Go for it.

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[SonsofSlam04]

Without blinking ...YES

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[mkultra]

I wouldn't do the trade. At the end of the year it's likely be a wash, but consider:

- Hamels was very unlucky last year. His skills aren't in question. Santana, however, is looking like he's on the wrong side of that curve.

- Better defense and run support in Philly.

- Santana is going to be expected to carry his team much more than Hamels. With Halladay pitching ahead of him, Hamels will be under less pressure.

[Kimbos Beard]

Take this deal right now. Santana has the greater upside without a question. Santana is the Ace your team needs.

[AquaMan2342]

I'd probably take Santana in that situation too.

[sox 06]

Accepted. Thanks for the help guys

[The Artful Dodger]

Not that excited about the deal myself and in fact, I believe Hamels will outperform Johan based on their current value. I still like Johan by a smidge, but the upside bit over Hamels is exaggerated.

[thejusman1]

I wouldn't do the trade. At the end of the year it's likely be a wash, but consider:

- Hamels was very unlucky last year. His skills aren't in question. Santana, however, is looking like he's on the wrong side of that curve.

- Better defense and run support in Philly.

- Santana is going to be expected to carry his team much more than Hamels. With Halladay pitching ahead of him, Hamels will be under less pressure.

At first glance, I thought "no-brainer" Johan too, but I'm kind of agreeing with this analysis too. I think in terms of upside, Hamels definitely has more of it this year... in getting Johan, what you're just hoping for is that he can simply revert back to ace self and hold value. I would not be at all surprised if Johan finishes the season worse than Hamels, and I too think this will most likely be a wash.