Do I trade Liriano and Jaime Garcia for Andrew McCutchen? all are keeper eligible thru 2012.
12 Team H2H League with 6 keepers (a * means the 3-year keeper contract expires after this year -- most of the studs expire in our league after this season)
C Brian McCann* 1B Albert Pujols* 2B Chase Utley* 3B Alex Rodriguez* SS Jason Bartlett OF Carl Crawford OF Grady Sizemore OF Magglio Ordonez UT Alberto Callaspo UT Jason Kubel UT James Loney BN Julio Borbon
SP Roy Halladay* SP CC Sabathia* SP Zach Greinke SP Ubaldo Jimenez SP Francisco Liriano SP Ted Lilly SP Jaime Garcia
RP Joakim Soria RP Brian Fuentes RP Joel Zumaya RP Carlos Zambrano
The trade at face value is pretty even. Liriano and Garcia have been pitching very well, but will come back to earth. McCutchen has been running early and often. I think it would depend on what pitching you could snag from the wire, but I would probably do it.
I would do this. I honestly don't know what to think about Liriano as he has been up and down for way to long. Garcia looks pretty solid but he is a rookie and the odds of him keeping this going is unlikely. McCutchen is really good and should only continue to get better.
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I think I like trade. McCutchen looks like a stud, he would probably make your 6-keeper cut. (Crawford, Sizemore, McCutchen, Greinke, Ubaldo, and maybe Soria). Not a bad keeper set.