Deal Utley in this Blockbuster? WHIR

[sigriffey]

Utley is in his last year of keeper -- so I should deal him soon if I do while his value is still high.

Do this deal to round out my team a bit?

I give: Utley, Bartlett and Lilly
I get: Jeter, Franklin Gutierrez and Lester

It is likely I could then spin Cain or Lester for a Phillips or somebody...
I can keep Jeter thru 2012 ... do I ask for Torii Hunter instead of Gutierrez?

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)

9 x 9 categories (R, 1B, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, SB, BB, AVG -- IP, CG, W, L, ER, ERA, K, SV, WHIP)

MY TEAM (pending completion of a recent deal):

C Brian McCann*
1B Albert Pujols*
2B Chase Utley*
3B Alex Rodriguez*
SS Jason Bartlett
OF Carl Crawford
OF Grady Sizemore
OF Andre Ethier
UT Carlos Lee
UT Alberto Callaspo
UT James Loney
BN Julio Borbon
BN David Ortiz

SP Roy Halladay*
SP CC Sabathia*
SP Zach Greinke
SP Ubaldo Jimenez
SP Matt Cain
SP Ted Lilly
SP Mike Leake

RP Joakim Soria
RP Brian Fuentes
RP Matt Thornton

[Tom Emanski AllStars]

forgive my bias:

you're really just turning Utley into Lester in my humble opinion. Jeter is getting old, how much longer can he keep this up? another 2 years, idk? franklin gutierrez is young and up-and-coming, but is he there yet? Bartlett is still hitting & running. Lilly is isn't in the same conversation with others, he's just bad.

i think I hold out and wait for a little better offer than this. Utley, even with expiring contract should land you a 5-6 round player. Lester is a little outside that, though if he pitches like he has in his last 4 starts maybe i'll be wrong.

i like bartlett over jeter for the future
i like lester over lilly
i like utley for this year over gutierrez for the future

stay put for now, but don't stop looking for options to sell expiring contracts


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