Trade pitching for batting upgrade? - WHIR

[oxhammer]

An owner wants pitching and has some hitters that he's willing to part with. What offers should I make, if any? Berkman, Figgins, and Reyes have underperformed, but the season is still young. What if I offered Berkman/Figgins/Reyes/Peavy for Sandoval/Wright/Vázquez? I could pick up Aviles as a FA.


Twelve Team, Standard 5x5 H2H, No Keepers

My team:
C - Joe Mauer
1B - Lance Berkman
2B - Dustin Pedroia
3B - Chone Figgins
SS - José Reyes
OF - Justin Upton
OF - Carlos González
OF - Álex Ríos
DH - Andruw Jones
BN - Brad Hawpe - OF, Álex González - SS, Nick Swisher - 1B/OF

SP - Adam Wainwright, Matt Cain, Jake Peavy, Rich Harden, Tim Hudson, Justin Duchscherer
RP - Jonathan Papelbon, Francisco Rodríguez, Ryan Franklin
DL - Huston Street

His team:
C - Russell Martin
1B - Pablo Sandoval
2B - Ian Stewart
3B - Evan Longoria
SS - Marco Scutaro
OF - Jayson Werth
OF - Vernon Wells
OF - Josh Hamilton
DH - David Wright
BN - Adam Lind - OF, Kelly Johnson - 2B
DL - Rafael Furcal - SS

SP - Cliff Lee, Brad Penny, Scott Baker, Ryan Dempster, Hiroki Kuroda, Javier Vázquez, Mark Buehrle
RP - Leo Núñez, Andrew Bailey, Ryan Franklin

[NikeTxGuy]

To me, this would not be enough...

Here's the breakdown (in the way that I see it):

Jake Peavy > Javier Vasquez: Sure Peavy has only had two great starts in a row, but I really think he's gonna really be their ACE, like he was in SD.

Then we have this:

David Wright + Kung Fu Panda for Chone Figgins + Jose Reyes + Lance Berkman.

If this was like 5 years ago, I would say, sure, it would be a fair deal, but if you were on the receiving end and needed pitching help (had the other guys' team) would you consider doing this offer?

To me, Figgins has reached the end of the road, I don't see any late surge coming from him... Berkman is like 34 years old, and has REALLY underperformed... especially since he's on a struggling Astros team, that doesn't know the definition of a winning franchise (see Figgins, Chone - in terms of talent, or lack of in this case)

Jose Reyes? It's a nice start but I would start with Jose Reyes + Jake Peavy + maybe someone like Carlos Gonzalez and Maybe Andruw Jones, and maybe throw in Josh Hamilton from his side. (remember, to get talent back, you have to give talent).

So then it would be:

Peavy + Reyes + CarGo + Jones for Wright + KungFu + Hamilton + Vasquez.

I'd start negotiations with that 4 for 4 and and see where things go from there... Good Luck!

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