Sabathia or Teixeira

[baegames]

More value? AL Only League?

Thinking of offering a trade where I give up Sabathia for Teixeira plus, and am wondering who people value more.

Edit: Neither one of them has any keeper value based on the league rules.

[djfoss73]

depending on the league, they're pretty close in value but id be very surprised if you can get teixeira and someone else for sabathia--for what its worth, espn has teixeira at 14 and sabathia at 33 in their second half rankings. if you can pull it off i wouldn't hesitate though, sabathia's good but to me is not one of the better top tier pitchers and id be pretty happy to get tex and another player for him.

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[Jeremiahfira]

Sabathia for Teixeira straight up would be a great deal if you were giving up Sabathia. Top tier hitting is almost always > top tier pitching.

[StrongBad]

As a Yankees fan, I do plenty of watching.

I love Sabathia, being the workhorse he is. Saying that, Sabathia has seen a consistent decline in MPH, K/9. Since pitchers on average tend to peak sooner than hitters, Sabathia will notice a steady decline in K's. He might continue to put up big W's, and a good enough ERA. But the trends are against him for upcoming years.

Teixeira is a nutcase, but a brilliant talent. He continues to hit into the shift, even though he clearly has the potential of driving the ball the other way. He is only 30 and has several years left of BIG power numbers. He has always shown the ability to float around .300 BA, and has a high OPS/OBP potential. As he ages, and starts DH'ing more, he should continue production and will float around the .300 mark because he is a switch hitter and is a Great pure hitter from the right side.

Keep Tex