Albert Pujols Value

[eaglesfan]

Ok, this is my first season doing a Keeper league so I'm trying to determine the value of Pujols. He cost me $42 at draft time and in my league it costs an additional $7 to keep him. So at $49 I probably won't be keeping him for next season.

A.) Is that the right move.

B.) If I do move him what type of value should I ask for in return.

My team is terrible at the moment and have no shot at the playoffs so I'm looking to next season.

[eaglesfan]

12 Team Keeper League - Rotisserie League

Budget is $260...it's gonna cost $50 to keep Pujols.

Roster Positions: C, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CI, MI, OF, OF, OF, OF, OF, Util, P, P, P, P, P, P, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, DL, DL, DL

Batters Stat Categories: Runs (R), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), On-base + Slugging Percentage (OPS)

Pitchers Stat Categories: Wins (W), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP)

C Russell Martin
C Yadier Molina
1B Lance Berkman
2B Brandon Phillips
3B Ryan Zimmerman
SS Troy Tulowitzki
CI Jose Lopez
MI Stephen Drew
OF Andre Ethier
OF Andrew McCutchen
OF Marlon Byrd
OF Brennan Boesch
Util Albert Pujols
BN Alcides Escobar
BN Kevin Kouzmanoff
BN Michael Taylor
BN Dominic Brown
BN Angel Pagan
DL Brian Roberts

P Félix Hernández
P Tommy Hanson
P Tim Hudson
P David Aardsma
P Neftali Feliz
P Phil Hughes
P Tyler Clippard
P Kevin Correia
P Ricky Romero
BN RA Dickey

[Goatrider]

What's up?
I'm in a $260 auction keeper league. General rule is you can afford two 40 dollar players. We paid the most in the entire auction for HanRam at 46, Fielder went for 45, Pujols was a keeper at 42, and there was 1 or 2 other players between 42 and 45. So following that logic, if you kept Pujols at 49 your second best player could only cost 31. Not a good way to field a balanced team. I'd trade pujols for 2 of the cheapest studs I could find. Or throw in another non-keeper and look for three young guys. Come back next year and overpay at 46 for Pujols and save three dollars while picking up three legit keepers. If the other guy keeps him, screw it. He'll have the above problems and not you plus first base is stacked. Best of luck man.

[fast dogs]

its all about value; and in this case its $ value. $7 is a pretty steep increase, so you'll need to find a couple players who've really shot up in value. The most fair way is advertising on the message board & see what comes in. Someone like a N Feliz or C Gonzalez maybe. Perhaps someone who was just a $1 player that will now go for $15 in next years auction

[RotoChamp]

There is no value there. If you REALLY want Pujols that badly, you can draft him for $45 next year. You need guys that produce quality stats compared to the price spent on them. Protecting Pujols at $49 would be a terrible idea.

You don't want to protect your best players. You want to keep the guys that are worth more next year than it costs to keep them. If you keep your best players, you go into the draft with not enough money to get the guys to fill in the other slots.

[eaglesfan]

Thanks for all the input guys.

[eaglesfan]

How about Pujols for Cahill and Cargo?

[diesek]

Yeah, thats not a bad trade

[Jenken]

How about Pujols for Cahill and Cargo?

Id do that for sure

[eaglesfan]

Ok so I have the following offers on the table:

Pujols for Cahill($7) and Cargo($23)

Pujols for Santana($26) or Reyes($27)

() amount is what it costs to keep.

WHIR