Who should I trade and who should I keep? WHIR

[hokiedoke]

Hi,

Thanks in advance - I've always looked but this is my first question.


Roster:

H2H - Keeper League - Keep 6 players (no more/no less, unlimited number of years)
12-team, 19 categories:
R, 1B, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, SB, BB, K, AVG
IP, W, L, CG, SV, K, HLD, ERA WHIP

C - Carlos Santana
1B - Matt LaPorta
2B - Martin Prado
3B - David Wright
SS - Starlin Castro
OF - Justin Upton
OF - Carlos Gonzalez
OF - Shin-Soo Choo
UTL - Delmon Young
BN - Jose Tabata
DL - Justin Morneau
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SP - Felix Hernandez
SP - Phil Hughes
SP - Brett Anderson
SP - Kris Medlen
SP - Jason Vargas
SP - Ted Lilly
SP - Jason Hammel
SP - Vicente Padilla
RP - Carlos Marmol
RP - Matt Lindstrom
RP - Octavio Dotel
RP - Joel Hanrahan


I'm one of the few teams in my league that value all around offense over offensive power/starting pitching. Currently in 3rd overall and for the past 3 years have finished in the top 3. Every draft, only OF, 2B and RP are readily available, as owners hold on strong to SP and position players. I always keep 4 offensive players and 2 SPs, but the usual for managers is 3 each.

Pitching is killing me this year! I'm trying to target a young, currently elite-type SP to help for this season and later seasons. Owners of Josh Johnson, David Price and Jon Lester are talking but all are asking for David Wright + starting OF, which IMO is too much to give up. Because I can only keep 6, I'll be losing some young offensive talent during the off-season so I figure I can try to solve my pitching problem now while I have the trade bait.

Questions?
1) Should I even trade? If so, looking at my line up, what combination of players do you think are on par with one of the 3 pitchers I mentioned above?

2) Looking ahead, with or without the trade, who would you target for 6 keepers next year. My top 6 right now are: Morneau, Wright, Upton, Gonzalez, Hernandez, and Anderson, but ask me tomorrow and they'll be different.

I appreciate you reading and helping!

[yoda87]

You're looking pretty good to me, maybe your pitching isn't as good as the rest, but for a 12 team league. But Wright + the young stud OF's you got would need to get a guy like Lester + someone else that's a decent SP, honestly you're looking to grow.

As for keepers, CarGo will be playing like a monster for years, Upton is young and is gonna get better, and Phil Hughes should be in your keeper lot, I put him over Anderson, maybe try and deal Phil Hughes for a Roy Oswalt kinda guy. If you're in 3rd now stay in contention and maybe deal one of your young guys you don't plan on keeping for a poorly performing team's old vet. Good Luck man

Little yes or no help on mine?
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[silverlionlb]

Wright/Morneau + Upton/CarGo/ gives you solid players and a really talented young OF. As the poster before me mentioned, you could really use another ace to compliment Hernandez as a keeper. Maybe you could do something like Shin-Soo Choo + Hughs for Tommy Hanson, or maybe Ricky Nolasco?

I probably wouldn't trade Wright straight up for one of those pitchers, let alone with another OF tacked on. Really, I keep coming back to Choo as your most enticing player to trade, try to see if you can get a SP upgrade for him. Not much else comes to mind, you seem pretty set overall.

I'm in a similar situation as you, contending team in a keeper league approaching the trade deadline. If you have the time, I would appreciate any help

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