Cano/BJ Upton for Longoria/Brandon Phillips? WHIR

[ToughCall310]

TRADE: Robinson Cano (NYY) and B.J. Upton (TAM)

RECEIVE: Evan Longoria (TAM) and Brandon Phillips (CIN)


This is a tough trade, but I'm wondering what everyone thinks

MY TEAM:
C Victor Martinez
1B Ryan Howard
2B Robinson Cano
3B Aramis Ramirez
SS Hanley Ramirez
OF Bobby Abreu
OF B.J. Upton
OF Andre Ethier
U Adam Dunn
BN Nick Markakis
BN Carlos Beltran
BN Ichiro Suzuki
BN Adam Lind
BN Ben Zobrist
BN Jorge Posada

HIS TEAM:
C Geovanny Soto
1B Justin Morneau
2B Brandon Phillips
3B Michael Young
SS Elvis Andrus
OF Matt Holliday
OF Hunter Pence
OF Ryan Braun
U Evan Longoria
BN Carlos Lee
BN Kelly Johnson
BN Luke Scott
BN Matt Kemp
BN Miguel Montero

[ToughCall310]

How has nobody given their opinion yet? lol

[ToughCall310]

I'm leaning towards no, but Longoria is a GREAT hitter and Phillips is a decent backup to Cano if I lose him.

Any ideas?

[ToughCall310]

Any help??

[avsfan4ever33]

I think it's pretty even, honestly. I'd lean towards making the deal since I feel the difference between Longo and A-Ram is greater than the difference between Cano and Phillips. You've got good options to slide into the OF to replace Upton as well.

[The Artful Dodger]

I'd make the trade. I'd say Longoria is the best player in the deal and Phillips is not too terrible of a downgrade from Cano to slide in at 2B.

[ToughCall310]

That is some good advice, I think I may do the trade.