What is james shields worth in a trade? Or gio gonzalez?

[Trooper]

I think shields regresses in the second half so I have been trying to deal him...I asked this on a different forum and they said A-Gon, but I know thats BS lol so what is a good trade to offer? I offered one-for-ones for teixeira and carlos gonzalez but got shot down, so i might have to go lower. how would you value shields?

Also, I don't want to kill my pitching though so I may shop gio instead...what is he worth?

Thanks!

[RedHopeful]

Guys like Shields/Gonzalez - who are having fantastic years after 1 or more ho-hum years usually sit lower in the pecking order than the stable year-in year-out guys. Naturally, you can always try for anyone and try to open a line of communication with a particular owner. If not, you might as well target similar guys who are having fantastic years like Asdrubal Cabrera.

[bginda2g]

I'm just going to throw some darts out there....

David Ortiz, Shane Victorino, Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Beltran, Adam Lind.

[dannahann]

I'm just going to throw some darts out there....

David Ortiz, Shane Victorino, Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Beltran, Adam Lind.

Looks to be a pretty good water line for a guy like Shields if dealing with an seasoned partner. You might get a better payout from someone less experienced as his current numbers are awesome. I think you were probably over-reaching shooting for Tex or CarGo but it never hurts to try.

Depending on your posistional needs here are some players I see as reasonable value for Shields:
(these I see as reasonable but I'd shoot higher first)
C - V-Mart Santana
1B - Lind Gaby Butler
2B - Zobrist Phillips Uggla
3B - Sandoval Aramis Gordon
SS - Castro Rollins Alexei
OF - Victorino CBYoung Werth Lind AdJones Ichiro Bourn
RP - Wilson Kimbrel Soria Paps

[rjforlife]

Guys like Shields/Gonzalez - who are having fantastic years after 1 or more ho-hum years usually sit lower in the pecking order than the stable year-in year-out guys. Naturally, you can always try for anyone and try to open a line of communication with a particular owner. If not, you might as well target similar guys who are having fantastic years like Asdrubal Cabrera.

Gio is only 25 and had a solid overall season last year and dominant second half. He was a top prospect when he came up and just had to get his bearings a bit. He will sustain his production and be a legit ace for years to come. When it comes to trade value, I would certainly say he should have more than Shields but he probably doesn't, making him the wrong guy to trade. I would shop Shields and shoot very high, people are believing in him and you need to capitalize NOW.

[MadDog36]

Shields is also a few years older. Trade him for any upgrade you can.

C-McCann, Vmart
1b-Konerko, Lind, Freeman, Trumbo, Howard in a stretch
2b-Uggla, Kinsler
3b-Aramis, maybe Longoria (buy low)
SS-Castro, A. Cabrera
OF-Lind, Cruz types

[Trooper]

Just traded em both-shields, gio, and hafner for haren, lind, and alex gordon. Think I did pretty well on that

[MadDog36]

haren, lind, and alex gordon
if you had hte pitching depth great move.