Someone offered me... Aramis Ramírez + Hunter Pence + Carlos Beltrán + Josh Beckett + Jair Jurrjens for my Votto. Obviously Votto is the best player of the bunch, but he's offering me so many pieces its hard to compare. What do you think?
C - Alex Avila (C) 1B - Joey Votto (1B) 2B - Dan Uggla (2B) 3B - Michael Young (1B/2B/3B) SS - Elvis Andrus (SS) OF - Alex Gordon (3B/OF) OF - Matt Holliday (OF) OF - Shin-Soo Choo (OF) Utility - Melky Cabrera (OF) Bench - Corey Hart (OF) Bench - Jhonny Peralta (3B/SS) Bench - Brett Lawrie (2B/3B) Bench - Cameron Maybin (OF)
SP - Cole Hamels (SP) SP - Johnny Cueto (SP) RP - Jonathan Papelbon (RP) (closer) RP - Jose Valverde (RP) (closer) P - Sergio Santos (RP) (closer) P - Joe Nathan (RP) (closer) P - Tim Stauffer (SP/RP) Bench - Mark Buehrle (SP) DL - Adam Wainwright (SP/DL)
stay put. you have a solid team there. you'd have to drop some valuable guys and keep in mind. I don't know what kind of insanity that kind of offer is but I want no part of it. If you had larger rosters and what not, perhaps...This just is craziness.
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I guess I'd dump Votto, Lawrie, Buehrle, Hart, and Peralta for Aramis Ramírez + Hunter Pence + Carlos Beltrán + Josh Beckett + Jair Jurrjens
Roster after trade:
C - Alex Avila (C) 1B - Michael Young (1B/2B/3B) 2B - Dan Uggla (2B) 3B - Aramis Ramírez (3B) SS - Elvis Andrus (SS) OF - Alex Gordon (3B/OF) OF - Matt Holliday (OF) OF - Melky Cabrera (OF) Utility - Hunter Pence (OF) Bench - Shin-Soo Choo (OF) Bench - Carlos Beltrán (OF) Bench - Cameron Maybin (OF)
SP - Cole Hamels (SP) SP - Josh Beckett (SP) RP - Jonathan Papelbon (RP) (closer) RP - Jose Valverde (RP) (closer) P - Sergio Santos (RP) (closer) P - Joe Nathan (RP) (closer) P - Johnny Cueto (SP) Bench - Jair Jurrjens (SP) Bench - Tim Stauffer (SP/RP) DL - Adam Wainwright (SP/DL)
I like the move if you need more SP depth. It's a tough choice though since the Red Sox have a pretty tough schedule down the stretch. I think Hunter Pence + Aramis + Beltran makes up for the loss of Votto though. Plus you get Jurrjens and Beckett.
Whoever is offering all them guys for Votto is clearly trying to upgrade his keepers. I don't think I would do it though considering your league only keeps 3 guys. Votto is a top 5 player and if it was my team, I wouldn't let him go for anything less then another consensus 1st round player.
right now would you keep Votto Holliday and Hamels? I hate keeping an arm with 4 or less keeps unless its an extreme situation or pitching heavy league.
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