Trade for Lincecum? WHIR

[yolksfolks]

8 team H2H, not keeper league.

When Kemp comes back from the DL after the break, I will have an excess of productive hitters. I will have to bench two of the following guys on any given night, which I really don't want to do:

Edwin Encarnacion
Pablo Sandoval
Jay Bruce
Adam Jones
Mike Trout
Austin Jackson

I was thinking keep one extra guy in case of injury, and then an opponent of mine is offering me Lincecum for basically any hitter. Is it worth taking a gamble on him? I'm in first by a couple of games and will almost definitely make the playoffs. Pitching staff is Cain, Felix, Kennedy, Latos, Dickey, Peavy, Vogelsong, Garza.

Can't decide whether to offer Bruce or Jackson.

[Pancake Panda]

Dont offer jackson. He is in the top 10 in average and scoring a lot. With Miggy and Fielder behind him he will continue to. Also he will help you as detroit are contenders. If I were you, I think I would offer encarnacion.

[yolksfolks]

Dont offer jackson. He is in the top 10 in average and scoring a lot. With Miggy and Fielder behind him he will continue to. Also he will help you as detroit are contenders. If I were you, I think I would offer encarnacion.

Thanks. I should have mentioned that runs scored isn't a category in my league (offense is HR RBI SB AVG OPS). Jackson's really only getting me those last two categories with occasional steals, while Encarnacion is contributing significantly in 4/5 with some steals thrown in.

[Pancake Panda]

Oh okay. Well jackson loses some of his value in that case, but in my opinion he is worth keeping. One hitter for Lincecum I would pull the trigger on though

[emenewe5]

I, on the other hand, am not a big Jackson guy. I am in the "sell high" opinion.

I'd take a shot on Austin for a pitcher, in a heartbeat. However, I don't know if Linc is the right arm to target. I am seriously concerned about him.

Move Austin for the best available arm "on the block" and move on happily.

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