12 Team Keeper (4-8 Keepers) - Rotisserie - 6x6 (OPS and Losses as extra cats)
C- Miguel Montero
1B- Miguel Cabrera
2B- Kelly Johnson
3B- Aramis Ramirez
SS- Troy Tulowitzki
OF- Jay Bruce
OF- Andre Ethier
OF- Drew Stubbs
Utl- Shane Victorino
Utl- Coco Crisp
B- Emilio Bonifacio
B- Mark Trumbo
B- Carlos Lee
B- Domonic Brown
SP- CC Sabathia
SP- Zack Greinke
RP- Huston Street
RP- John Axford
P- Sergio Santos
P- Mark Melancon
P- Jordan Zimmermann
P- Madison Bumgarner
B- Anibal Sanchez
B- Ricky Nolasco
B- Hiroki Kuroda
A pitching heavy team offered me the following deal:
I give: Ethier OR Stubbs
I get: Gio Gonzalez OR Matt Cain, and a closer: Papelbon/Feliz/Nunez/Farnsworth/Walden
My team is doing great across the board in offense (10-12 pts in everything but SB which is a 6) and is struggling in ERA (7) and WHIP (5). I'm ok in Wins (8.5) and Losses (8), great in Ks (12 by alot) and good in Saves (10).
I like the idea of trading Ethier for Gio Gonzalez and Papelbon/Feliz but I feel that I'd need to trade a pitcher for some offensive help if I did that. I've been shopping guys like Zimmermann around but nobody seems to be biting (offering for guys like BJ Upton, Chris Young, package deals for Sandoval, Pence, Kinsler, etc.)
My question is, should I do this deal even if I can't trade one of my other SPs for good offensive help?
(Sorry for the novel, but WHIR if I can. Any advice is appreciated.)