Choo for Kipnis? WHIR

[mrbohjangles]

Give: Shin-Soo Choo
Get: Jason Kipnis

Should I do this trade? I feel like 2nd base is my weakest position.

C Brian McCann
1B Joey Votto
2B Omar Infante
3B Longoria
SS Asdrubal Cabrera
OF Hunter Pence
OF Cespedes
OF Michael Bourn
Util Justin Morneau
BN Shin-Soo Choo
BN Zack Cozart
BN Paul Goldshmidt
BN Jemile Weeks
DL Carl Crawford
DL Ryan Howard

SP Matt Cain
SP Brandon Beachy
SP Josh Johnson
SP Kyle Lohse
SP Chad Billingsley
SP Mark Buerhle
RP Sean Marshall
RP Hector Santiago
DL Cliff Lee
DL Sergio Santos

[Element]

I'm not a big Choo guy, but you're selling him short here. I would not do this. Why not dangle Cespedes out there and see what you could get?

[dominicfaiola]

I'm not a big Choo guy, but you're selling him short here. I would not do this. Why not dangle Cespedes out there and see what you could get?

Like this, Cespedes will probably be able to get you this if you're lucky.

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[silverZ]

I'm not a big Choo guy, but you're selling him short here. I would not do this. Why not dangle Cespedes out there and see what you could get?

Agreed.

[Brainstorm]

I wouldn't do this, like the poster above, you're selling short.

I wouldn't be that uncomfortable with Weeks who you have on your bench.

[mrbohjangles]

To be quite honest, I'm much higher on Cespedes than I am Choo. I think at worst Cespedes is a 20-20 guy, whereas Choo is 20-20 at best, and that is assuming he doesn't end up hurt again. My question is, why isn't anyone else projecting these kind of numbers from Cespedes? I understand he might do this with a .250 avg, but if he gets me between 25-30 dingers with 18-23 steals, I'm stoked. Plus, I think that would be more valuable than Choo with a .275/18/15 line.

[silverZ]

I think you'll be lucky to get a .250 average out of Cespedes. He's already striking out a lot. Once the league adjusts to him it's going to get pretty ugly with the whiffs. A .275 average out of Choo is his floor.

[mrbohjangles]

I just realized that the dude with Kipnis has Brandon Phillips on his bench. Choo for Phillips? Should I throw that at him?

[silverZ]

That I would do.

[diewitsjames]

if jose altuve is available in your league you should pick him up for a solid 2B option