Trades that make you say Hmmmm ..

[SacTown]

Ok , I have a trade tendered from another team .. seemingly it is horrid .. but for the fact that I'd like another quality SP . I'm frustrated with Burrell .. I have made no bones about it .. with the season half done I think it's time to cut the ties that bind and send him packin . He has been horrid . I'm one to believe that in order to take the top spot in ANYTHING .. you have to gamble a bit . SO here it is ..

He sends :
Jose Hernandez SS- Col
Woody Williams SP - StL

I send :
Aaron Boone 3B SS 2B - Cin
Pat Burrell LF - Phil

I love Aaron Boone .. he has been fairly solid in my line-up . Jose is NO Aaron Boone ... I realize that .. but Woody Williams is a good pitcher . For grins ... here is his roster .. maybe I can work a better trade ?



C Posada, Jorge (C-NYY)
1B Giambi, Jason (1B, DH-NYY)
2B Vidro, Jose (2B-Mon)
3B Chavez, Eric (3B-Oak)
SS Hernandez, Jose (SS-Col)
OF Walker, Larry (RF-Col)
OF Wells, Vernon (CF-Tor)
OF Cruz, Jose (LF, RF, CF-SF)
Util Gonzalez, Luis (LF-Ari)
Bench Matsui, Hideki (LF, CF-NYY)
Bench Hunter, Torii (CF-Min)
Pitchers

SP Williams, Woody (SP-StL)
SP Penny, Brad (SP-Fla)
RP Jimenez, Jose (RP-Col)
RP Looper, Braden (RP-Fla)
P Carter, Lance (RP-TB)
P Pettitte, Andy (SP-NYY)
P Perez, Odalis (SP-LA)
Bench Rueter, Kirk (SP-SF)
Bench Zambrano, Carlos (RP, SP-ChC)
Bench Padilla, Vicente (SP-Phi)
DL Hernandez, RunelvysDL (SP-KC)

This is our current standings in my league

1 bad boys ii 58-32-10 .630 -
2 OC Woodchuck 58-39-3 .595 3.5
3 SacTown Maulers 56-38-6 .590 4
4 Crazy Eights 53-42-5 .555 7.5
5 Portland Expos?2003 48-45-7 .515 11.5
6 Steinbecks Nine 49-46-5 .515 11.5
7 SLIDERS 45-46-9 .495 13.5
8 POSTAL SNAILS 43-50-7 .465 16.5
9 Spatulas 45-52-3 .465 16.5
10 Hs All Stars 38-56-6 .410 22
11 Mad Dog Mayhem 35-57-8 .390 24
12 Home Stealers 34-59-7 .375 25.5


Any ideas .. help ... abuse ? :D

Thanks in advance

-SacTown

EDIT :

I guess it would help to have my team roster too eh ? :D

BTW I was thinking maybe trading Loaiza Esteban while his stock is soaring for a good SS replacement .. what do you think ?


C Molina, Bengie (C-Ana)
1B Conine, Jeff (1B-Bal)
2B Soriano, Alfonso (2B-NYY)
3B Blalock, Hank (3B-Tex)
SS Boone, Aaron (3B, SS, 2B-Cin)
OF Jones, Andruw (CF-Atl)
OF Patterson, Corey (CF-ChC)
OF Payton, Jay (CF, LF-Col)
Util Dunn, Adam (LF, 1B, RF-Cin)
Bench Suzuki, Ichiro (RF-Sea)
Bench Pierre, Juan (CF-Fla)
Bench Burrell, Pat (LF-Phi)
Pitchers

SP Harang, Aaron (SP-Oak)
SP Prior, Mark (SP-ChC)
RP Benitez, Armando (RP-NYM)
RP Dotel, Octavio (RP-Hou)
P Kim, Byung-Hyun (RP, SP-Bos)
P Lawrence, Brian (SP-SD)
P Loaiza, Esteban (SP-CWS)
Bench Peavy, Jake (SP-SD)
Bench Zito, Barry (SP-Oak)

[Fullabull]

Pull the trigger
The Rockies think they have found the flaw in Jose's swing. Look for better numbers in the second half.
That guy can ill afford to lose W.Williams.

[KingFish]

I'm with Fulla on this one. I usually do not support trading Offense to get pitching and there is value for value here but it appears you can address your issue of a need for a quality starting pitcher.

I really feel Burrel will eventually come around but I suspect more to the tune of Burnitz part two instead of the next Bonds.

[SacTown]

I pulled the trigger on the trade .. I just hope the other managers don't veto it . I have another question for ya now . Miguel Batista just hit the waiver wire , is he a good addition for me ? Who would I drop if so ?

Thanks in advance

-SacTown

[elfudge35]

I'm not sure I like that trade a lot, but now that you made it, I would try to trade loaiza

batista is a good pickup, don't know if he's available in your league but my favorite free agent is ryan franklin right now, I also like kelvim escobar as a starter, Jae seo is pitching great for the mets, jason jennings has turned things around and should pitch great the rest of the way

I would like any of those guys over aaron harang