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[dickay]

BIG TRADE in Sports Mogul Dynasty today. What are your thoughts?

Team Dicekay sends:

Jake Peavy
Carlos Beltran
Trevor Cahill

to

Red Solo Cup for:

Dustin Pedroia
Tim Lincecom
Ryan Howard
Carl Crawford

Dynasty keeper league, Cup is in first and dicekay is in last. Personally I don't expect Peavy to pitch like an ace all year though he's a nice starter, and Beltran is great but I'd have considered Pedroia straight up for those two. If his thumb does hamper him the rest of this season, i'm more than happy to have him healthy next year. I'll roll the dice with Lincecom's talents and Howard and Crawford are nice throw-ins who could revert to solid fantasy performers later this year or next year.

[HoustonGM]

Love it for whoever got the Pedroia/Lincecum/Howard/Crawford package, esp. for a keeper league.

[dickay]

Love it for whoever got the Pedroia/Lincecum/Howard/Crawford package, esp. for a keeper league.

biggest sell high / buy low i've ever completed. Lince, Howard, Crawford, Pedey...have likely never been so low value wise. Peavy / Beltran haven't been so high in years.

[asianinvasion]

Hey you finally found a taker for Peavy and Beltran. Congrats.

[MichelleWie]

I love this trade. I think it's great for both of us
I'll break down my reasoning when i get home from work. Nice trading with you.

[dickay]

With Hellickson & Ellsbury, the addition of Howard & Crawford gives me four guys on the DL in a league with only two DL slots and a small bench. I also have Trevor Bauer whom I don't want to drop being a dynasty league though may soon have to unless I wnat to truly throw in the towel on this season which is not the way I operate.

[MichelleWie]

My team responded to the trade by going 0-18. *%$#*-&%$@!!!

[MichelleWie]

biggest sell high / buy low i've ever completed. Lince, Howard, Crawford, Pedey...have likely never been so low value wise. Peavy / Beltran haven't been so high in years.

This is the reason i love this trade so much. My team is in first place & i just traded 4 guys who have contributed NOTHING to my team this year. In return I recieved the 8th best player overall in fantasy & the 8th best pitcher. There is almost no risk involved in me making this trade. If Peavy & Beltran get hurt tomorrow ( which is possible considering their histories)I'm no worse off, at least for this season. I'm a win now guy, i'm not a build for the future guy. Even so trading those 4 guys doesn't even hurt me long term as I have plenty of other good players. Pedroia has been terrible this year(17th ranked 2B) I believe he is hurt bad and should go on the DL. This league thought so highly of Ryan Howard that he wasn't even owned. I got him out of the FA. A 30+ year old player coming off a major injury who is a big ? But will for sure kill you in one category(k). Carl Crawford was terrible last year and who knows when he's coming back and if his elbow will hold up. Lincy is a mess & this is a 9 team league so unless he returns to being a top end starter his value is minimal. I have no regrets and love this deal. Like I said I traded 4 players who gave me no contributions this year and got back two of the top players in fantasy so far this year.

[etothep]

Drop Daniel Hudson? 10 team H2H & I have plenty of other SPs, could use a RP though

[MichelleWie]

Drop Daniel Hudson? 10 team H2H & I have plenty of other SPs, could use a RP though

Yes. Hudson as been terrible.

[dickay]

This is the reason i love this trade so much. My team is in first place & i just traded 4 guys who have contributed NOTHING to my team this year. In return I recieved the 8th best player overall in fantasy & the 8th best pitcher. There is almost no risk involved in me making this trade. If Peavy & Beltran get hurt tomorrow ( which is possible considering their histories)I'm no worse off, at least for this season. I'm a win now guy, i'm not a build for the future guy. Even so trading those 4 guys doesn't even hurt me long term as I have plenty of other good players. Pedroia has been terrible this year(17th ranked 2B) I believe he is hurt bad and should go on the DL. This league thought so highly of Ryan Howard that he wasn't even owned. I got him out of the FA. A 30+ year old player coming off a major injury who is a big ? But will for sure kill you in one category(k). Carl Crawford was terrible last year and who knows when he's coming back and if his elbow will hold up. Lincy is a mess & this is a 9 team league so unless he returns to being a top end starter his value is minimal. I have no regrets and love this deal. Like I said I traded 4 players who gave me no contributions this year and got back two of the top players in fantasy so far this year.

fair points...

[rockiesfan4ever]

So I offered Pujols for Hamilton (Id get Hamilton) a month ago and it was declined. Since then:

Pujols: .324/.392/.692 with 8 HRs and 25 RBI
Hamilton: .239/.307/.500 with 4 HRs and 17 RBI

I think Im glad I kept him

[asianinvasion]

Jose Altuve for Josh Reddick and Brett Myers. Thoughts?
Dynasty Keeper League

[Alloutwar]

without diving deeply into stats, I value Reddick more than Altuve...maybe I'm just not aware of Altuve's pedigree.

Myers is an end-of-career closer that will be traded and become a setup man by the deadline...so his value is near nil to me.

So all in all, unless the person trading Reddick has tons of OF depth and badly needs a young 2B, this looks like a bad move (for him).

[asianinvasion]

Getting Altuve lets me move Seager to SS where he would be a lot more valuable. And I was able to pick up Belt from FA to take Reddick's spot in LF. I've been trying to move Myers for a while so he didn't really matter to me. And if Belt or some other FA don't work out, I can always move one of my RF for a LF.