Good trade?

[Butterscup1679666578]

I'm shipping off Brad Lidge, Mark Mulder, and Adam Dunn for Michael Young, Freddy Garcia, and Carlos Delgado.

 

Delgado will play first for me. Young takes over at SS for Carlos Guillen, who will remain on my bench. My other closers are Dave Weathers, Keith Foulke, and Flash Gordon. Here is my team after the deal goes through.

 

C Ramon Hernandez

1B Carlos Delgado

2B Brian Roberts

SS Michael Young

3B Aramis Ramirez

OF Manny Ramirez

OF Pat Burrell

OF Brian Giles

Util Raul Ibanez

Bench Craig Monroe

Bench Carlos Guillen

Bench Preston Wilson

 

SPs: Chris Carpenter, Mark Prior, Chris Capuano, Jeff Weaver, Josh Towers

RPs: Tom Gordon, Dave Weathers, Keith Foulke

 

 

I really like my team after this trade. I improve greatly at BA with Delgado, while not losing much in the HR department. I acquire one of the top SS's in the game, and if Guillen is healthy and returns to 04 form, I have another bat I can ship off or put at Utility if I need to. I'm losing one of the top closers and a solid starter, but saves aren't all that important to me, and if Foulke returns to old form and Gordon is solid, I should be fine. I feel my 5 starters are still solid enough to keep me up there in points in this roto league. What's everyone think and does anyone have any suggestions?

[rawaction]

Good deal. Got possibly the #1 SS in fantasy baseball, and anytime you can get the best player at his position, without giving up the same, you should do it. Upgraded at starter, and downgraded at 1B. Very good trade.

[DCNashville]

Good deal. Got possibly the #1 SS in fantasy baseball, and anytime you can get the best player at his position, without giving up the same, you should do it. Upgraded at starter, and downgraded at 1B. Very good trade.

 

I'm not sure I agree with all of your analysis. No doubt that Young is a stud and if we're talking about an exchange of Lidge for Young, its a no brainer. However, I'm definitely not convinced that Delgado is a downgrade from Young nor Garcia an upgrade from Mulder. Delgado put up better RBIs, BA, OBP and hits last season, and will probably close the gap in runs scored. I agree that Dunn is a very good young player, but Delgado is a better fantasy option. He also has a much better set of players in front of him this season than Dunn. Mulder and Garcia are a wash in my eyes...Mulder gives you a better era and more wins, Garcia offers a better whip and more k's.

 

All in all, I'd still agree that its a good deal because Young is so much better than Lidge. However, I think Dunn and Mulder arguably = Delgado and Garcia.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Yeah I agree with your assessment on Dunn/Mulder = Delgado/Garcia for the most part, but since Delgado has a much better BA and there is no OBP stat in this league, I figured it would be a solid upgrade.