Evaluate - help

[roadster]

I did not participate on the live draft so I had work to do to make my team better. This is a keeper league where you can keep active players to a max of 1800 points and minor leaguers have to be minor leaguers (less than 90 I pitched and 130 ABs). Active players with 3 years or less after qualifying are except from the 1800 points max. There are 14 teams. I am currently tied for first but I have made soooo many trades and used the free agent market excessively that my team does not resemble the team from week#1.

 

I need some evaluation help for this year and the future - need more trades to shore up areas or made too much trade that weakened the present and/or the future. I like the team make-up but need some outside opinions.

 

Week #1 team

 

Active Batters

Rodriguez, Ivan C DET

Thome, Jim 1B CHW

Kent, Jeff 2B LA

Youkilis, Kevin 3B BOS

Tejada, Miguel SS BAL

Ramirez, Manny LF BOS

Griffey, Ken CF CIN

Giles, Brian RF SD

Ibanez, Raul U SEA

 

Active Pitchers

Byrd, Paul SP CLE

Cabrera, Daniel SP BAL

Garland, Jon SP CHW

Hernandez, Livan SP WAS

Lackey, John SP ANA

Burgos, Ambiorix RP KC

Cordero, Francisco RP TEX

Wickman, Bob RP CLE

 

Reserve Batters

Clark, Brady CF MIL

Encarnacion, Juan RF STL

Ordonez, Magglio RF DET

Reserve Pitchers

Seo, Jae SP TB

Foulke, Keith RP BOS

Shields, Scot RP ANA

 

Minors Batters

Buck, John C KC

Walker, Neil C PIT

Shealy, Ryan 1B COL

Rios, Alex RF TOR

 

Minors Pitchers

Carmona, Fausto SP CLE

Gorzelanny, Tom S. SP PIT

Lerew, Anthony SP ATL

McGowan, Dustin SP TOR

Volquez, Edinson SP TEX

Cabrera, Fernando RP CLE

 

 

Week 13 team

 

Active Batters

Rodriguez, Ivan C DET

Morneau, Justin 1B MIN

Phillips, Brandon 2B CIN

Mora, Melvin 3B BAL

Tejada, Miguel SS BAL

Ibanez, Raul LF SEA

Baldelli, Rocco CF TB

Hermida, Jeremy RF FLA

Hawpe, Brad RF COL

 

Active Pitchers

Jennings, Jason SP COL

Johnson, Josh SP FLA

Meche, Gil SP SEA

Padilla, Vicente SP TEX

Patterson, John SP WAS

Julio, Jorge RP ARI

Shields, Scot RP ANA

Street, Huston RP OAK

 

Reserve Batters

Atkins, Garrett 3B COL

 

Reserve Pitchers

Lilly, Ted SP TOR

Olsen, Scott SP FLA

Sabathia, C.C. SP CLE

Young, Chris R. SP SD

 

Injured Pitchers

Bannister, Brian SP NYM

Harden, Rich SP OAK

 

Minors Batters

Napoli, Mike C ANA

Guzman, Joel SS LA

Upton, B.J. SS TB

Wood, Brandon SS ANA

Milledge, Lastings OF NYM

Young, Delmon RF TB

 

Minors Pitchers

Nippert, Dustin SP ARI

Petit, Yusmeiro SP FLA

Sanchez, Anibal SP FLA

Sanchez, Humberto SP DET

 

 

Here are the trades made:

 

1. Gary Sheffield for Magglio Ordonez and Scot Shields

 

2. Bob Wickman for Khalil Greene (Greene waived)

 

3. Brian Giles for Jeremy Hermida and Brandon Wood

 

4. Jim Thome for Delmon Young, Gio Gonzalez, and Chris Young

 

5. Jon Garland, Magglio Ordonez, and Kevin Youkilis for Kelly Shoppach, CC Sabathia, Yusmeiro Petit, and Melvin Mora (Shoppach waived; this is the one I regretted the most)

 

6. Manny Ramirez and Jose Velarde for Huston Street, BJ Upton, and Rich Harden (hopefully Harden comes back strong because this would be lopsided if he doesn't)

 

7. John Lackey, Russell Martin, and Alex Rios for John Patterson, Garrett Atkins, and Justin Morneau (this might be tough to swallow because Rios and Martin will be good)

 

8. Livian Hernandez and Akinori Otsuka for Brad Hawpe (hopefully Hawpe does not flame out next year)

 

9. Chien-Ming Wang for Rocco Baldelli (this one could be regretted because Wang will be good for awhile and Baldelli is injury prone)

 

10. Ken Griffey and Gio Gonzalez for Lastings Millege and Joel Guzman

 

 

Fire away!!!!

[BigbadB]

Go for it this year. Trade some of your minor leaguers for better pitching.

 

With such a shortage of exempt players on your roster, a Brandon Wood and Delmon Young package to a bottom feeder team might net a couple of good starting pitchers to win your league.

 

Next year, your roster will be depleted because of the low cap and scarcity of exempt players. You will also get a poor draft slot.

 

I say go for the gusto and win your league this year. Then rebuild.

[roadster]

Go for it this year. Trade some of your minor leaguers for better pitching.

 

With such a shortage of exempt players on your roster, a Brandon Wood and Delmon Young package to a bottom feeder team might net a couple of good starting pitchers to win your league.

 

Next year, your roster will be depleted because of the low cap and scarcity of exempt players. You will also get a poor draft slot.

 

I say go for the gusto and win your league this year. Then rebuild.

 

Thanks for responding BBB. I was thinking of trying to find a #1 SP (since I clearly do not have one) for the prospects. I just have to find the trading partner.