Just made a fantasy trade...

[Cubzfan64]

Curious to see what other folks think of it....

 

gave: Vlad Guerrero, Chone Figgins, Papelbon

got: Sheffield, Brian Roberts, M Rivera

 

I have an outfield now of Sheffield, Ordonez, Ramirez with Matsui available

 

My infield is Cuddyear, Roberts, Rollins, Casey Blake and Maur at C.

 

I already have Isringhousen, Saito and Marmol (with Reyes on the DL) for closers and am happy with my Starters right now.

 

I think the trade is one of those that should help both of our teams.

 

Personally I feel that the Yankees are going to make a run at it and Rivera has been pitching much better of late. Papelbon has been outstanding, but they treat him with kid gloves and he doesn't even get every S opportunity - plus, I'm not so sure Boston's offense will hold up in the 2nd half unless they get their crap together.

 

The only thing I was hesitant about in the deal is having 2 Tiger OF's in my starting lineup - in the rare instances where Detroit goes into a slump I could be in trouble, but I do have Matsui I could put in now and then.

 

Just curious what you all thought.

[YearofDaCubs]

I think you should have stayed put. Figgins is better than Roberts IMO, Papelbon over Rivera and although Sheff has been hot as of late when is his age going to catch up with him? Vlad is more consistent. I believe you downgraded your team.

[B]

I think you should have stayed put. Figgins is better than Roberts IMO, Papelbon over Rivera and although Sheff has been hot as of late when is his age going to catch up with him? Vlad is more consistent. I believe you downgraded your team.

 

I agree.

[Cubzfan64]

I'm gambling on some hunches that I hope pay off I guess.

 

We'll have to see how it goes - I understand your points and they were things I thought about, but my gut told me to go with this.

 

There's no $ in my league - it's just a group of 8 friends playing, so the worst that can happen is I lose bragging rights :)

 

Thanks for the input