Potential trades... would you make them?

[Clem Fandango]

This is sort of a long post because I'm at a crossroads... I'm in a league that drafted a month and a half ago. I was one of three people in the draft and had the 2nd pick. At the time, my team was stacked, filled with great players and great pitchers. Well, a lot of those players have cooled off, and my team is a little subpar, but the league is a little weird too and some people who have top notch players are in the bottom rankings, so. Anyways, enough of that...

 

Categories are: R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBP for offense and W, SV, K, ERA, and WHIP for pitching

 

Offense:

 

Brian McCann

Jorge Cantu

Dan Uggla

Kevin Youkilis

Hanley Ramirez

JD Drew

Pat Burrell

Mark DeRosa

Jason Bay

Joey Votto

Ryan Ludwick

Jim Edmonds

Joe Crede

 

My pitchers are:

 

Edinson Volquez

Brandon Webb

Joe Saunders

Mariano Rivera

Kerry Wood

BJ Ryan

Randy Johnson

Shaun Marcum (DL)

Sean Gallagher

Jorge Campillo.

 

One guy needs pitching and everyone on his team is tradable except A-Rod. I'm last in stolen bases (a whopping 6 total SB so far into the league's season).

 

Would you guys trade Edinson Volquez, who appears to be coming down to earth and not striking out as many people ands giving up more runs, for Grady Sizemore? My short answer is yes, because obviously Sizemore is fantastic and has shown consistency in his career, and Volquez hasn't been great as of late, and I'm selling high. That trade alone seems kind of obvious, but that's part 1.

 

It would weaken my pitching rotation, but I'm thinking of going for the gusto. The guy who has Ian Kinsler has no good 3B. He's got Branyan and Gordon. I've got Crede, Youkilis, DeRosa, and Cantu who can play there. He leads the league in K's for pitchers, but is bottom tier in everything else. He's got 1 closer, but 5 relievers. Would you trade him Brandon Webb, a 3B, and BJ Ryan for Kinsler? Or a modified version of that? If I could get Kinsler and Sizemore, my offense would arguably be the best in the league, but my pitching would take a couple big hits. My pitching has actually been subpar thus far in the year, too. I'm last in the league in ERA and WHIP, and bottom tier in everything else except saves.

 

The Volquez for Sizemore deal is a no brainer, and even the Kinsler is a no brainer, as separate trades. But would you do both and go for the offensive gusto at the cost of sucking out some potency from your rotation? Or a better question, if you had Sizemore or Kinsler, would you make those deals? The guy who has Kinsler also has Utley and Hamilton as offensive forces and the guy who has sizemore also has A-Rod, Howard, and Dunn as offensive forces.

[BigbadB]

Any time you are dealing away Brandon Webb, it is not a "no-brainer".

 

I wouldn't give up the pitching. As weak as your pitching is, I wouldn't trade either Volquez or Webb. You have Uggla at 2b and you have plenty of OFers, but very little quality pitching. I think you should just sacrifice the SB's and hope you can win the other categories.