Trade advice

[rawaction]

Would you trade Cole Hamels and Rafael Soriano for

Kendry Morales and Randy Wolf?

 

Head-to-head points league. Wolf would replace Hamels. Morales would replace Alfonso Soriano who is my Utility player right now. Rafael Soriano would be replaced by Jon Rauch who is my backup closer (also have Marmol).

 

CBS league projections has Hamels and Morales dead even in points and Soriano and Wolf are seperated by 4 points.

[MPrior]

My instinct says no, but it's close - it would depend on your league, and the rest of your team. But from what it sounds like, it doesn't seem like an efficient use of resources. I feel like you're giving up a lot to get not too much back. Essentially, Rafael Soriano is a sunk cost (him, Rauch, and Marmol is a lot better than just Rauch and Marmol, unless there's a reason you can't play all three), you take a decent step down from Hamels to Wolf, and all you're getting is the improvement from Alfonso Soriano to Morales (who I think is going to regress a bit this year, although he'll still be better than Soriano). Plus, you'll have Alfonso on your bench, not really doing anything.

[rawaction]

Only 2 RP spots. So, Rauch was on my bench. As for the dropoff from Hamels to Wolf, Wolf outscored Hamels by 60 last year in our league. I guess I'm not convinced that Hamels will bounce back completely and be an ace. He struggled in his last 3 spring outings and did the same vs. the Nationals.