Get a load of my blockbuster Yahoo trade

cjedmonton · Apr 2, 2014

So, for smiles and grins, I thought I'd go for broke and offer up a crazy blockbuster trade.

For some odd reason, it was accepted, and none of the other owners vetoed it. Thoughts?

I gave up:

Miguel Cabrera
Giancarlo Stanton
Zack Greinke
J.J. Hardy
Nate Jones

I received:

Jose Fernandez
Hanley Ramirez
Josh Donaldson
Christian Yelich
Joe Nathan

Anyone else involved in this type of deal?

brewerfan99 · Apr 2, 2014

Man U got taken. Sorry

cjedmonton · Apr 2, 2014

I think so too, unless Miggy or Giancarlo go down. However, if you look at ADP/2014 projections, it's not as far off as you might think. When the league is free, you can go for broke. It's basically a 5 for 4 trade since Nate Jones is irrelevant at this point.

swish54_99 · Apr 2, 2014

You gave up way to much.

gmsieb · Apr 2, 2014

rather have miggy and greinke

CatdaddysCards · Apr 2, 2014

I'm with the rest. I'd rather have Miggy. I'm on the side if the fence that doesn't see yelich developing power or speed though

HPC · Apr 3, 2014

Why would you do this trade?

You got hosed

cjedmonton · Apr 3, 2014

I just wanted to shake things up, that's all. This is a free league, so there's nothing at stake.

I still think as a group, the difference won't be as much as you think. I'll post periodic updates in my 1,000th Post Contest thread to see how this trade actually panned out.

petMonster · Apr 3, 2014

cjedmonton said:
I think so too, unless Miggy or Giancarlo go down. However, if you look at ADP/2014 projections, it's not as far off as you might think. When the league is free, you can go for broke. It's basically a 5 for 4 trade since Nate Jones is irrelevant at this point.

I think it depends. In keeper league, not a terrible deal. You never know which prospects are going to come around or not, but Fernandez looks great, so I guess it depends if Yelich will come around.

In one year league, you'll really need Donaldson to put up AT or BETTER THAN last years numbers, and you'll need a full healthy and productive season from Hanley for this deal to be worth it. And like you said, Jones is not really a factor, and I personally think Stanton is overrated as a fantasy commodity based on his position, so its really not too bad a deal for a free league.

As with most deals, a good deal should be determined based on your team needs. Depends on scoring, positional needs, keeper vs 1 year league, etc. You never know how the season will play out until it does, but until it does, there's still a chance you can come out on top in this one.

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swish54_99 · Apr 3, 2014

Shake things up? It's one day into the season lol.

JoshHamilton · Apr 3, 2014

Congrats, you're the player everyone else hates

Musial Collector · Apr 3, 2014

JoshHamilton said:
Congrats, you're the player everyone else hates

In a money league I would agree with you, but in a free league (as Chris stated this is), doubt there is much of a care.

JoshHamilton · Apr 3, 2014

Musial Collector said:
In a money league I would agree with you, but in a free league (as Chris stated this is), doubt there is much of a care.

Money is irrelevant, the point of a league is to win. That's the reason people play fantasy baseball.

If some ******* pulled this garbage in one of my leagues he'd be kicked out immediately.

Bootstraps9 · Apr 3, 2014

I think you will get the better end of this deal actually. Stanton can't stay healthy. Fernandez > Greinke across the board (except maybe wins because of offense). Cabrera will not see as many decent pitches without Fielder IMO, and Donaldson is quietly a beast. Best third baseman in baseball last year i believe (in WAR). Hanley has injury issues too, but I think he is more of a safe bet than Stanton with the surrounding team to produce when healthy. Nathan should be solid, although first outing wasn't great. Don't know much about Yelich or Nate Jones. If Hanley stays healthy, I think you win big time, but if not I think Hardy will put the other guy over the top.

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Musial Collector · Apr 3, 2014

JoshHamilton said:
Money is irrelevant, the point of a league is to win. That's the reason people play fantasy baseball.

If some ******* pulled this garbage in one of my leagues he'd be kicked out immediately.

OK Will...........however, read the first post............."For some odd reason, it was accepted, and none of the other owners vetoed it. Thoughts?"

Again, highly doubt there is much of a care in this case.....or.....the others in the league saw the trade as not overly lopsided.
If one is going strickly off of name recognition, then yes, lopsided.
However if one is going off of potential for this season, then not so much.

sigma_chi · Apr 3, 2014

Ouch....I would love to open up my yahoo page to one of these offers!!

cjedmonton · Apr 3, 2014

JoshHamilton said:
Money is irrelevant, the point of a league is to win. That's the reason people play fantasy baseball.

If some ******* pulled this garbage in one of my leagues he'd be kicked out immediately.

Hmm, I'm not sure what would warrant expulsion from a league for this trade. I proposed, the owner accepted, the other 10 were ambivalent.

Just because I'm not infatuated with names doesn't mean I'm trying to tank my team. I actually think I have a very solid team, and should contend throughout the season.

Even if this were a money league, what would infuriate owners? Moving Cabrera/Stanton to get who could be the top ranked RHP and SS in the game?

This debate is the main reason why I created the 1,000th post contest. Can't wait to see how it pans out.

P.S. This is my 1,000th post, so that contest is closed.

HPC · Apr 3, 2014

cjedmonton said:
Even if this were a money league, what would infuriate owners? Moving Cabrera/Stanton to get who could be the top ranked RHP and SS in the game?

You traded the #1 or 2 hitter (depending on who you ask), Stanton; who can hit 35+ hr, a great SP in Greinke, a plus offensive shortstop in Hardy

for

Hanley who, while great, is a gigantic injury risk, a SP who has one season experience and is playing on a team where he wont get run support, Donaldson; who also is unproven and only has one year an unproven prospect in Yelich and an aging RP in Nathan

If you were in one of my leagues, I'd veto because I would believe there was collusion involved. That's how lopsided it is

cjedmonton · Apr 3, 2014

Interesting take, but there are a lot of "can", "depending", "unproven", "risk" qualifiers. This is being played out as if I dumped Cabrera/Stanton for Chris Carter and Starlin Castro!

Here are the pre-season overall rankings by Yahoo:

SS
JJ (135)
Hanley (11)

3B
Miggy (2)
Donaldson (81)

OF
Stanton (26)
Yelich (209)

SP
Greinke (49)
Fernandez (34)

RP
Jones (190)
Nathan (83)

Group A Average 80.4
Group B Average 83.6

Anyway, we'll just see how it goes.

HPC · Apr 3, 2014

You're putting way too much value into what ADP and O-rankings for these guys are.

But, it's your team so as long as you're happy, that's what counts

I think we all have made some questionable deals at one point.

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