Fantasy Baseball Trade Help

['Hamas' Jenkins]

I was just offered a 1-1 deal:

I trade Evan Longoria; I get Ryan Braun.

Twelve team league. We use a 7x7 format. Hitting categories are R, HR, RBI, SB, TB, AVG, and OBP

Here's the skinny for my roster

C: Carlos Santana
1B: Pujols
2B: Kendrick
SS: Castro
3B: Longoria
OF: Trout
OF: Holliday
OF: Lorenzo Cain
UTIL: Mark Reynolds

Bench hitters are:

OF Willingham
OF: Brett Gardner
2B: Rickie Weeks

I also have Profar stored away.

Would you make this deal? I can move Reynolds to third and plug Braun in as the 3rd OF, riding the hot hand of Willingham or Cain, or hoping for steals from Gardner.

The advanced metrics suggest that Longoria's BA is unsustainable, but he should be able to keep his power binge up, as his HR/FB percentage isn't aberrational. He's hitting the same % of LD, but he's hitting far more FBs than GBs than at any point in his career.

Braun's current BABIP is also unsustainable, but his SB #s are way down.

The other issue is health. Longoria rarely stays healthy for 162, and Braun has been a horse.

Longoria's position is far more valuable, and although Reynolds has been a top 20 player so far, there's no way he can sustain this clip, and I don't want four months of .200 BA and 150 Ks from a 3B.

Common sense says just pull the trigger given Braun's past, but if he's not stealing bases, he's putting up similar numbers to Longoria at a position of far less value.

What would you do?

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Bucholz is a mirage and Jesus Christ that is a loaded staff.

[East Side Rogelio]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Do it.

How many teams in your league?

12 team league.


I think I'm gonna do it. You guys seem to think it's a fair deal so I'll roll the dice. Welcome aboard D-Wright.

[East Side Rogelio]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Bucholz is a mirage and Jesus Christ that is a loaded staff.

Cool that's good to hear that his work is atypical to the rest of his career.

Yeah man it's crazy I love fantasy sports but had to be convinced to join this league as I'm not a baseball guy at all. I've probably seen as many baseball games a Matty Cassel saw the endzone last year.

I didn't know much but took chances on guys who had down years last year but potential. to bounce back. got Shelby Miller, CJ wilson, Berkman, Alex Rios, Carl Crawford all at a decent value in draft.

I'm now realizing my team is actually decent and for a money league I should keep up with it. I still have hard time gauging a players value so I'm afraid to drop or trade guys. But I had to make a move since my 3b is weak. Can't even name the guy off top of my head.

Appreciate the help guys. Back to Alex Smith career season talks.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Rolling right along ready to win my H2H matchup this week easily. Team shits the bed at the plate the last two days, including 4/34 today. Chapman blows a save and takes a loss.

I'm up 8-5. Only game left for either of us is SD-Wash. Padres are up eight going into the 8th inning. Only a home run affects remaining categories. Yonder Alonso, who hits a HR in 2.11% of his plate appearances, hits one out of Petco, flipping two categories.

I ****ing loathe fantasy sports.

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Go pick up Kevin Gausman.