Trade help (1 Viewer)

[midwest_kc]

So I got this e-mail from a guy in my league saying, "You have something I want, his name is Chone Figgins. Look at my team and see what you want."

Now, he's wanted Figgins since last year, and at the draft, a few rounds into it, offered the rest of his draft for him (I didn't take it, as I'd then have too many players, and we keep 15 guys a year, so by the 5th or 6th round of our 10 round draft, it's not like there's a bunch of studs out there). What would you guys offer up?

This is a 12 team H2H league. We use R, HR, RBI, SB, K, FPCT, AVG, OPS for hitters, and W, L, SV, HR, K, ERA, WHIP, K/BB for pitchers. My current roster:

Batters

Ramón Hernández

David Ortiz

B.J. Upton

Chone Figgins

Miguel Tejada

Magglio Ordóñez

Josh Hamilton

Nate McLouth

Jim Thome

Corey Hart

Michael Bourn

Carlos Delgado

Jeff Kepinger

Jason Bay

Dustin Pedroia

Akinori Iwamura

Pitching

Brett Myers

Jason Isringhausen

Billy Wagner

Kerry Wood

Heath Bell

Chris Young

Gil Meche

Kyle Lohse (I picked him up for Friday's start vs. SF, as I was going to come up short on innings)

Joe Saunders

Yovani Gallardo

His looks like:

Batters

Víctor Martínez

Adrián González

Brandon Phillips

Kevin Youkilis

Ryan Theriot

Bobby Abreu

Carlos Lee

Gary Sheffield

Ian Kinsler

Johnny Damon

Jimmy Rollins

Edwin Encarnación

Jacoby Ellsbury

Jason Varitek

Curtis Granderson

Pitching

Brian Bannister

Ian Kennedy

Jonathan Papelbon

Francisco Cordero

Manuel Corpas

Joe Borowski

Carlos Marmol

Fausto Carmona

Clay Buchholz

Tim Hudson

Andy Pettitte

John Lackey

Curt Schilling

I was thinking maybe Carmona and Martinez? I doubt he'd take it, but it's a start. I've traded a lot with this guy in the past, as well, and I know that we'll get something done. Currently my pitching sucks, as does my catcher, so this would help me, as well as get him the guy he wants.

As an FYI, I went through a cycle with some older players for a few years, and am going for a little bit of youth movement this year, so keep that in mind as well. I'm trying to build for the next several years, not just win right now. That being said, for a guy like Figgins, I'd like some solid contributors right now.

What do you think?

 

[thehornet]

so you want his best pitcher and the best catcher in baseball for a utility player? so do i. dude, you gotta cough up way more than that if you want those two.

 

[Tony Danza]

Yeah...what that guy said.

Martinez and Figgins should be the principals in the deal, but you're going to have to up the ante.

Go with "what a coincidence...you have a player I want in Vic Martinez. Figgins and what other player are going to make that deal happen?"

He'll reach for the sky, you'll tell him player x is more what you were thinking and you'll settle in the middle.