Trade Pujols for Cespedes?

puntfreethrows  7/12/2013 1:33 PM

Would you deal away Pujols for Cespedes and Butler? I'd probably drop McLouth/Eaton. I have no room for Butler in my lineup so he'd be riding the bench (and hopefully used in a trade to upgrade at SP). Alternatively, I could offer Ortiz instead, since he's ranked 16th overall in Yahoo for the season, he might accept that.

The projections say YES - do it, I'm just curious on anyone else's thoughts.

10 Teams | 10 Hitters Per Team [6 Active = HR RBI SB R BA OPS] | 8 Pitchers Per Team [6 Active = W SV ERA WHIP SO QS]

Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	OPS	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV	OPSV
1	7	1.07	Fielder, Prince		DET	1B	69		246	41	74	51	41	44	0.299	14	0	0.945	1.41	2.19	-1.08	0.97	0.94	1.98
1	8	1.03	Stanton, Giancarlo		MIA	OF	67		245	43	68	44	33	78	0.278	19	3	0.952	2.75	1.18	-0.56	1.22	-0.48	2.09
2	17	0.49	Beltre, Adrian		TEX	3B	63		239	34	72	44	15	28	0.300	14	0	0.882	1.34	1.25	-1.09	-0.41	0.97	0.90
2	19	0.44	Gordon, Alex		KC	OF	68		282	42	87	33	28	60	0.308	8	4	0.859	-0.29	-0.18	-0.47	1.21	1.77	0.61
3	27	0.26	Pujols, Albert		LAA	1B	65		254	38	72	43	23	32	0.282	13	1	0.847	0.94	1.13	-0.98	0.32	-0.22	0.36
3	28	0.25	Rios, Alex		CHW	OF	69		274	34	79	42	13	41	0.287	10	10	0.808	0.34	1.01	0.70	-0.35	0.14	-0.35
3	29	0.25	Ortiz, David		BOS	1B	54		195	35	57	39	30	33	0.292	11	0	0.926	0.57	0.55	-1.10	-0.22	0.37	1.32
5	47	-0.07	Carpenter, Matt		STL	1B/2B/3B/OF	67		280	46	83	27	32	41	0.298	5	1	0.813	-1.09	-1.02	-0.93	1.89	0.99	-0.26
6	53	-0.17	Napoli, Mike		BOS	C	58		200	33	53	35	29	65	0.265	12	0	0.880	0.91	0.03	-1.06	-0.53	-1.11	0.73
8	76	-0.41	Gardner, Brett		NYY	OF	66		265	41	70	22	34	55	0.265	4	21	0.744	-1.43	-1.68	2.62	0.99	-1.47	-1.48
10	93	-0.60	Castro, Starlin		CHC	SS	70		282	34	79	30	16	44	0.282	5	9	0.740	-1.07	-0.66	0.46	-0.41	-0.25	-1.66
11	103	-0.70	Eaton, Adam		ARI	OF	59		245	37	69	19	26	41	0.280	3	12	0.751	-1.75	-2.08	1.03	0.19	-0.35	-1.25
12	114	-0.77	McLouth, Nate		BAL	OF	54		209	31	55	22	27	39	0.262	6	12	0.765	-1.00	-1.67	1.10	-0.86	-1.33	-0.87
12	115	-0.77	Rodriguez, Alex		NYY	3B	56		188	26	51	26	20	42	0.270	9	3	0.806	-0.18	-1.12	-0.51	-1.79	-0.79	-0.25
19	184	-1.30	Andrus, Elvis		TEX	SS	67		228	27	62	21	19	35	0.272	1	13	0.674	-2.45	-1.77	1.21	-1.61	-0.83	-2.36
Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	OPS	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV	OPSV
		-0.78	Avg Stats/Total Values				952		3,632	543	1,030	498	387	677	0.284	135	90	0.830	-0.99	-2.82	-0.66	0.61	-1.66	0.87
		2.24	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				648		2,444	373	706	380	263	457	0.289	108	33	0.856	4.43	4.37	-5.36	2.50	2.52	4.95

Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	QS	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV	QSV
1	3	1.13	Hernandez, Felix		SEA	SP	14		97.7	85	34	31	23	97	7	2.84	7	0	1.11	10	0.87	-0.59	2.19	2.02	1.30	0.99
1	10	0.56	Miller, Shelby		STL	SP/RP	14		88.2	78	34	31	27	89	7	3.18	7	0	1.20	9	0.99	-0.59	0.88	0.31	0.99	0.80
2	11	0.51	Sale, Chris		CHW	SP	14		92.5	84	37	34	24	92	9	3.30	6	0	1.17	9	0.50	-0.59	0.50	0.81	1.12	0.72
2	14	0.41	Fister, Doug		DET	SP	14		89.3	88	37	34	15	66	8	3.40	7	0	1.15	9	0.99	-0.59	0.18	1.11	0.01	0.74
3	24	0.12	Gonzalez, Gio		WAS	SP	14		86.5	77	35	33	35	84	6	3.39	6	0	1.28	9	0.81	-0.59	0.19	-1.21	0.76	0.74
4	35	0.01	Cain, Matt		SF	SP	14		93.4	88	41	38	30	85	9	3.63	6	0	1.26	9	0.68	-0.59	-0.61	-0.88	0.82	0.65
5	44	-0.22	Uehara, Koji		BOS	RP	27		26.7	22	8	8	4	34	3	2.64	2	12	1.00	0	-1.53	1.23	0.80	1.13	-1.29	-1.63
6	58	-0.33	Janssen, Casey		TOR	RP	27		27.3	24	10	9	6	27	2	2.92	2	16	1.10	0	-1.59	1.72	0.53	0.61	-1.58	-1.63
8	73	-0.44	Henderson, Jim		MIL	RP	26		26.3	21	9	8	10	32	2	2.82	2	12	1.19	0	-1.55	1.21	0.61	0.12	-1.40	-1.63
9	86	-0.51	Street, Huston		SD	RP	25		25.0	23	10	9	6	26	3	3.40	2	14	1.15	0	-1.64	1.50	0.05	0.29	-1.64	-1.63
13	129	-0.68	Veras, Jose		HOU	RP	22		22.1	19	9	8	10	25	2	3.40	1	13	1.30	0	-1.73	1.25	0.04	-0.37	-1.66	-1.63
24	239	-0.99	Halladay, Roy		PHI	SP	7		40.7	41	21	19	14	34	5	4.25	2	0	1.34	4	-1.18	-0.59	-1.19	-1.02	-1.30	-0.69
Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	QS	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV	QSV
		-0.44	Avg Stats/Total Values				218		715.8	650	285	262	203	690	65	3.29	49	68	1.19	59	-4.38	2.78	4.15	2.92	-3.88	-4.23
		-0.54	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				157		461.8	415	185	170	141	462	43	3.31	32	55	1.21	36	-3.52	3.34	2.38	0.69	-2.48	-3.63

mbuser   7/12/2013 4:19 PM

Cespedes was (over)due for a downward adjustment of his projections and, for as bad as he's been, Pujols hasn't been that bad. I don't see the need to make that move, Ortiz has been crushing it since the beginning of last season (.322/.414/.619 in 164 games).