Gallo for Sale - Keeper league trade

RyanH  7/14/2014 3:44 PM

Hi there

I was just offered Chris Sale for Joey Gallo and wanted to see what people thought of this trade offer.

I just joined a keeper league this year (5x5 format, with 14 keepers each year) so was starting from scratch and decided to build my team with a focus on youth/potential.

My team is below.

I'm trying to balance out Gallo's future as a cornerstone slugger vs what Sale offers right now...and also how fragile pitchers seem these days with TJ surgery!

Thanks for your advice

Ryan

12 Teams | 13 Hitters Per Team [5 Active = HR RBI SB R BA] | 9 Pitchers Per Team [5 Active = W SV ERA WHIP SO]

Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV
2	16	0.84	Frazier, Todd		CIN	3B	63		248	36	70	34	20	52	0.283	12	5	1.62	0.91	0.02	1.30	0.35
3	34	0.31	Seager, Kyle		SEA	3B	64		228	30	62	36	22	49	0.273	9	3	0.74	1.20	-0.34	0.16	-0.22
4	39	0.20	Moss, Brandon		OAK	1B/OF	55		195	29	52	32	22	53	0.267	12	1	1.62	0.59	-0.76	0.06	-0.51
4	47	0.12	Yelich, Christian		MIA	OF	60		234	36	63	22	31	57	0.271	6	10	-0.38	-0.82	0.90	1.24	-0.34
6	62	0.02	Walker, Neil		PIT	2B	62		224	27	61	34	20	34	0.272	9	1	0.62	0.85	-0.82	-0.27	-0.27
7	75	-0.04	Santana, Carlos		CLE	C/1B	63		213	33	53	30	39	49	0.250	10	2	0.86	0.30	-0.65	0.74	-1.43
8	85	-0.11	Ozuna, Marcell		MIA	OF	63		218	26	59	31	16	65	0.270	9	2	0.47	0.42	-0.62	-0.46	-0.37
8	93	-0.16	Belt, Brandon		SF	1B	59		199	25	56	29	21	50	0.280	7	3	-0.07	0.22	-0.47	-0.64	0.16
9	105	-0.31	Martin, Leonys		TEX	OF	62		221	21	58	25	15	49	0.264	4	14	-0.94	-0.36	1.77	-1.27	-0.74
13	147	-0.65	Jennings, Desmond		TB	OF	59		205	25	51	22	24	47	0.247	5	8	-0.60	-0.91	0.50	-0.70	-1.53
13	153	-0.68	Wong, Kolten		STL	2B	53		204	22	53	19	14	30	0.259	3	11	-1.24	-1.31	1.16	-1.12	-0.91
18	207	-1.16	Pollock, AJ		ARI	OF	35		125	15	35	14	10	23	0.279	3	4	-1.36	-2.05	-0.10	-2.35	0.07
19	225	-1.29	Betts, Mookie		BOS	SS	30		106	12	29	13	11	13	0.271	2	6	-1.53	-2.15	0.22	-2.83	-0.15
Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV
		-2.91	Avg Stats/Total Values				725		2,622	337	702	342	266	570	0.268	91	69	-0.20	-3.12	0.81	-6.16	-5.90
		-1.75	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				690		2,497	322	667	328	256	547	0.267	88	65	1.16	-1.06	0.91	-3.80	-5.97

Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV
4	38	0.00	Richards, Garrett		LAA	SP/RP	12		73.4	66	28	26	25	62	4	3.19	6	0	1.24	0.94	-0.60	0.15	-0.77	0.30
4	39	0.00	Betances, Dellin		NYY	RP	27		35.4	25	9	9	15	54	2	2.18	2	0	1.12	-1.03	-0.60	1.36	0.35	-0.11
4	43	-0.04	Wood, Alex		ATL	SP/RP	12		75.3	74	29	27	23	73	7	3.20	5	0	1.28	0.72	-0.60	0.13	-1.24	0.77
4	44	-0.06	Ross, Tyson		SD	SP/RP	11		66.7	56	26	24	25	64	5	3.24	5	0	1.20	0.18	-0.60	0.00	-0.25	0.39
6	63	-0.19	Ventura, Yordano		KC	SP	13		76.2	68	33	30	26	72	8	3.59	5	0	1.23	0.52	-0.60	-0.96	-0.66	0.73
8	89	-0.34	Hughes, Phil		MIN	SP	13		75.4	84	31	28	15	65	8	3.38	5	0	1.31	0.45	-0.60	-0.38	-1.58	0.39
9	98	-0.41	Wheeler, Zack		NYM	SP	13		78.1	70	33	30	34	73	6	3.50	5	0	1.33	0.44	-0.60	-0.71	-1.96	0.79
9	107	-0.45	Smyly, Drew		DET	RP	13		55.7	53	25	23	17	51	6	3.65	4	0	1.26	0.15	-0.60	-0.81	-0.77	-0.21
10	114	-0.48	Hahn, Jesse		SD	SP	10		54.1	53	22	20	18	50	5	3.30	4	0	1.32	-0.14	-0.60	-0.12	-1.28	-0.26
13	154	-0.65	Duffy, Danny		KC	SP	13		60.8	50	28	26	28	51	5	3.83	4	0	1.28	-0.09	-0.60	-1.29	-1.05	-0.24
Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	IP	H	RA	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	W	SV	WHIP	WV	SVV	ERAV	WHIPV	SOV
		-2.62	Avg Stats/Total Values				137		650.9	598	264	243	226	615	58	3.36	46	0	1.27	2.14	-5.98	-2.62	-9.22	2.55
		-1.83	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				112		519.9	461	208	192	194	499	43	3.32	36	0	1.26	1.54	-4.78	-1.43	-6.86	2.36

mbuser   7/14/2014 4:06 PM

H2H or roto? And am I reading it right that this team was handed off to you, and your first draft pick would have been a 15th-round pick?

Don't forget that Sale is only 25 years old himself, so he's a cornerstone SP for years to come. The fact that Gallo only has 100ish AB above Single-A means he's still no sure thing, and 2016 is also likely to be his first shot at season-long playing time at the major-league level even if he keeps mashing. This is also a standard league, and he doesn't (yet) project to hit for much of an average, although the power is a "given."

RyanH  7/14/2014 8:25 PM

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the quick post.

Its a H2H league.  The team wasn't handed off to me - my team was one of 2 new expansion teams this year.  My team and the other new team had an expansion draft (10 players each) before the regular draft.  

Good points about C.Sale - was just reading about his injury risk concerns but he's been durable so far in his career and it seems like the White Sox have a good track records with pitchers.

vastfan  7/15/2014 5:52 PM

People love Gallo for his 80 power but this sounds like a great sell high opportunity after winning MVP.  Sale has been a top pitcher for a couple years and even if he does succumb to injury, he's probably not dropping outside of the top 168 players on his bounce back year.  Unless the league doesn't have a DL slot or some other funny rules, this seems like a no brainer!

RyanH  7/16/2014 1:02 AM

Thanks Vastfan. Yeah I agree this is a great sell high opportunity 

just pulled the trigger on the trade