Trade deadline today

unbigote  8/17/2014 4:05 PM

Is it worth making a run at Kershaw in a keeper league? His owner is out of the playoff picture and Kershaw was taken in round 1 so it is possible he will not be kept (I'd only be using him for this year). I'm not sure I need him after trading for Hamels.

I could pose the trade as helping the other owner restock with some combo of Brantely (rd 12), Baez (rd 21), Taveras (rd 22), Keuchel (rd 22), Duffy (rd 22).

Any thoughts?

12 Teams | 12 Hitters Per Team [5 Active = HR RBI SB R BA] | 7 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
1	3	1.40	McCutchen, Andrew		PIT	OF	36		135	22	42	23	19	27	0.312	6	5	1.20	1.79	0.78	1.44	1.80
1	6	1.27	Altuve, Jose		HOU	2B	35		145	19	49	19	7	13	0.335	1	13	-1.66	0.66	3.38	0.70	3.25
1	7	1.20	Brantley, Michael		CLE	OF	37		144	21	46	24	11	13	0.320	4	4	0.08	2.02	0.45	1.10	2.34
1	8	1.12	Martinez, Victor		DET	1B	36		133	20	43	26	13	12	0.320	6	0	0.78	2.52	-0.78	0.91	2.17
2	15	0.79	Encarnacion, Edwin		TOR	1B/3B	33		119	20	33	23	17	18	0.278	8	1	1.87	1.74	-0.52	0.88	-0.01
2	23	0.53	Rendon, Anthony		WAS	2B/3B	38		152	21	42	19	13	25	0.279	5	4	0.44	0.59	0.35	1.21	0.04
3	30	0.44	Freeman, Freddie		ATL	1B	37		140	20	40	21	18	32	0.290	5	0	0.30	1.12	-0.89	1.01	0.67
4	46	0.19	Heyward, Jason		ATL	OF	36		145	22	39	13	18	24	0.271	5	4	0.26	-0.81	0.43	1.49	-0.41
6	62	-0.03	Baez, Javier		CHC	SS	32		131	18	33	16	7	42	0.248	7	3	1.35	-0.20	0.04	0.17	-1.53
6	70	-0.10	Castro, Starlin		CHC	SS	37		139	15	38	19	9	27	0.277	4	2	0.10	0.61	-0.43	-0.73	-0.07
6	72	-0.12	Santana, Daniel		MIN	2B/SS/OF	35		149	17	43	13	7	32	0.288	2	6	-1.27	-0.97	0.97	0.09	0.60
9	102	-0.36	Harper, Bryce		WAS	OF	37		128	17	33	15	15	33	0.258	4	2	-0.17	-0.36	-0.17	-0.11	-0.99
13	154	-0.84	Taveras, Oscar		STL	OF	36		123	12	32	14	7	21	0.263	3	1	-0.59	-0.61	-0.68	-1.61	-0.71
14	159	-0.89	Martin, Russell		PIT	C	29		99	12	26	12	14	23	0.260	3	1	-0.59	-1.14	-0.58	-1.46	-0.69
Round	Rank	Value	Name	Injury	Team	Pos	g	News	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	BA	HR	SB	HRV	RBIV	SBV	RV	BAV
		4.59	Avg Stats/Total Values				495		1,882	255	539	258	176	341	0.287	63	47	2.09	6.96	2.34	5.09	6.45
		3.18	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				459		1,748	233	497	235	157	314	0.285	56	42	0.89	5.17	1.56	3.66	4.65

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
1	1	1.73	Hernandez, Felix		SEA	SP	8		56.4	40	15	13	12	60	3	2.15	4	0	0.92	1.55	-0.67	2.97	2.84	1.98
1	6	0.87	Kluber, Corey		CLE	SP	7		52.9	45	16	15	11	55	4	2.55	3	0	1.06	1.03	-0.67	1.53	0.91	1.57
1	12	0.49	Doolittle, Sean		OAK	RP	17		17.2	11	4	4	2	22	2	2.05	1	10	0.74	-1.31	2.00	1.01	1.57	-0.82
2	13	0.41	Greinke, Zack		LAD	SP	7		44.5	41	15	14	10	46	4	2.74	3	0	1.13	0.90	-0.67	0.79	0.09	0.92
2	18	0.36	Hamels, Cole		PHI	SP	7		49.5	40	17	16	14	50	4	2.92	3	0	1.10	0.57	-0.67	0.33	0.40	1.18
3	25	0.13	Robertson, David		NYY	RP	16		16.0	12	4	4	5	23	1	2.12	1	8	1.04	-1.37	1.60	0.88	0.35	-0.80
3	26	0.12	Melancon, Mark		PIT	RP	17		16.8	14	4	4	2	16	1	2.11	1	8	0.97	-1.22	1.53	0.92	0.63	-1.28
5	51	-0.17	Allen, Cody		CLE	RP	16		15.0	11	5	4	5	19	1	2.64	1	6	1.12	-1.22	1.01	0.35	0.08	-1.06
7	76	-0.41	Keuchel, Dallas		HOU	SP/RP	7		49.0	50	19	17	14	37	3	3.19	3	0	1.29	0.46	-0.67	-0.45	-1.64	0.26
9	107	-0.57	Smyly, Drew		TB	RP	7		36.9	37	16	15	10	33	4	3.59	2	0	1.27	0.16	-0.67	-1.21	-1.09	-0.04
11	121	-0.63	Duffy, Danny		KC	SP	6		37.1	29	17	16	15	30	3	3.76	2	0	1.19	-0.15	-0.67	-1.62	-0.41	-0.28
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
		2.34	Avg Stats/Total Values				116		391.4	330	132	122	100	391	29	2.80	25	32	1.10	-0.62	1.45	5.50	3.73	1.63
		3.54	Avg Stats/Total Values (active)				89		223.8	173	66	61	52	245	15	2.44	14	32	1.01	-1.98	4.12	7.99	6.78	0.77

ken_admin  8/17/2014 4:09 PM

What's your current situation? Is this a Roto or H2H league, and how does your team currently stand?

unbigote  8/17/2014 4:28 PM

Sorry forgot the pertinent facts. 12 team h2h, 5x5 scoring, 6 keepers max.

I'm up to first place after three 9-1 weeks (assuming this weeks results stay the same); looked like I was out of the money until this recent run. The league pays out for regular season record and playoff champ. 

I think I have a good choice of keepers: McCutchen (1), Encarnacion (rd 8), Brantley (rd 12), Kluber (rd 13), Freeman (rd 13),  Harper (rd 14), Taveras (rd 20), Baez (rd 21), Rendon (rd 22), Doolittle (rd 22)

ken_admin  8/17/2014 4:47 PM

With your ten possible keepers, you could offer Harper, Taveras, and/or Baez and still have the six you'd like to keep (and not hurt your playoff run too much). Would the other owner keep any of these for next year? Is he in need of more keepers? If I were him, I'd likely keep Kershaw as a #1.

unbigote  8/17/2014 4:59 PM

The other owner is in a pretty bad way, aside from Kershaw he has Desmond (rd 14), Sal Perez (rd 15) and Carpenter(rd 20). The rest of his squad could probably be redrafted in later rounds next year.

Do you think Kershaw is worth moving for at this point? I realize he is amazing, but will he cost more than he is worth (to my team). I was thinking of Harper, Taveras and Baez as cornerstones of my future team (I realize none are worthy of that status yet). I've also invested 3 seasons into Harper.

Do you think two of the above is enough to get it done?

ken_admin  8/17/2014 5:18 PM

If you want to keep Harper, Taveras, and Baez, which of the other players would you not keep? In other words, who are you planning to keep?

unbigote  8/17/2014 5:31 PM

I'd part with two of them, preferably not Harper. I don't know that I'll keep Brantley or Kluber as I think we might be seeing their peak seasons (or at least outlier seasons). The problem is they are going to be very helpful for the remainder of the year. So I suppose I'm being no help in you helping me. What would you do if you were me, disregarding my particular keeper preferences (as I probably value prospects more than a should in a non-dynasty scenario)?

ken_admin  8/17/2014 5:40 PM

I'd have a hard time not keeping Brantley and Kluber since they've produced first round value this season. I'd offer Taveras/Rendon or Baez/Rendon and see what happens. If he says no, I'd be content with the current team which looks pretty impressive.

unbigote  8/17/2014 5:55 PM

thanks!