Finally, a trade in the F League, between Matthew and me:
RR dropped Pat Burrell, TB to W
RR traded Alex Rodriguez, NYY to SHER
RR traded B.J. Upton, TB to SHER
SHER traded Nick Swisher, NYY to RR
SHER traded Chipper Jones, Atl to RR
SHER traded Hunter Pence, Hou to RR
I traded for A-Rod for two reasons:
- Ours is a power league, and A-Rod can produce power numbers. (I'm not so sure about Upton, though.)
- I know Bryan wants him, and I might just be flipping him, so to speak.
Fantasy trading is almost like a high; now that I've made one, I want to make others. I'm still trying to get Pujols from Jackling, but I doubt it's happening.
King Albert had a monster game on Sunday to net Tony La Russa his 2,500 MLB victory. The Cards have probably averaged about 1.2 bases-loaded ABs per game over the past week or so, but it's only led to two grand slams, one from Pujols in that Sunday game and one from Ludwick on Friday. If Jackling would come up off of Pujols, I could have owned both. Mwahahaha. If only...
Last night's bases-loaded AB only led to two runs on a Pujols single, but the real story was Joel Pineiro's gem on the mound. He threw his second CG shutout of the season, giving up only two hits, one in the 9th. Pineiro had two hits and scored the first and only necessary run himself. That's a pretty useful game from him.
It turned out to be a bad day to be a New York baseball fan considering the Yanks got blanked, too. Chien-Ming Wang may be hopeless at this point (0-6, 11.20 ERA, .392 BAA). This was probably a leading reason that Matthew was so eager to make a trade, considering he drafted Wang and Dice-K (1-5, 8.23 ERA, .378 BAA).
I reviewed Prototype yesterday for the PCG, as it's occasionally known. I probably gave it the best review it's gotten, considering the average press review is 7.8, an equivalent of a C+, and I compared it to some of the most influential games of the past decade.
I think I'm going to trade in my Friday blog for a live NBA draft blog tomorrow night. I'll get to the recent trades then.
QotD:
Can there be a fair fantasy trade involving Albert Pujols?
My take: Yes, if I'm getting him. My latest offer was Jimmy Rollins, Jonathan Papelbon, and Roy Halladay for Pujols and Felix Hernandez. I don't think it matters now, but I would have taken C.C. Sabathia instead of King Felix, which might make it a little more equitable.
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Bryan just didn't want him enough I guess, either that or he really didn't want to part with Justin Morneau.
ReplyDeleteMy thinking for the trade was AROD has been up and down and then he was benched recently for "fatigue", so he wasn't making me that happy. I know Chipper is a downgrade offensively and probably health wise as well, but getting Pence and Swisher in my lineup to put up points is something I like. BJ was riding my bench so no loss there....I hate my team
QotD: There can be a fair trade if you look solely at the numbers, but it is real hard to give up the best player in the league for anything.
Is there a fair trade involving Pujols? Probably. But this definitely was NOT it:
ReplyDeleteour dear, but possibly insane, friend S. Yoo traded away Pujols, Markakis, and Bedard
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Adrian Gonzalez, Pedroia, and Granderson.
QoD: Probably not. He basically runs the league.
ReplyDeleteThat trade t-rev mentioned is absolutely terrible. S.Yoo must be a cubs fan.