Interesting fantasy trade, Cano + Renteria for H Ramirez

[mbillie1]

Scoring cats are R, H, HR, RBI, SB, E, AVG, W, L, CG, SHO, SV, K, ERA, WHIP

Roster is currently

C - Russell Martin
1B - Adrian Gonzalez
2B - BJ Upton / Robinson Cano / Rickie Weeks
3B - Ryan Zimmerman
SS - Edgar Renteria (both Khalil Green and Alex Gonzalez are available on waivers)
OF - Carlos Beltran
OF - Alex Rios
OF - Magglio Ordonez
OF - Josh Willingham

I've been starting BJ Upton at 2B (Weeks I just now got off waivers) and while it's unlikely that he continues to tear it up, his numbers have been great. With Weeks and Upton at 2B I think that position is fine, so here are the two versions of the trade I have been offered:

Robinson Cano / Edgar Renteria for Hanley Ramirez
Robinson Cano / Josh Willingham for Hanley Ramirez

thoughts on this? Renteria's done fine but Ramirez is a stud, and I could use more SB anyway. I'm not worried about giving up Cano since I have 2 playable 2nd basemen. Give up Renteria or Willingham? OF is fairly deep on waivers and I've been playing him in the UTIL spot anyway.

FWIW 12 team league, H2H

Edit: where do you guys get your information? There are some extremely knowledgeable people here and I hear references to "such and such numbers" but I'm really just a TV baseball fan... where should I go looking for more, deeper info?

[mmbt0ne]

Dynasty league?

Renteria's gonna get more RBI's simply because he's on a better team, but Hanley will probably win every other category. I'd say do Renteria without knowing what OF's are on the wire for you.

[rwperu34]

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12 team league, H2H


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Weeks I just now got off waivers

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Take the deal and run. Ramirez is a top 10 overall player, so it doesn't matter who you give up with Cano. Expect some flack from some of the more knowledgeable owners, because this deal is lopsided in your favor, regardless of your positional depth.

[mbillie1]

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Dynasty league?

Renteria's gonna get more RBI's simply because he's on a better team, but Hanley will probably win every other category. I'd say do Renteria without knowing what OF's are on the wire for you.

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It's not a dynasty league. Yeah Hanley's RBI #s are low, but RBIs is one of the few categories I usually do pretty well at so I can take the hit in exchange for SB, long term BA and probably a few more HRs than Edgar.

Best (currently) ranked OFs on waivers are

Chris B Young
Craig Monroe
David DeJesus
Jose Cruz
Ryan Freel
Luke Scott
Scott Thorman
Brian Giles
Ryan Church
Jose Guillen
Austin Kearns

etc

[mbillie1]

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Weeks I just now got off waivers

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Yeah I have no idea, somebody dumped him. Probably the same guy who dumped Adrian Gonzalez, that's how I got him lol.

[mbillie1]

Also FWIW pitching staff (currently nasty)

Chris Carpenter (DL)
James Shields
Kelvim Escobar
Joe Blanton
Adam Wainwright
Tom Gorzellany
Justin Verlander
Matt Belisle
Mark Hendrickson

Mariano Rivera
Solomon Torres

What do you guys think of Mariano Rivera, is it panic time on him? He is getting older and the Yankees don't end up with many save opportunities (haha)... not sure if I can package him with a starter for a better closer. Torres stinks but there are honestly no other closers available except Jorge Julio... and I'd rather have myself closing games.

[James282]

dont package rivera AND a starter for another closer, jesus. your rotation isnt very good. if anything i'd be looking for better SP. the ramirez trade is a no brainer as previously stated.

James

[wisehandpoker]

trade Willingham and pick up Young. He's going to be sick. FWIW, I'd trade all three for Hanley.

[mbillie1]

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trade Willingham and pick up Young. He's going to be sick. FWIW, I'd trade all three for Hanley.

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Chris B Young? I'll grab him I guess... and I'll defintiely get the Hanley trade going.

[Burdzthewurd]

What SPs are available in your FA pool