I see trades being made all the time in the big leagues when a big time player's contract is coming up for youth at large. Mark Texiera, CC Sabathia, Johan Santana . . . they were all dealt by their respective teams for a bevy a quality minor league players . . . and some of those teams could have been in contenttion for playoff spots during that time. Does the same hold true in a salary capped, fantasy league? If you are offered an overwhelming bounty of minor leaguers would you trade a superstar in his prime? Does the same dynamic hold? I won the championship last year. Does the fact that I am a contender hold any bearing on the situation?
Would you trade Josh Hamilton for Mat Gamel, Hellickson, Buster Posey, a 2010 2nd and a 2010 4th in a 16 team league with 25 MLB and 25 MiLB players per team?
My team:
MiLB
Alexi Casilla | Minnesota |
Jesus Flores | Washington |
Jim Johnson | Baltimore |
Cole Rohrbough | Atlanta |
JR Towles | Houston |
Balbino Fuenmayor | Toronto |
Michael McCardell | Minnesota |
Juan Gutierrez | Arizona |
Felipe Paulino | Houston |
Jonathan Kibler | Detroit |
Jimmy Barthmaier | Pittsburgh |
Brandon Jones | Atlanta |
Austin Jackson | NYY |
Taylor Teagarden | Texas |
Brett Cecil | Toronto |
Jaff Decker | SD |
Matt Joyce | Detroit |
Angel Salome | Milwaukee |
Chris Carter | Boston |
Justin Maxwell | Washington |
German Duran | Texas |
Cody Johnson | Atlanta |
Kyle Nicholson | SF |
Michael Pineda | Seattle |
Neftali Feliz | Texas |
MLB
James Shields | TB | |
Rich Harden | ChiCubs | |
Taylor Buchholz | Colorado | |
Kevin Slowey | Minnesota | |
Chris Ray | Baltimore | |
Carlos Villanueva | Milwaukee | |
Roy Oswalt | Houston | |
Jake Peavy | SD | |
Joel Hanrahan | Washington | |
Gil Meche | KC | |
Brian Wilson | SF | |
Heath Bell | SD |
Miguel Tejada | Houston | |
Josh Hamilton | Texas | |
James Loney | LAD | |
Josh Fields | ChiSox | |
Hunter Pence | Houston | |
Conor Jackson | Arizona | |
Dayan Viciedo | ChiSox | |
Jose Lopez | Seattle | |
Brian McCann | Atlanta | |
Nelson Cruz | Texas | |
Chris Davis | Texas | |
Mike Aviles | Kansas City | |
Torii Hunter |
LAA |