Crazy Dynasty Trade - Heyward/Lawrie/Alvarez

by oplaid on Aug 5, 2011 10:51 PM EDT

This is a Dynasty league where we keep players for as long as we want. The rosters are massive so most useful MLB players are owned and we also have MiLB rosters. Note that slugging is important in this league since TB and OPS are categories. Starting pitching a bit less important with QS and HDs. This is a complete video game trade but apparently the guy who has Heyward is in to that kind of thing. I have a shot at a championship this season but most of the guys I would give up are injured anyway so it doesn't hurt me too much.

I get:

Jason Heyward
Brett Lawrie
Dee Gordon
Chris Sale

I give:

Logan Morrison
Pedro Alvarez
Jose Tabata
Grady Sizemore
Clay Buccholz
Brett Anderson

The guy offered me some other trades, like one without Tabata from my side but with Harden instead of Lawrie. I think I might try and offer up one with Gordon out and try and keep some of my guys, but we'll see. I have Hardy at SS right now so Gordon might be nice at some point but as I said above, slugging is way more important than steals in this league.

Thanks for the help!

Poll

Which side would you take?

Jason Heyward, Brett Lawrie, Dee Gordon, Chris Sale

105 votes

Logan Morrison, Pedro Alvarez, Grady Sizemore, Brett Anderson, Clay Buccholz

62 votes

167 votes | Poll has closed

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Why does it have to be so complicated?

Big trades like this, if they’re going to be even enough for people to actually accept, are usually just shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic.

In this case, I’d definitely prefer what you’re giving up to what you’re getting back. Heyward and Lawrie are great pieces, to be sure, and they’ll probably end up as above average players when all is said and done. But I don’t see why you have to make that bet, when you already have Logan Morrison, Clay Buchholz, and Brett Anderson, all of whom are above average players now. When you kick in that you’re also giving up Pedro Alvarez (who sort of cancels out Heyward in my mind), it’s not even close. Dee Gordon and Chris Sale, with all due respect to them, are not good enough to balance this out.

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by RedSoxFaithful on Aug 6, 2011 9:23 AM EDT reply actions

Bucholtz has a broken bone in his back and Anderson had TJ.

Alvarez has had a wasted season and Grady Sizemore is more brittle than a 100 year old. For a shot at the championship you have to make moves like this sometimes, where you give up a little but of the future to win now. Then again, if those injured pieces don’t rebound, then you win in the long term as well.

by Looney4baseball on Aug 7, 2011 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions