Trader’s Corner: Macho Machado Man
I’m on the road all week, so I’ll get right to this week’s trades (there’s a lot). As always, send your pending and completed trade inquiries in to traderscornertdg@gmail.com and I’ll post each trade as a poll the following week. This week, let’s start with what I thought was a solid buy on Manny Machado. Machado is coming back from a significant injury and is also one of the youngest players in the majors. I think the reaction to his poor season opened the door for dynasty players looking to acquire a nice piece for the left side of their infield. Here are this week’s trades…
Trade #1
15 team 6×6 League
Minor league players cost 0.3M to keep protected. Once a player accrues 50 IP or 150 AB, their arbitration clock starts, which is for a total of 6 years. First 3 years are on a fixed scale (0.3, 0.5, 1.0), and then the remaining years are calculated based on the previous year’s stats, with a minimum of $1.0.
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Trade #2
20-team, 20-keeper league, team in contention now
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Trade #3
10 team dynasty, 6 x 6 with OPS and IP the extra stats, QS in place of W
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Trade #4
12 team, h2h pts dynasty, I’m in last
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Trade #5
16 team league, keep 10
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Trade #6
10-team 28 man roster (keep everyone forever) 10×10 H2H league
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Trade #7
10 team dynasty, mix of standard – BA, HR, etc. – and newer – OPS, BB/K, HLD – cats. H2H with weekly transactions. League is extremely deep (40 man rosters) so not quite a standard 10-team league, still I know star players are at a premium
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Trade #8
The Author
7 Comments
What are your thoughts on this trade? I trade Xander Bogaerts ($15) for Wil Myers ($14). I have Addison Russell and Javier Baez for the long run at SS and have Stanton, Heyward, Taveras, Buxton, and Michael Choice/Leonys Martin/Oswaldo Arica for my fifth OF spot.
Anything would be helpful!
I’d prefer to have Bogaerts, even with the SS depth.
This is a tough one I’m in. 20 team, 27 man roster dynasty with minors. Team A gets Polanco. Team B gets Kinsler, Betts, Swish, 1st round and 2nd round pick.
It’s fair. Prefer the Kinsler side
I’d have to disagree with Mike if it wasnt for the draft picks. In a deep league like that, i’d love to trade Swish, Betts and Kinsler for a player i can build around for a long time to come. The picks seems inconsequential but moving they actually prevent team A from recouping the depth that was traded to get Polanco.
It is a fair trade, but I’ve always felt that getting the 1 in a 3 for 1 trade, will win more often than not.
What should I do with Nelson Cruz. I’m currently in 2nd in my 10 team dynasty. Should keep him or try to sell at the peak? What would be the value?
If you’re that close you could try to fill whatever need you habe to put you over the top. Otherwise, I’d ride it out and enjoy…