Comments on: Week Seven Trade Possibilities

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:25:01 +0000

I would pull the trigger on Wandy for Nolasco.

Nolasco has been the unluckiest SP in baseball this year. His FIP is 3.45 below his ERA. BABIP against of .387 & LOB % of 52.7% are absurd. He has a very strong K/BB of 2.92. He plays in a more favorable home park than Wandy and is likely to receive more run support going forward.

BTW, I own both of them, so I am tracking all their numbers constantly.

By: John

John — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:53:56 +0000

I was offered Wandy for Nolasco. Should I do it? Appreciate the article.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:22:19 +0000

Big Oil – excellent comment. This site does a great job of touching on players at all levels. It’s very helpful in targeting skilled players who have been unlucky in early season small samples.

Brian – Thanks for the article. I look forward to this piece every week and it always spurs me to dig in to the players you mention.

By: Brian Joura

Brian Joura — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:30:24 +0000

HI MMBig – thanks for reading and commenting!

It is up in the air what Wandy’s trade value is. My guess is that it’s higher than 12th-15th round equivalent, though. I agree if you can get him for that price, it would be a good move. RotoTimes has him as the eighth-best pitcher and 32nd best overall fantasy player so far in a 12-team mixed league.

By: Brian Joura

Brian Joura — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:23:22 +0000

Hi Mike – thanks for reading and commenting!

Tallet may be closing in on his MLB career high for innings but his professional high is 160 IP. I might be a tad concerned if he was a young guy, but he’s 31 years old.

He had a good outing yesterday in Boston – 6 IP, 2 ER, 5 K

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:02:49 +0000

JON. LESTER.

This is the guy who’ll be sick the rest of the way. Saves…who knows.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:01:59 +0000

I flipped Weaver and J.J. Putz for Ricky Nolasco in a keeper league that values holds. Nolasco’s on his way up, and I was able to cheaply replace Putz with Kevin Gregg (although Gregg will be gone when Frank Francisco comes off the DL). Nolasco and change (if you want it) is a decent asking price, but you might have to give up a little more than Weaver.

By: Herr Mike

Herr Mike — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:37:45 +0000

Holliday actually had a homer on April 30, so he had 4 at the time of the article, 1 in April.

He hit another last night.

By: Andrew K

Andrew K — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:48:35 +0000

Wandy’s been amazing this season, and really started to break though last year too, he was just really unlucky in 08. He has amazing stuff and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him finishing in the top-5 for NL CY Young voting.

That said, I really want to trade Weaver and Millwood. Who should I ask for in return? I lead the league in K’s, WHIP, ERA, but I’m in the middle for wins and I’m near the bottom for saves.

By: Big Oil

Big Oil — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:21:38 +0000

I’m not sure Brian is asserting that any of these guys are team-changers (and likely this isn’t what some of these posts contend), but rather he looks to examine trends and evaluate appropriately using past performance for players that can contribute to teams in various leagues in the near future. Anyone can argue that you should acquire a Reyes or other star; it’s nice to read about players likely available on the wire or otherwise wasting away on an inactive owners bench.