In Fantasy baseball, is Alex Rodriguez for Peavy and bret myers fair?
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Peavy is a top 5 pitcher and Myers is top 20 but unless you have another reliable option at third base, you shouldn't make that trade.  Pitchers are always available on the waiver wire.  You can usually pick up a guy thats hot and start him for a little while.  There aren't too many guys that put up A-Rods #'s.
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Greetings from the Yahoo Brain in New York City!  \nHope you're watching the live Answers webcast at http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/asktheplanet/brain.html !\n\n\nI think A-Rod will break it, as long as he doesn't have to get up in too many pressure situations for the rest of his career.  I love the guy, but I can't get over how ridiculously un-clutch he is.  He's still going to get his numbers, particularly mammoth home run blasts when the Yankees are either up or down big, but don't look for too much from him when the game is on the line.\n\nWhat I also think is that if he keeps up his own torrid pace, Albert Pujols will break Rodriguez's record a few years later.   As long as he stays healthy and keeps hitting them, there's almost no reason to think he won't!\n\nHope this helps!\n--J.
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If you're just talking about hitting, I'd say you're right about Chipper.  As far as all around player, if I were starting a team tomorrow of switch hitters, the first player I'd have to choose would be Jason Varitek.  I think with the position he plays he's much more valuable to a team.
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It will definitely be A-Rod.\nUnless Randy Johnson has an incredible performance throughout the year.
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if you need help at pitching i would do it.  Guillen is a very good offensive player on a very good offensive team.  He's not jeter, but ponson is no penny and wickman.  You get a lot in return for jeter and ponson.  I'd do it, you pitching will be better and deeper and u will give up just a few runs and rbi's with guillen, average will stay the same, so will hr's.  Very good trade for you.  Take advantage of the yankee fans! hehe
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Albert will get his mvp award on nov. 20th . I'll give Howard his just rewards for being a homerun hitter but the facts are , Pujols is a better all around hitter . A better fielder, a better base runner and now a world champion. He also missed 24 games with an injury this year and still hit his share of homers. The mvp goes to the most valuable player , not just the best homerun hitter.
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A-rod if he's left... he is a huge threat on a Yankees team this year that will be amazing.  They will shine like the yankees that won world series
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I'd have to go with A-Rod at the moment. His stats are similer to Pujos but A-rod plays a slightly more demanding defensive posisiton. A close second is Pujos. \n\nFor the season that's close. Pujos, Berkman, Swisher, Hafner and Thome are having really good years. Nobody is really just taking the year by storm yet. Several other players with a hot streak could be right up there with this group. \n\nJose Contraras on the other hand is having a monster year so far. 5-0 with a 1.41 ERA. Webb is next closest with 6-0 2.30 ERA. \n\nSo best player this season I'd hand it to Contraras so far.
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I personally would take Team A over Team B.  \n\nDo the trade of Colon for Roberts/Izzy.  You will get SB's and good average PLUS saves for a pitcher having a bad year and of no fantasy value.  If that trade doesn't happen, then good luck with all that.  Hate to drop a Cy Young-er, but.....  \n\nDrop Alou, he is not playing right now and when he does play, he only plays every other day.  He's good when he is in, but you can surely find a player on the waivers/free agents list that will do you well every day rather than every other day.  My suggestions are Thames, Granderson, J. Encarnacion.  One of those 3 should be available in that order.........OR, you know what to hell with all of that, drop him and pick up another starter on the waiver wire.  The outfielders you have suit you just fine as is.    \n\nGood Luck.
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I'd make A-Rod your 3rd baseman and D. Wright your Util. Trade Chavez for a player u need. That's wat i did. I had J. Thome, D. Ortiz, and C. Delgado. So i traded delgado for wagner, willis, and francouer.
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Peavy - He'll get hot & start to win along w/ striking out a ton of guys.  Dumping Peavy would be one of the dumbest moves in your league to date (I'd bank on that).\n\nLackey - He'll pitch well & strike out a few, however that team stinks offensively.  Don't bank on a ton of wins from him.\n\nMarquis - This stinkin' guy will win a few games but DESTROY the rest of your stats.  There's something about Marquis this year and a 10ft pole.......
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It depends a lot on what your fantasy league scoring/stat categories are, but assuming that they are fairly typical offensive categories (R,HR,RBI,BA or OBP, SB)\n\nBy pre-season rankings, Jeff Kent was ranked closest in value to Jeter, but a little lower, so you might have to throw someone else into a trade.\n\nJeter's been a solid performer so far this year, though - even better than projected, (probably one of the top 10 overall position players by overall ranking) and unfortunately Kent hasn't produced consistently this year, and the players on your roster aren't really of comparable value when you compare overall stats to Jeter head to head.\n\nThat said, the fairness of a trade in fantasy sports often has to do with the needs of both teams involved.  So, for example, if the team who has Jeter is in need of strength in a particular category, say HR, for example, and you feel your team needs Runs, then Konerko might be an even trade, since Jeter is a top-20 Runs guy, and Konerko is a top-20 HRs guy.  The best way to make the trade fair is to look at what stat categories are weak for each team and to try to balance the trade to pick up strength for each.
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You're getting Vlad, Kearns, and Varitek who are good. I'm not too familiar with Ramirez and Moyer.  Vlad is better than Bay but Kearns isn't quite as good as Holliday. I would do it.  Also fantasy baseball is only a year long so who cares about the young kids get the old guys who produce good numbers
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If i were you, i would definitely pull the trade.\n\nColon: hasnt pitched much, and when he has, he has struggled. All the time he has spent on the DL really impacts his value.\n\nBonds: overhyped.\n\nIsringhausen: decent closer, not the best as he will blow a save here and there, but plays for the cards. Tons of opportunites there.\n\nMcCann and Crawford: both very good players for their position. Crawford's main attraction is his steals though, not much for power.
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ok these guys are a little off.  Helton finally has people hitting behind him.  Howard has struggled a little.  This is his first full year, he will struggle at times.  He IS a stud, but helton is a super stud.  Helton will give you average, power, rbis and TONS of runs, remember he is like pujols minus 10 hrs.  He will hit .330 with 30 hrs and 45 doubles, with high on base.  TONS of Runs scored.  Do the trade unless it is a keeper league.  Helton is the man and he has some young studs batting behind him.  Howards bats 5th with noone behind him.  Helton is a much safer pick
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Currently-----> Alex Rodriguez all the way!!! He has over 400 homers, and he is a really stong player. And, he plays good defense on 3B, and even though he swings at a lot of his pitches, that is what gave him all those homers!!!\n\nPast-----> Babe Ruth!!!
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I'm assuming you're referring to the HR record.  I would probably say Griffey, A-Rod, Pujols or Vlad.  All four are team-players who are natural hitters without taint of steroids and they all love the game for the game.