Should I trade Soriano for Berkman? Soriano still is 2B eligible this year, but next he becomes an average OF.
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Berkman is good.  It all depends on if you have another good 2B.\n\nThink about this:  Soriano is way better than average 2B.  Berkman is good, but not way better than other OF.  All you need to do, is to add the numbers up and see if the new combination will give you better return.
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Jose Vidro is the second baseman if completely hearty.  Soriano will spell relief for him at 2nd base.  Vidro is a much better defensive player than Soriano.  Otherwise soriano will play left field.  I truly believe he will not play a full season with the Nationals.  Time will tell.
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This question can have many answers.\n\nIt's too bad that you don't have Bonds in a private league which uses either BB or On Base Percentage, as the walks would be crucial to your success.\n\nUnfortunately, his walks in a public league don't lead to much more than runs scored (sometimes) and don't usually subsantiate much more, unless he's in a situation which won't give the Giants the lead or make it a close gome, or in a situation where he won't score too many runs batted in.\n\nThere should be many quality outfielders available in your league's free agent pool.\n\nFurthermore, it really depends on who you have at which position.  You could possibly trade Bonds for pitching if it's weak, or you could try for a 3B or 2Bman.  It really just depends on what your need is.  If you want to post your league ID# (assuming that you're in a public league), I can take a look on what I think you might need improving on.\n\nFurthermore, I would consider just keeping him as a bench player.  He may not have too much value right now.\n\nAt this point, you may want to wait for him to get a few hits, HR, RBI, etc...\n\nGood luck.\nCraig
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he is a career .281 hitter.\nhe is currently hitting .261.\nand averages 18-ish HR a year.\nhe currently has 4.  so he might go over that.\nso not too far off.\n\nMets definitely overpaied for him.
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Don't use Utley, the best 2B in MLB right now, and Tracy to get Edmonds because Utley is better than Edmonds and wat's the point of giving a power hitter for a power hitter??I'd trade C. Crawford and J. Nathan for a guy like Bobby Abreu.Then put Guillen on the BN. Don't use Schilling, Utley, or Konerko as trade bait because Schilling is the base of your pitching staff, and Utley and Konerko are your power hitters. I take advantage of having 4 very good closers and Derek Lowe. Lowe is hot right now and I don't think he'll keep it up for long. And try to get a OF power hitter cause your OF is kinda weakish.\nBut fully be aware of that usually it's pitching that gets u high in the standings. And drop Linebrink and Hernandez because Linebrink is a nonclosing reliever, which r pretty much pointless in fantasy baseball and Hernandez is only good for SOs. Maybe drop Nady for something alittle better. Yeah, that's pretty much it, good luck!!! :)
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well if your were to trade him now you could get someone like armondo benitez.  but you really shoud wait a few starts to see what he can really do. Then if he does better you could go after someone like joe nathan and billy wagner
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Ok, so I'm aware of the basics of player valuation. I'm in a head to head fantasy point league...I've used some projections to determine how many fantasy points each player is projected to earn. Then I determined the useful fantasy points by subtracting the last player drafted at each position. But I still have a couple of questions about this strategy.\n\n1.) When subtracting for useful fantasy points, should I be subtracting the last player drafted at each position or the last player that will be a starter at that position? I'm in a 16 team league (23 round draft, 16 starters, 7 bench players per team). Intuitively, it would make sense for me to only subtract the fantasy points from the last player that will be a starter at each position, because only starters can earn points anyway. \n\n2.) Using this system, are you supposed to draft solely based on the useful points? Because to me it seems like this would not account for scarcity. If you were deciding between Carlos Beltran and Miguel Tejada, the numbers would indicate that Beltran is a better pick because he would earn more useful points. But the difference between Beltran and next OF is much less than the difference between Tejada and the next SS. So to me, it would seem that Tejada is actually more valuable because you stand to "lose" more by not taking him. So, is there a way to incorporate scarcity into the useful fantasy point number? My only thought was maybe by including the dropoff between the next player at that position.
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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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Well I'm also currently playing yahoo fantasy baseball and I'm loving it. But about your team, I'd give it a C- for a few reasons. The main reason is you've taken on some major headache players. What I mean by that is most of your team is made up of players that have been plagued with injuries their whole career and could easily all go down this year at least once. You also have a few problems with your pitching staff. Oswalt and Smoltz are solid and are wonderful players to have on your team. but wakefield bonderman and mussina are really no good. Mussina is alright but should not be a #3 starter. Cordero is a great reliever that will get alot of saves, but cordero wont get you many points if your other relievers are farnsworth and wakefield. I suggest you either trade for another reliver or get one that is probably in the free agent market, like Jonathon Papelbon. If Armando Benitex goes down again pick up Tim Worrel. And now to your hitters. AJ Pierzinski in my opinion is waaaaay over rated. He's is no a good hitter who will lower your average alot. Carlos Delgado is a great first baseman, but with Konerko as a backup, I suggest you trade Delgado for a good outfielder which you should be able to get seeing as Delgado is just slightly over rated. Roberts is a great player who should not be traded unless you are offered a spectacular deal, which is likely not to happen because roberts is very under rated. Jones is a great third baseman that you shouldn't have traded, espcially because you can't you Thome because you already have two good first baseman, You should have kept Jones. But now that you have Thome, you should trade him while he's hot and his stock is up. Brad Wilkerson is an OK player that will produce OK numbers, but don't expect anything more out of him. Edmonds is good but his greatest asset, his fielding, doesn't even matter in fantasy baseball. Garret Anderson is OK and sure produce some okay numbers. I'd also say that you're bench is good, except for Preston wilson who is only good for homers which is the one thing you don't need. You should try to trade him for some speed. Try to get a player like Rickie Weeks for him. Hope I could halp, Michael.
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As much as I like Griffrey he is an injury risk all the time so I would go against it for that reason because if Griffrey goes down then you are in trouble.  Although Soriano may be worth it alone.
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Honestly, and I don't say this much about Pujols, but yes. Does the team who offered that to you have Matt Holliday? If he/she does, then take it. Holliday will drive in 120 runs and hit 35 homers, and you know what the other guys will do. That is as very fair trade, because it is upgrading your entire team. having a poor OF sucks, and can cause lost points.However, if they can't accept a trade which would bring YOU 3 players, and they get ONLY Pujols, don't do it.
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Do you ever look at your team. Clemens hasn't pitched yet this season and will probebly retire so bench him until he makes a decision and put another pitcher in. Wagner is good but look for better relief. Starting is better. Get a new infielders except Thome. Look on waivers you wont believe what you'll find if you look hard enough. Always look to upgrade, never be satisfied. Don't panic, you really shouldn't even look at your standings or make any major moves until late May
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He has declined since three years ago.  Will this change, maybe.  Orioles is moving him to 1B, and hope by reducing his catcher duty he can hit better.  You can keep an eye on it.  It's still too early to drop him.  After all, a good offensive catcher is hard to find.
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Currently, Lance Berkman is a switch hitter but is better from the left side.  See his stats for the season below.
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C is OK, could do better .\n1B Solid \n2b Solid\n3b is OK but look for a Free agent like E. Encarnación \n(Cin - 3B) or R. Zimmerman (Was - 3B)\nSS use Tejada to trade for OF help ONLY if you could pick up the following FA's H. Ramírez (Fla - SS) or J. Hardy (Mil - SS) or O. Cabrera (LAA - SS) \nOF the only one that is a keeper is J Dye, T hunter is at best a UTL.Drop Edmonds.\n\nSP are solid with Beckett and Martinez, glavine is OK but not great.Get rid off of Sosa and Cotts. Put Sabathia in the DL. Keep for now Weathers and Turnbow.\n\nBench keep Wilkerson drop liberthal and womack.\n\nLook for the following closers in Free agent pool:\nFLA- RP M Herges, J. Papelbon (Bos - SP,RP), T. Worrell (SF - RP), F. Rodney (Det - RP),D. Báez (LAD - RP)he's the new closer as Gagne is out for a while.\n\nLook for the following player to help your OVERALL team: \nC. Shelton (Det - 1B),J. Willingham (Fla - C), J. Barfield \n(SD - 2B), E. Loaiza (Oak - SP),J. Suppan (StL - SP),K. Greene (SD - SS), P. Wilson (Hou - OF),J. Burnitz (Pit - OF),R. Ibañez (Sea - OF).\n\nHere's what other owner got for TEJADA on an ONE-4-ONE deal:\nM. Tejada (Bal - SS) for Mi. Cabrera (Fla - 3B,OF) \nM. Tejada (Bal - SS) for G. Sheffield (NYY - OF) \nM. Tejada (Bal - SS) for J. Pierre (ChC - OF) \nM. Tejada (Bal - SS) for A. Ramírez (ChC - 3B)\n\nif not try to package Tejada and Beltre or Tejada, Beltre, and Glavine.\n Hope this helps.
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I just saw your team and you don't need Cano who is the same as Castillo and Garland isn't a great pitcher. U have good pitchers, but not great pitchers, so trade Helton for Tejada cause Guillen sucks. and trade Hafner for Peavy or Santana or another great pitcher.
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Great job on the trades, I think you'll be doing fine.  FOr an 8 team league, you should probably get someone oterh than Johjima since you have Willingham who is doing very well hitting in front of Cabrera.  Maybe try trading him to a team that needs a catcher.  Johjima isn't doing so hot right now anyways.\n\nI think your 3B trade was okay but I think Ensberg will ahve better numbers in the end.  The other 2 trades were excellent.  I don't like Kent's chances this year of rebounding but you got Reyes which is good.\n\nBy the way, how does Mike Lowell count for 2B in your league?  That's crazy.