**All Trades Discussion Thread**

[krmarks]

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Tough call, do you have any other lefties in your lineup? For me, I guess that would determine if I kept Votto. Posey could also become one of the best young right handed hitters in years though....if we are to believe the hype.

[UncleMo]

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Hi, I'm curious, can someone tell me what an appropriate trade value for Devine or Haren would be? I'm the Braves, and I don't want to accidentilly rip The A's off for Devine, and should I go get a starter, I don't want to rip the D'Backs off either. I should tell you it is 2010 in my franchise. I'm not sure what an appropriate offer from me would be. Thanks in advance.

[Two Seamer]

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Haren should cost a boatload, at least two legit prospects and another decent one. Devine shouldn't even cost one legit prospect.

[UncleMo]

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In more specific terms, I'd like suggestions. As for Haren, he isn't doing so well this year in real life, so Arizona would be selling with some taint to their player.

[cardsleadtheway]

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Hi, I'm curious, can someone tell me what an appropriate trade value for Devine or Haren would be? I'm the Braves, and I don't want to accidentilly rip The A's off for Devine, and should I go get a starter, I don't want to rip the D'Backs off either. I should tell you it is 2010 in my franchise. I'm not sure what an appropriate offer from me would be. Thanks in advance.

I don't really know what the braves have or what you are willing to give up, but for Devine it all depends on what time of year you are in and whether the A's are in or out. Devine is only a D potential, but a B overall I think. He his a good power pitcher with decent control. I don't know what the CPU values more, overall or potential. I believe it depends on if they are in or out of the race. You are just going to have to offer up what you are willing to part with and see if the trade meter moves at all.

As for Haren, he is one of the top 10 pitchers in the game so he should be more difficult to obtain. I think he has another year or two on his contract as well so I imagine you would have to give up plenty for him.

[Two Seamer]

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In more specific terms, I'd like suggestions. As for Haren, he isn't doing so well this year in real life, so Arizona would be selling with some taint to their player.

Well, if you want to account for all of the real-life factors, you need to account for the fact that they have no need at all to trade Haren. He's an affordable, legitimate ace with time left on his contract. They'd need to be talked into a trade with a nice offer.

Sure, the price is marginally lower than it would be if he had an ERA around 2, but no one suspects he's no longer an ace, so his "struggles" don't mean much.

Sorry I don't have any suggestions any more specific than 2 legitimate, best-in-system prospects and a third decent one or MLB regular.

Devine on the other hand is a former top prospect whose value has probably never been lower. You shouldn't give up much of anything and shouldn't expect him to be useful for you for very long.

[SergioRodriguez13]

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boy did my franchise have a doozy of a last couple days for trading...
may 20th-
dodgers trade chad billingsley to orioles for josh bell, brad bergeson and manny machado(who i JUST made...)
red sox trade david ortiz and john lackey to the reds for aroldis chapman, yonder alonso, and todd frazier

may 23rd-
twins trade kevin slowey and JOE MAUER to reds for aaron harang, mike leake, and jared burton

may 26th-
twins trade wilson ramos and nick blackburn to giants for bengie molina and jonathan sanchez

^darn. i get so excited when big trades happen haha, the reds COMPLETELY re-made their team it seems

[cardsleadtheway]

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I like that the Twins traded away Mauer and then went out and got a catcher a couple of days later. Smart move. The Reds did a bang up job trying to get a good team together. I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to flip Ortiz or perhaps Votto to keep getting better. So far, it seems to me that some teams will really try to get better on this game, while others a far too willing to cut and run early. Kind of like real baseball.

[Howie75]

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I have a couple of more that have been proposed;

The Red Sox are offering David Ortiz, Varitek, and RP Ramon Ramirez to the Nationals for Jason Marquis and an A rated prospect (CP).


The Indians are offering an A rated SS and an A rated CP to the A's for Ben Sheets and RP Brad Ziegler.

I think I'm going to shoot that one down, but the Red Sox offer intrigues me. I don't know how much value Ortiz would have to an NL team though, since he can only play first, and really is a pure DH.

Maybe the Nats would play Dunn more in the OF, or perhaps they are going to try and trade him (he's on the trading block).

Thoughts???

Both teams are in contention BTW.

[berenjena]

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I am about to send Dexter Fowler, Seth Smith and jeff francis for carlos lee

[VMart41]

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I am about to send Dexter Fowler, Seth Smith and jeff francis for carlos lee

that seems like an awful lot to give up for lee. Sure hes great now but what about in 3 years not sure hes worth it. Fowler is a great piece of the rockies, smith im thinkin is a good bench player or do you have him starting dont know a whole lot about him and francis is a dependable veteran starting pitcher for a guy thats on the decline i say to much imo.

[Two Seamer]

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Putting aside the fact that it would never happen, it probably shouldn't happen anyway given the Ortiz-defense aspect. He's not just bad; he's an incapable defender. Hasn't played regularly in more than 5 years.

[ckarlic]

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Putting aside the fact that it would never happen, it probably shouldn't happen anyway given the Ortiz-defense aspect. He's not just bad; he's an incapable defender. Hasn't played regularly in more than 5 years.

True. But in the game he plays just like Youk and Tex. Can't tell you how many times he's robbed me of basehits.

[cardsleadtheway]

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True. But in the game he plays just like Youk and Tex. Can't tell you how many times he's robbed me of basehits.

In my franchise, Papi got traded to the Giants. I wonder how many splash hits he has. His defense was no different than any other decent 1B. On a side note, it was really cool the first time I faced him and they said "how strange is it to see this guy wearing a different uniform?"

[bols8875]

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I'm the Tribe and am looking for a consistent pitcher in my bullpen as well as a solid backup middle infielder for when Cabrera and Valbuena need a day off, LaPorta has been lights out for me so I'm willing to depart with Michael Brantley and any other relief pitcher I have...any ideas?