**All Trades Discussion Thread**

[Zumi]

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Looking to possibly add a top notch free agent. Here are the available players and what they want:

Brandon Phillips 2B $11 mil type A
Aaron Hill 2B $5.7 mil no type
Rafael Furcal SS $12 mil type A
Jason Bartlett SS $ 8.6 mil type B
Raul Ibanez LF $7.5 mil type A (and 39 years old)
Carlos Beltran CF $14 mil type A

I am kind of leaning towards Beltran, but I also have a top CF prospect I want to bring up for next season. I have a low payroll so I should be able to afford him if I can indeed get him. Any suggestions?

Beltran seems like a good deal, but what about your 2B situation? Philips is still pretty young and should be a steal at that price.

[cardsleadtheway]

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I got outbid on both Phillips and Beltran so we ended up getting no one from FA this year.

[ootherocoo]

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I need a little help in my Mets franchise.

I want to get rid of Castillo...he's error prone, and batting .250. Any suggestions?

[cardsleadtheway]

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I think I may be able t make a trade for Adam Dunn. It might be a bit costlier than I had anticipated though. I can get him for Ryan Sweeney and Grant Green. I didn't really want to trade away Green if I could help it, but it looks like that might be what it takes. I can't get them (the Rockies) to budge on my pitching prospects. Is it too much for Dunn?

[Heroesandvillains]

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I think I may be able t make a trade for Adam Dunn. It might be a bit costlier than I had anticipated though. I can get him for Ryan Sweeney and Grant Green. I didn't really want to trade away Green if I could help it, but it looks like that might be what it takes. I can't get them (the Rockies) to budge on my pitching prospects. Is it too much for Dunn?

How good is Green? What kind of player is he?

As far as Sweeney goes, that's a no-brainer.

Do you think Green is in Ridin's roster? I mean, is he a real player?

[cardsleadtheway]

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Grant Green is an A potential SS in the OS rosters that has good contact, defense and very low power. He is basically Ryan Sweeney at SS, which is fine for a SS, but I figure he will not amount to much on this game due to the value of power on this game. I will probably pull the trigger on the Dunn trade. It will cost me 7.7 for one year of Dunn, minus the 1.5 of Sweeney's contract (Green is still signed cheaply).

[Heroesandvillains]

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Grant Green is an A potential SS in the OS rosters that has good contact, defense and very low power. He is basically Ryan Sweeney at SS, which is fine for a SS, but I figure he will not amount to much on this game due to the value of power on this game. I will probably pull the trigger on the Dunn trade. It will cost me 7.7 for one year of Dunn, minus the 1.5 of Sweeney's contract (Green is still signed cheaply).

Yeah, do it.

Or else risk the Angels or Mariners picking him up. Better you than them.

[cardsleadtheway]

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I went ahead with the trade and Dunn went 0-4 with 3 K's lol. No big deal though. I figure he will strike out a bit, especially before I get used to using him. It is only spring training anyway. Green must have been the key piece to this deal, as the Rockies DFA Sweeney right away. Dunn spent one year in Colorado, but didn't get much playing time behind Helton, only belting 11 homers. He should get a ton more playing time with us though.

[pikapollo]

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I play for the cards do you have a idea of a legit trade for arod (Just want to beat all time homerun record)

[15tpatry]

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I play for the cards do you have a idea of a legit trade for arod (Just want to beat all time homerun record)

try to involve jon jay or colby rasmus in trade and work around that,hop i helped

[pistolpete]

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I offered the Royals my top catching prospect, I think something like Callapso for Gil Meche. Both Scherzer and Porcello suck and I'd like to get one in the minors.

[HustlinOwl]

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Made an offer to Marlins for Hanley Ramirez

Reds send in exchange: Travis Wood, Yonder Alonso and Chris Valaika

[15tpatry]

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in my franchise i simmed alot and travis wood had 253 career wins and yonder alonso had 617 career homeruns. lol

[HustlinOwl]

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good lord, thats impressive

[Heroesandvillains]

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Sorry for such a long post, but I figured I wouldn't get much help in the franchise progress thread on this. I'm looking for some suggestions on realistic trades in the relief pitching (mainly left handed) and corner outfield categories. Here's some of what I posted there:

I'm 40 games in, so I figured I'd share:

New York Yankees: 25-15

Team batting:
Avg: .267, 2B: 76, 3B: 5, HR: 49, BB: 125, SO: 293

Team pitching:
ERA: 4.19, QS: 22, CG: 2, SHO: 3, IP: 359, H: 377, HR: 47, BB: 145, SO:321

Problems:
Almost my entire bullpen. Ugh.

David Robertson and Damaso Marte have ERA's near 9.00

Nick Swisher is hitting .189

Brett Gardner is hitting .194 with 4 RBI (yes, not a typo, 4 RBI)

So, I really need to address some things here. My corner outfielders are giving me absolutely NO offense. And, other then Chamberlain, I really can't bridge the gap to Rivera. Kerry Wood has been iffy, at best. He's good for a K, but has allowed a ridiculous amount of hits.

Does anyone have any suggestions for how to address my outfield and bullpen issues? Are their any guys that I should try to trade for, or keep on my radar for July?

Cliff Lee's already on the block...and I would be willing to either trade Vazquez or place him in the pen (he's really my one weak link in the rotation, 5.83 ERA) but as long as the Rangers are in it, I think it would be unrealistic to pull the string on a trade there. Brian Fuentes would be ideal!