**All Trades Discussion Thread** 2011 Edition

[TheKT]

Re: **All Trades Discussion Thread** 2011 Edition

I' m wondering if I should put Joey Votto on the trade block. He's a beast in this game, but I got Alonso with a upgraded A potential(Huge Upside from Excel at Majors) absolutely killing AAA pitchers with a .370 BA. I've got 50 million in cap room and it'll probably be 10-15 million a year to extend Joey. Thoughts?

I would consider it. Is Joey in the last year of his contract? If so I would shop him around, Alonso doesn't hit for as much power as Joey, but he hits for a pretty good average. Votto would also get you a pretty good haul, you could get a good SS and a few "A" potential guys. Play some money ball man.

[Mike3207]

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I would consider it. Is Joey in the last year of his contract? If so I would shop him around, Alonso doesn't hit for as much power as Joey, but he hits for a pretty good average. Votto would also get you a pretty good haul, you could get a good SS and a few "A" potential guys. Play some money ball man.

It all depends on the prospects. Currently the only teams interested are the Pirates, Red Sox and Brewers.Red Sox have Adrian Gonzalez and too many veterans.Brewers and Pirates don't seem to have the prospects. My farm system is looking pretty good, but I could use some help at RP and 3B.Votto is in the last year of his contract.

[TheKT]

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Do you guys think it would be possible for the Nats to get Justin Smoak from the Mariners? Laroche isn't hacking it, I know he's their future middle of the line-up guy, but I have a good 1b "A" prospect in AAA that I would be willing to swap and I have quite a few SP prospects and a couple of major league SP and RP that I would be willing to part with, should I give it a shot, and if so what should I offer?

[Mike3207]

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Do you guys think it would be possible for the Nats to get Justin Smoak from the Mariners? Laroche isn't hacking it, I know he's their future middle of the line-up guy, but I have a good 1b "A" prospect in AAA that I would be willing to swap and I have quite a few SP prospects and a couple of major league SP and RP that I would be willing to part with, should I give it a shot, and if so what should I offer?

It's always possible. Look a the trade block to see what positions they're looking for, also scouting focus. You might also look to trade players who are hot. the Game AI trades players that are cold and looks to trade for players who are hot.

[mpbaseball22]

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It all depends on the prospects. Currently the only teams interested are the Pirates, Red Sox and Brewers.Red Sox have Adrian Gonzalez and too many veterans.Brewers and Pirates don't seem to have the prospects. My farm system is looking pretty good, but I could use some help at RP and 3B.Votto is in the last year of his contract.

Pirates have Taillon, Marte, Sanchez just to name a few of the better ones. Are you playing on the default roster?

[TheKT]

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It all depends on the prospects. Currently the only teams interested are the Pirates, Red Sox and Brewers.Red Sox have Adrian Gonzalez and too many veterans.Brewers and Pirates don't seem to have the prospects. My farm system is looking pretty good, but I could use some help at RP and 3B.Votto is in the last year of his contract.

I had thought about 3b too, Rolan's not gonna last forever, but don't you have Juan Francisco? And the Pirates have a pretty good farm, you might be able to get Stetson Allie for your future closer, and possibly Tony Sanchez a very highly rated C. Any way if you could get one or both of them and a good RP or decent SS then I would probably make that move.

I'm not sure about the Brew Crew's farm, I know they traded a lot of their good pieces away this off season for Grieke and Marcum.

[Mike3207]

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Pirates have Taillon, Marte, Sanchez just to name a few of the better ones. Are you playing on the default roster?

No, Knight's. They didn't seem to have prospects at 3B and RP(the areas I need), and the Pirates wouldn't deal their 3B.Bad choice of words.

[MarinersVsDodgers]

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Now im not sure what rosters your using, i'm using Knights OSFM rosters, and im assuming your the M's looking to offload King Felix... Well your proably gonna wanna get a young arm who may not be as good to replace him, a young outfield prospect that will be ready to take Ichiro's place when he retires in the offseason (unfortunatly) and perhaps another prospect at a different position... I ran a few tests on some outfielders that i liked and here's what i got for King Felix

Seattle sends:
SP Felix Hernandez

St Louis sends:
CF Colby Rasmus
SP Kyle McClellan
C Steven Hill

Now that may seem a lot but its certainly deserving of King Felix IMO...

Rasmus will be a great replacement for Ichiro come 2012 season and this does also give you the option to offload Ichiro right now and have Rasmus take over right away... I'll experimant and see what i can get for Ichiro... Lock Rasmus down to a long term contract in the offseason before he price rises to far...

McClellan isn't Hernandez but he's good and at 26yo he'll get better, though i would lock him up to a long term contract at the end of this year before he fully develops and becomes expensive...

Steven Hill 25yo 'B' potential at a postion where the M's have very little to look forward to... Lock him down to a long term a contract as you can while he's cheap and he could be a real good catcher for years to come...

Now thats fair to me but each to their own, just experiment and make sure you get what you want for him...

*EDIT: Explored the Ichiro trade:

Seattle Sends:
RF Ichiro
LF Milton Bradley

Minnesota Sends:
SP Francisco Liriano
CF Denard Span
LF Jason Kubel

Span replaces Ichiro at the top of the order... Kubel Replaces Bradley/Cust for DH/LF with Colby Rasmus... Fancisco becomes your new Ace with McClellan not far behind...

But as i said experiment and make the trades that you want to make for your team, and IMO i really dont care if the team would do the trade in real life or not, if it looks good to me then i make the trade... At the end of the day it is a Video Game after all...

I picked up Podsednik and Rivera from the Jays earlier in the season for Bradley and a few other relievers. I'm thinking maybe if I add Podsednik and/or Cust I could get an even better deal?

[Mike3207]

Re: **All Trades Discussion Thread** 2011 Edition

I had thought about 3b too, Rolan's not gonna last forever, but don't you have Juan Francisco? And the Pirates have a pretty good farm, you might be able to get Stetson Allie for your future closer, and possibly Tony Sanchez a very highly rated C. Any way if you could get one or both of them and a good RP or decent SS then I would probably make that move.

I'm not sure about the Brew Crew's farm, I know they traded a lot of their good pieces away this off season for Grieke and Marcum.

Not a lot past Francisco and Frazier. Allie's already been traded , I think. A ton of trades the 1st year.

[mpbaseball22]

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No, Knight's. They didn't seem to have prospects at 3B and RP(the areas I need), and the Pirates wouldn't deal their 3B.Bad choice of words.

So am I.. you might want to try for Moustakas.. not sure how hard hed be to get because I drafted him but hes definitly really good in that roster

[TheKT]

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So am I.. you might want to try for Moustakas.. not sure how hard hed be to get because I drafted him but hes definitly really good in that roster

He's good, but I don't think the Royals would need a 1B, it's a pretty stacked position for them. Have you considered maybe giving Cleveland a shot? I think they have the 2nd best 3B prospect in Lonnie Chisenhall and they have a pretty good farm as well. I'm not up on their farm either but you might be able to swing something there.

[MarinersVsDodgers]

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Pulled the trigger on this trade:

Seattle sends:
RF Ichiro
RF Juan Rivera

Minnesota sends:
CF Denard Span
LF Jason Kubel
SP Brian Duensing

Realistic? Eh...probably not. However, if I want to succeed, I needed to ship them off. Kubel nor Duensing aren't very remarkable players, but they fit my needs.

[Bigsheen]

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Soi just got an in game prompt about a trade bewtween the Red Sox and the Tigers.

Tigers get:
David Ortiz
Bobby Jenks

Red Sox get:
Joaquin Benoit

?? haha seriously? idk what the playoff picture is t=in the AL in my franchise but this deal would never happen.

[Helios12787]

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Red Sox did a similar deal in my franchise sending David Ortiz and Bobby Jenks to the Cardinals for just a couple prospects.

[Howie5]

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For all those telling me I made a real bad call trading away to good prospects to get Fernando Rodney...you were all right. Man, I can't stand him. He's blown a few saves when Bard and Jenks were tired and come on to also lose a few gms...not many good outings out of him. I'm looking to ship him for prospects, but Im not taking any more guys for my pen, ill stay in house w that one. Now 41-40, playing ame 3 in Philly tomorrow(series tied 1-1).