March
Bill trades David DeJesus to Mark for Michael Brantley
Winner: Bill
DeJesus never really got on track this year, failing to build on what had been looking like a career year in 2010 before getting cut short by injury. Brantley, on the other hand, filled in admirably for Grady Sizemore in center field and has been an all around contributor, on pace for 10 home runs and 20 stolen bases.
April
Caleb trades Daniel Bard to Spencer for Josh Willingham
Winner: Spencer
Middle relievers are usually a dime a dozen, but Bard is special for a couple of reasons. First of all, he's putting up spectacular ratios and impressive strikeout numbers. Secondly, he's the closer in waiting for the Red Sox. At $8, that's a solid value for Spencer next year.
Mark trades Vlad Guerrero and Jake Peavy for Aaron Hill
Winner: Push
Vlad has been a disappointment, and now is on the DL. Peavy has been effective off and on, but Luke spun him off in a later deal with Spencer. Just in time, too, as he may be pushed to the bullpen with the return of Danks. Despite two underwhelming performances, Mark didn't win this trade because Hill hasn't been impressive either. A .255 average is about expected, but only 4 home runs doesn't cut it, even at 2B.
Spencer trades Matt LaPorta to Luke for Vernon Wells
Winner: Who knows
Luke traded LaPorta to Andrew in a larger deal for Kinsler, and Spencer traded Vernon Wells back to Luke.
Bill trades Jason Kubel and Orlando Cabrera to Luke for Derek Jeter
Winner: Bill
I filled a big hole at short stop with this deal, and O-Cab quickly came back to earth. Kubel has been hot when he's playing, but an ankle injury has limited his playing time. Jeter hasn't been particularly impressive, excepting his 5/5 day with a home run and a steal to put him over 3,000 hits, but he is racking up the runs.
Spencer trades Justin Morneau to Caleb for Brian Roberts
Winner: Push
Another trade that didn't make much of a difference. Both players have been injured for most of the season, and Roberts has barely played for Caleb. I almost made Spencer the winner based on Morneau's three home runs, but Roberts did contribute three stolen bases for Caleb.
May
Bill trades Jordan Walden to Kate for Brett Anderson
Bill trades Brett Anderson and Brandon McCarthy to Mark for CC Sabathia
Winner: Bill and Kate
I lumped these two trades together, as Anderson never actually pitched for me. Trading away Anderson for Walden allowed Kate to pick up an extra five points in saves. It hasn't cost me any points in saves, but if I had held on to Anderson this trade would look very different. Instead, I was able to package Anderson, a potential keeper, and a resurgent Brandon McCarthy to Mark for CC Sabathia. Mark's pitching had been devastated by injuries, so he needed the depth, but Anderson and McCarthy both quickly got hurt. Mccarthy has since returned, but in the mean time, CC has piled up lots of innings with great ratios.
Luke trades Delmon Young and JJ Hardy to Spencer for Jhonny Peralta and Brandon Webb
Winner: Who knows
Another head scratcher from Luke and Spencer. Hardy was rostered by Spencer for awhile, before being sent back to Luke as part of a deal for Ichiro. Spencer did manage to turn JJ Hardy in to a high level outfielder, but Peralta has been great for Luke. If I had to pick something, I'd call it a push.
Andrew trades Ian Kinsler and Edwin Jackson to Luke for Ricky Romero, Kyle Farnsworth, and Matt LaPorta
Winner: Push
Kinsler has been great for Luke, putting up 10 home runs, 12 stolen bases, and boat loads of runs. Jackson has been okay (3.68 ERA, 1.39 WHIP), but in limited duty. Romero has been good for Andrew (3.07 ERA, 1.30 WHIP) and he hasn't been spot started, accumulating twice as many innings as Jackson has for Luke. Farnsworth has been great for Andrew, accumulating 11 saves and upping his strikeout rate to 7/9 IP. Without Farnsworth, Andrew would be last in saves, so he probably comes out ahead in 2011 value. Kinsler is looking like a solid one or two year keeper though, so Luke is ahead keeper wise. This one looks like a win-win.
Spencer trades John Lackey to Taylor for Justin Duchscherer
Winner: Spencer
Spencer no longer has John Lackey on his team. No, Duchscherer hasn't contributed anything, but the 26 IP of 6+ ERA that Lackey has "contributed" to Taylor's team is worth less than nothing.
June
The June trades are probably too early to evaluate, but for posterity's sake, here they are...
Bill trades Abreu and Jon Rauch to Caleb for Carlos Quentin
Taylor trades David Ortiz to Luke for Vlad Guerrero and Jeremy Hellickson
Spencer trades JJ Hardy and Vernon Wells to Luke for Ichiro, Marco Scutaro, and Jake Peavy. Though we'll probably never be able to figure out who won this one...
6 comments:
I still regret trading Kinsler. I figure the points I gained in saves I lost in SB, but I suppose it did help me with my ratios, though not all that much given Romero's most recent blow up against the Sox pre ASB.
I was about to comment that I disagreed with you about the Jeter deal, but when I look at the actual numbers I guess you're right. For a while Kubel was raking everything and then it looked like I was the clear winner, but since he got hurt Jeter's provided you a fair number of runs and steals. Still, Kubel comes back from the DL tomorrow and we'll see how he fares the rest of the way.
I don't think it was an unfair deal, at the time, and I don't think that I particularly dominated that deal, but Jeter has played and Kubel really hasn't. It was a big hole at SS for me, so instead of having to turn to waivers I had a solid, if very unexciting production. If Kubel hits well, the deal may very well end up pretty even.
Amazing, I didn't lose any trades, but I sure did lose the year...
Also, having Kubel allowed me to deal some other outfielders, and if I remember correctly Sizemore went back on the DL shortly after I got Kubel, and I would've needed an extra OF otherwise. Also, I think having O-Cab allowed me to deal Aaron Hill for Vlad, which allowed me to deal for Ortiz.
Well, Luke, you traded Hill before getting O-Cab, so I'm not so sure that the O-Cab/Kubel deal led to the Hill trade...
As for winning and losing a deal, I'm just looking at outcomes, not perception at the time.
Also, Spencer, most of your trades with Luke were incomprehensible. I suppose it is like the Titanic and Lusitania swapping deck chairs.
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