Looking to make a 2:1 or 3:2 deal

Within the next couple of weeks, my 4 DL eligible players will be activated, which will unsurprisingly lead to a bit of a roster crunch. In order to alleviate this, I'm looking to make a 2:1 or 3:2 deal with an eye towards improving my starting pitching.

Everyone is on the table, but I think my corner infield depth is probably the strongest (Teixeira, Smoak, Donaldson, Seager, Santana, and Victor Martinez once he plays 2 more games at 1B).

I'm also willing to deal some of my injured players, who should be coming back soon:
Eaton - this Sunday (about to go on minor league rehab)
Paxton - end of May (throwing 3rd bullpen session on Weds)
Sabathia - end of May (minimum DL stint expected, had fluid removed from knee)
Hamilton - end of May/early June (taking BP)

Let me know if you think we match up somewhere.

Pujols on the block

I'm staring down a roster with tons of holes, so I'm looking to make some sort of 2:1 deal. Albert Pujols seems to be a good place to start, but I'm also open trading Reyes, McCann, or Verlander/Sale. Let me know if you have depth and are looking to upgrade a starting spot.

A post related to baseball IRL

I got home from work tonight and saw that Pujols had hit his 499th HR in the first inning. Went back out and drove to the ballpark, bought a $5 ticket and got here JUST in time to see him hit #500 (from quite far away, as you can see). Woot!

Looking to trade an outfielder or closer

I'd like to try and trade from my outfield depth for either an offensive upgrade or a starting pitcher. I'd be most interested in trading Rasmus, Markakis, Nava, or Colabello. I am also open to offering Brantley or Martin, but would need significantly more value in return.

I'm also interested in trading away one of my 3 closers for a starting pitcher. I am most interested in trading Axford and am pretty apprehensive about trading Rodney or Balfour, although I recognize that I could get a much better return for Rodney or Balfour.

I'm pretty satisfied with my team right now and am just looking to tweak it a bit, so I'm not in any big rush. Just trying to give people some ideas. So, if you are in need of saves and/or some outfield depth and think we match up, let me know.

Looking to trade an injured player for an OF

I've had a rough run of injuries and I'm burning up most of my bench spots with DL players. I'd rather not cut them, since I think they have value, but I'm also in a bit of bind in terms of fielding a starting lineup. Let me know if you're interested in waiting out any of these guys' return:

Hamilton - out 6-8 weeks because he slid into fucking first base, torn thumb ligaments
James Paxton - out 2 weeks with a strained lat
Nate Jones - hip injury, TBD
Mark Teixeira - out until mid-late April with a hamstring injury (Grade 1 - mildest)
AJ Griffin - shoulder weakness, out until ~mid May

I sat down to write bold predictions, and you won't believe what happened next!!!

Like Caleb, I also haven't had a lot of time to come up with great bold predictions but wanted to at least throw something together before the AL games get going. Last year I was 0 for 5. Either I'm too bold or just stupid. Anyway, here goes...

1) Mike Trout ties or beats his 2013 performance in at least FOUR out of five roto categories. Last year I predicted he would beat his 2012 performance in at least 2 categories and he came up short, only surpassing his 2012 RBI total. Well, this year obviously the targets are lower, and I want to be bold, so I'm going with four. For the record, that's 109 runs, 27 HRs, 97 RBIs, 33 SB, and a .3226 average.

2) My team bats above .280. I think this is bold enough, as if I remember correctly usually we only have 1, sometimes 0 teams that end up batting better than .280. I targeted high average batters because I was intent on making Jonathan Villar my shortstop, and was scared of the possibility that he bats .220. Thanks to Caleb, I don't really own anybody that I think is capable of torpedoing my average. I'm going to give myself a caveat here though, and say that I will count this prediction as true if EITHER my team's final average is >.280, or if my opening day starting lineup ends the season with a combined average >.280 (that's Gomes, Davis, Kendrick, Bogaerts, Jeter, EE, Trout, Martin, Markakis, Brantley, and Ortiz). Just giving myself that out because I could easily end up trading average for power or pitching at some point.

3) I'm going to re-try one of my 2013 picks and say R.A. Dickey wins 20 games.

4) David Freese gets at least 100 RBIs. Batting 4th or 5th behind Calhoun, Trout, Pujols, and sometimes Hamilton, I'm expecting him to get a lot of opportunities. I think last year was a bad luck aberration. Freese's batted ball distance held up last year. Also, as much as Angels Stadium is not a hitter's park, it does play better than Busch for righties.

5) Bogaerts, Kendrick, Brantley, and Castellanos combine for at least 100 HR+SB.

Caleb's Bold Predictions

I'm sitting around all morning waiting for the afternoon's baseball games, so I thought I'd try to throw a couple of bold predictions together last minute. Not much time to flesh this out before the two year old makes me play with trains again, but at least I'll have something on record.

1) Jason Castro finishes as a top 3 catcher in our league, by ESPN's rankings.

2) Adam Lind hits at least .285 and finishes the season with at least 30 HR.

3) Adrian Beltre and Shin Soo Choo combine for >380 R+RBI.

4) Norichika Aoki and Kole Calhoun combine for >70 HR+SB.

5) One of Pineda, Skaggs, and Hutchison will finish among the top 25 SPs, by ESPN's rankings.