Longoria out, offer for Bautista?

[price]

Take out Hosmer and I do it. It sounds like he's getting greedy. Escobar and A-Cab are a wash, so you're trading two stud bats plus 3 arms for a Bautista who has not hit consistently.

I'm countering him Reimold, Machado, Escobar, Noesi and Gomez for Bautista and Acab and he can pull Escobar/A.Cab out of he wants.

If I get A.Cab, I wonder if I should extend him to $19 for next year and keep him. The surprising thing with him this year is that he is walking more with a obp over .400 and I'm in a obp league so that's huge.

I have the A-rod $27 2014 owner interested in Hosmer for him. Do you like that? If I could get A-Rod and Bautista with Longoria coming back before the break, I would have the best offense by far in the league.

This is how it would look
C Weiters, Jaso, 1B Konerko, 2B Pedroia, SS A.Cab/Escobar, 3B Longoria, MI Weeks, CI Arod, OF Choo, Bautista, Dirks, Granderson, Zobrist and DH Gentry. Rotation would still be Shields, CJ, Holland, Vargas, Pettitte, Smyly and J.Williams with Aceves and Freiri closing.

[joncarlos]

I'm countering him Reimold, Machado, Escobar, Noesi and Gomez for Bautista and Acab and he can pull Escobar/A.Cab out of he wants.

If I get A.Cab, I wonder if I should extend him to $19 for next year and keep him. The surprising thing with him this year is that he is walking more with a obp over .400 and I'm in a obp league so that's huge.

I have the A-rod $27 2014 owner interested in Hosmer for him. Do you like that? If I could get A-Rod and Bautista with Longoria coming back before the break, I would have the best offense by far in the league.

This is how it would look
C Weiters, Jaso, 1B Konerko, 2B Pedroia, SS A.Cab/Escobar, 3B Longoria, MI Weeks, CI Arod, OF Choo, Bautista, Dirks, Granderson, Zobrist and DH Gentry. Rotation would still be Shields, CJ, Holland, Vargas, Pettitte, Smyly and J.Williams with Aceves and Freiri closing.

I'm not sure I'd take A-Rod over Hosmer. I definitely wouldn't do it given their keeper salaries. I think Hosmer bounces back. I think A-Rod looks like his power is really fading. I am not sure I trust A-Cab to keep walking enough to extend him... but in a 12-team, 310-cap AL league, he won't kill you at 19.

[price]

He's holding tight on his last offer of

Bautista $7 2012 and A.Cabrera $14 2012
for
Reimold $10 2013, Hosmer $10 2013, Y.Escobar $11 2013, Machado $5 minors, Noesi $1 2014 and J.Gomez $2 2013

I'm not sure if Reimold will bring much of anything and he's a huge injury risk going foward if/when he comes back.

I'm countering the players he wants with him adding in Arrieta $5 2012 (but can be extended in a trade) who I could use as a trade chip later, so I'd get Acab, Bautista and Arrieta.

[joncarlos]

I think that's fair. You're probably right about Reimold. I would do that deal but it's not a slam dunk for you.