I've had a busy offseason (trading is my favorite part of the game, but I sometimes do it just to do it with poor results), but my keepers our due tomorrow, and all of my wheeling and dealing in preparation of the 2013 season is finally done, at least until after our auction. I've made so many moves that I've asked for help about individually here, I wanted to take a final look at all of the moves collectively, and get feedback on whether I improved my team for 2013, or whether trading fever just left me with comparable or inferior talent than what I started with.
There were a lot of other factors involved in these moves such as salaries, contract lengths, and minor leaguers, but because I'm going for it all this year, all I really care about is, did I clearly improve my team for 2013? So, the only things that matter, besides the names below, is that I picked up $11 in auction money in these deals, my league is a 14 team mixed league, and I probably gave a little more long term value than I got back, so I'm hoping that that translates into my current keepers being at least a little better for 2013.
Keepers I traded:
Mike Napoli
Eric Hosmer
Ike Davis
Adrian Beltre
GianCarlo Stanton
Jonathan Niese
Ian Kennedy
Rafeal Betancourt
Keepers I traded for (I also picked up $11 auction dollars by making these deals)
Carlos Santana
Joey Votto
Ian Desmond
Chase Headley
Jay Bruce
Alex Rios
John Axford
Rafael Soriano
So, is the second list clearly better than the first? Is it a wash? Or did I actually hurt my 2013 chances?
There were a lot of other factors involved in these moves such as salaries, contract lengths, and minor leaguers, but because I'm going for it all this year, all I really care about is, did I clearly improve my team for 2013? So, the only things that matter, besides the names below, is that I picked up $11 in auction money in these deals, my league is a 14 team mixed league, and I probably gave a little more long term value than I got back, so I'm hoping that that translates into my current keepers being at least a little better for 2013.
Keepers I traded:
Mike Napoli
Eric Hosmer
Ike Davis
Adrian Beltre
GianCarlo Stanton
Jonathan Niese
Ian Kennedy
Rafeal Betancourt
Keepers I traded for (I also picked up $11 auction dollars by making these deals)
Carlos Santana
Joey Votto
Ian Desmond
Chase Headley
Jay Bruce
Alex Rios
John Axford
Rafael Soriano
So, is the second list clearly better than the first? Is it a wash? Or did I actually hurt my 2013 chances?
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