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Armchair Fantasy Baseball: Completed Transactions / Re: Trade: Astros / Dodgers
« on: May 21, 2018, 09:28:11 PM »
I don't feel I should have to explain myself, but I'll entertain it.
The LA team is an absolute mess. The last time I had it and now. I saw an opportunity to get a couple players in the low minors for a guy who is just beginning his major league career. Both Guzman and Giminez DO show up on different Top 100 lists. They both also show up as top options in their organizations top lists. Could I have shopped Buehler around, sure. However, I was presented with an offer that appealed to me and offered me a bit more depth on a team that is years away from competing. Add in two second round picks that should return great value, I assumed I was getting the better end of the deal.
I am by no means a fantasy expert, nor will I ever claim to be. But to be called out immediately and told how I should run this team is insulting. I was presented with an offer that I liked, and I took it. Walker is still a prospect just as much as the other two. I could get insanely lucky, or it could be the dumbest move I make. Either way, Chris and I are the ones taking the risk.
Trade committees are to prevent collusion and stop managers from being take advantage of. Unless you're going to come out and blatantly accuse either of those happening here, I see no reason to not let the trade pass.
The LA team is an absolute mess. The last time I had it and now. I saw an opportunity to get a couple players in the low minors for a guy who is just beginning his major league career. Both Guzman and Giminez DO show up on different Top 100 lists. They both also show up as top options in their organizations top lists. Could I have shopped Buehler around, sure. However, I was presented with an offer that appealed to me and offered me a bit more depth on a team that is years away from competing. Add in two second round picks that should return great value, I assumed I was getting the better end of the deal.
I am by no means a fantasy expert, nor will I ever claim to be. But to be called out immediately and told how I should run this team is insulting. I was presented with an offer that I liked, and I took it. Walker is still a prospect just as much as the other two. I could get insanely lucky, or it could be the dumbest move I make. Either way, Chris and I are the ones taking the risk.
Trade committees are to prevent collusion and stop managers from being take advantage of. Unless you're going to come out and blatantly accuse either of those happening here, I see no reason to not let the trade pass.
