to fill injury and closer holes and preserve my precious 3 remaining FA pickups.

Sent Lucroy $5, Hanson $7, Parker FA, Cishek FA
for
AJ Pierzynski Taxi, Street $11, the Shark FA, and Tyler Greene FA

AJ fills the lucroy void and Greene fills Tulo. I know there's a lot of hate for Tyler, but he is on 20/20 pace (given a full season of PAs) and the pop and wheels are real. I've grown to hate Hanson so he is really worthless on my team (bench him too much) and I love what the Shark is doing. The numbers look real. Street isn't the best, but I now doubt he will be traded given how Thayer and Gregerson have sucked.

This is a win now utilitarian move. Have double digit lead that I hope to maintain.

Oh, and I would have rather sent Adams than Cishek but the guy insisted. Feel ok with that tho because Nunez/Oviedo is coming back and I think Ozzie will give him preference if Bell loses his job.

Doesn't look like a great trade...

Definitely not a great trade as I was trading from weakness -- injury voids to fill, closer need (and when you trade for a closer midseason in my league you are gonna pay a big premium), short on waiver wire picks, and a injury prone starter I detest (Hanson). So I didn't get full value, not even close really. But I got what I needed without sending essential players away.

I think AJ equals or exceeds Lucroy this year. I'm not alone in liking Greene (D Cameron was recommending him in recent chat). I think the Shark will be better than Hanson and Street at least has a secure grip on his job (i have Frieri, Soriano and Putz, all of whom have job stability issues). Cishek and Parker could become valuable, but odds are they won't.