Krispie supposed to be coming off the DL soonish. (Mid next week maybe).
I currently have Jerkface Harper, Willingham, Torii, and Austin Jackson along w Bonifacio. Which of those would you lose once Krispie comes off the DL and sets the desert on fire again?

finally .

i’ve been espousing this sort of “open trade” policy for a few years now ,
but people are very slow to change .

also , an additional benefit is that more trades might result because of the
additional offers being floated .
gives more people a chance to move players , and to find out which owners are willing to negotiate .

nice job , Eric .
more leagues should follow your lead .

My leagues (football and baseball) use a trade policy with the zesty title of “The Trade Policy.” If two owners (or more) wish to make a trade, they each post the trade on the message board and the trade takes 24 hours to get executed. During this time, other owners have two options. 1). Any owner can make a counteroffer. If the counteroffer is accepted, the first trade is null and void and the second trade restarts the 24-hour clock once the counteroffer is agreed to and posted. Any owner has 24 hours to “pull out” of a trade if they change their mind or are convinced to “pull out” because of what’s allowed in the second option….. 2). Perhaps a counteroffer makes no sense for an owner’s current situation, but instead any owner is free to post comments on the message board such as “You’re really walking into a trap with that trade” or “I think you should also make him throw in so and so to make that trade more even.”

Many times, owners will back out of a trade because enough owners have basically told him (or her) that it’s a lousy trade and that he (or she) is getting taken to the cleaners. The other great aspect of “The Trade Policy” is that sometimes owners have no idea that a particular owner was willing to part with a particular player. Once there’s a trade on the board involving that player, another owner has the opportunity to “top” that offer by making a counteroffer that seems like a better deal than the original deal he was about to make.

“The Trade Policy” has nearly eradicated ALL of the stinker trades that drive us all crazy throughout the course of a season, whether it’s football or baseball. It makes trading a transparent enterprise and not one that’s conducted in back-alleys under the cloak of darkness. Like I said, this would be tough in an RCL on ESPN, but in leagues with friends or league’s that are commissioned by someone other than just the website, “The Trade Policy” has been liquid gold for my leagues and I highly recommend it to owners and commissioners that are sick of dealing with “wolf owners” who attack “sheep owners.”

“The Trade Policy” is also a great way to get negotiations going. Sometimes you’ll agree to a trade merely because you know that other owners may float you some alternative ideas for trades. It gets the message out there that “Hey, I’m trading this guy. If you want him, then make a better offer than what I’m currently receiving.”

I was just wondering what your thoughts were on this.

My Sp’s are Gallardo/Latos/Sanchez/Beachy/Hammel, I also have Trevor Bauer sitting on my bench.

I’m thinking of grabbing zambrano, as im a little behind in k’s/w’s, but am having a hard time deciding who to drop.

Also I have gardner coming back off DL on thursday hopefully, who would you drop between De Aza, Reynolds, Alvarez (i’ve been lacking in sb’s with Gardner out)

Cheers!

heyward / maybin / bedard
for
stanton / beckett

thoughts ?

I think it’ll be about playing the hot hand until the big guy’s hamate gets better. There’s gotta be a joke in there about him mistaking it for a ham sandwich…

In another league, I have been offered a deal of my Granderson, Bruce, and Strasburg for his Fielder, Jennings, Cruz, and Hellickson. Thoughts?
12 team H2H Keeper where I can keep stras for 4 years and bruce for 3. Lineup looks like this:
C: Jesus
1B: Votto
2B: Uggla
3B: Wright
SS: Aybar
OF: Granderson, Bruce, Stubbs
Util: 1 of Rios, Moose, and Morneau

P: Lee, Strasburg, D. Hudson, Romero, Ubaldo, Marcum, and McDonald.

Thoughts?