We hadn’t seen much trading yet in the No Credentials Fantasy Baseball league (save for an exchange of Torii Hunter and Vladimir Guerrero, which is fun in retrospect because both players have been cut from the teams that traded for them), but yours truly helped create the first blockbuster of the season. Here are the terms.
No Cred At All (managed by me) is trading Blue Jays 1B/OF Adam Lind, Nationals 3B Ryan Zimmerman, Yankees C Jesus Montero, and Nationals SP Jordan Zimmerman to Eastbound KP (managed by Mark the E-Bay Guy, the finest seller of Adidas Original’s footwear this side of the Tropic of Cancer) for Rays 3B Evan Longoria.
Eastbound has done very well to currently sit 6th in the season standings despite all of the terrible luck he’s had. Evan Longoria had a lengthy DL stint early in the season. Ubaldo Jimenez has mostly been a mess (with the exception of his past two starts). Justin Morneau still hasn’t found his groove since returning from a serious concussion. Phil Hughes suddenly lost the ability to throw a MLB quality fastball. To top it all off, Eastbound was the lucky owner in our league who had Buster Posey. Longoria was his first round pick, but with the boatload of players he’s getting back in return, the trade made sense for him. Ryan Zimmerman should be back within 10 days, and is capable of delivering top-30 value the rest of the season. Adam Lind can cover first base until Morneau gets straightened out, and then slide into the outfield if needed there. Jordan Zimmerman has delivered seven straight quality starts, and will be Eastbound’s fifth or sixth best pitcher.
Of all these players, Montero may end up providing the production over the next four seasons. Montero is a major league ready hitter who is just waiting to be called up by the Yankees or traded to another team. I had Montero ranked as the 11th most likely player to be kept for my 2012 team at the 1/4th mark of the season. Even better for Eastbound is the price he would have to pay to keep him next season. I drafted Montero in the 30th round, which means he can be kept for the price of a 30th round pick for 2012. For me, Montero is the hardest player to part with.
As for Longoria, I’m hopeful that he heats up as we get deeper into the summer months. Thanks to the quality of talent on my team, I’m unsure if he will be a one-year rental or a keeper candidate for 2012. In retrospect, I probably should’ve offered Desmond Jennings instead of Montero (as is the case with most fantasy teams, I have a ton of outfielders, but only Matt Wieters at catcher). That’s the only thing I would’ve changed with this offer. Lind and the two Zimmerman’s were ranked 20th, 22nd, and 24th on my keeper ranks, so while all three are productive players, I should be fine without them going forward.
All in all, this should be a great trade for both sides (provided Longoria gets his average up from the .240s). As soon as Montero is called up, Eastbound will have three hitters he should be able to start everyday and a solid new member of his starting rotation. We’ll look at this trade later in the season to see how it turned out for both sides.
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