From: kbanaian@bernard.pitzer.claremont.edu (King Banaian)
Subject: Re: Winter Mtg Trades
Summary: what do you think?
Organization: Pitzer College
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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 20:19:39 GMT

In article <1htg7eINNps2@agate.berkeley.edu> hankwong@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Y. Wong) writes:
>As background info, I am in a 7 team mixed league, standard roto categories
>except for WHIP ratio.  Going in, my goals were to improve my pitching staff
>and overall depth, especially in the middle infield/outfield areas.
>
>First, I dealt Delino DeShields and a second round draft choice for Jose
>Guzman, Craig Biggio, Hector Villanueva, and a fourth rounder.  

I see this as a good trade for this reason:  you have probably moved two 
steps down in quality at 2B (though adding Robby later helps) in return for 
a pitcher and a power hitting catcher.  I mean, think hard -- Would 
you really prefer Baerga to Biggio?  Hector has signed with the Cards:  if 
Hec can't dislodge Rich Gedman, for crissakes, he really must be bad.  
However, Hec made great use of the park, so don't expect as much as he used 
to deliver.  The key is Guzman.  The Ranger fans are very upset he left 
town.  He is two years back from surgery, which is always a good sign to 
me.  Also he has a K/BB ratio over 2, which is a screen I use in grading 
starters.  (Guzman is one of only 13 to meet this screen.)  He has been less 
prone to gopher balls than before the arm injury, which suggests he has 
succeeded in getting the ball down.  The one negative:  he got all those 
wins in part by being on the mound when the Rangers scored 5.4 runs a game.  
He probably won't be that lucky next year.

>
>Then, I traded Darryl Strawberry for Kevin Tapani, Robby Thompson, and Derek
>Bell.  
I see Robby and Biggio balancing out the loss of DeShields (Robby fills up 
numbers where Biggio is weak).  Tap is a solid plus to the pitching staff, 
though not having ratio in your league takes away one of his pluses.  I 
agree with your assessment of Derek Bell.

>
>After that  I made a 3-way deal where I gave up Pedro Munoz and got Mariano
>Duncan.  I needed an extra guy who could play SS and Duncan could play SS,2B
>and OF.  Hope his last season wasn't a fluke.
I think it was.  Donuts had 40 doubles last year:  do you really think he'll 
do that again?  He slugged .389, a fall from his prior two years.  The 
Phillies now have both Batiste and Juan Bell to play short, and I'd guess 
they still have hopes for Morandini at second.  He is not going to play 
nearly as much as last year unless two of those three fail miserably.  With 
Inky and Thompson in left, Dykstra in center and Chamberlain in right (Why?  
Why in the world?), there's no room for him there.  And the only reason to 
give up on Munoz is because Kelly treated him like dirt last year.  I think 
they can work it out for a .280, 25 HR hitter.

>
>Finally, I traded Mike Schooler for Steve Finley, straight up.  I was just
>very anxious to get rid of Schooler- he sucked last year and wont get as many
>save opps with Charlton now in Seattle.  Another GM was acquiring relievers
>left and right, had a surplus of outfielders and boom- I agreed instantly
>when he offered Finley.
>
Yes!  Another poster calls Schooler a Worrell type:  that would be about the 
best/worst scenario.  Myself, I smell Kenny Rogers.  I have had Finley, but 
traded him for Plantier in a fantasy league where we play head-to-head with 
WHIP and SLG the main factors.  (It also cost me Tony Phillips, who I let go 
to keep Biggio ... see above.)  In your league, he is a plus at BA and SB, 
and hitting behind Biggio has some RBI potential.  
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