wich direction? (sorry bit long) Trade or go for

[mario]

Hey guys just picked up this team and have little experience in this type league. h2h, 16 teams, daily roster changes, 7X7, 30 man rosters +25 man minors. $260 cap ( can exceeed cap by as much as we want during the season)

Start:C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CI, MI, OF, OF, OF, OF, OF, DH.
10 P anywhere from 8 SP/2 RP to 2 SP/8 RP.

BA-HR-OBP-R-RBI-SB-TB
ERA-HD-K-QS-S-(W-L)- WHIP

Starters:
C-
1B-P. Fielder 1B $18-4L
3B-C. Jones 3B $21-2L
CIF-
2B-
SS-
MIF-
OF-M. Ramirez OF $29-2
OF-R. Ibanez OF $10-2
OF-R. Ludwick OF $1-2
OF-C. Hart OF $1s3
OF-
DH-

P-J. Beckett SP $19-3L
P-R. Halladay SP $43-2
P-D. Lowe SP $12-3L
P-P. Maholm SP $1-2
P-C. Lee SP $4-2
P-J. Blanton SP $1-2
P-M. Parra SP $1s3
P-
P-K.Gregg $1-2
P-S.Downs $1s3

MInors:

Skipworth, Kyle C
Iribarren, Hernan 2B
Arias, Joaquin SS
Brewer, Brent SS
Escobar, Alcides SS
Perez, Yohannis SS
Cain, Lorenzo OF
Escobar, Alex OF
Gillespie, Cole OF
Justin Ruggiano OF TB
Nick Evans NYM 1B NYM
Chris Carter (1B, BOS)

Cole Rohrbaugh, SP, ATL
Savery, Joe SP
Tata, Jordan SP
Owens, Henry RP
Villanueva, Carlos SP
Deolis Guerra, P, MIN
Fernando Salas P STL
Casey Weathers (P, COL)

Total Salary=$163

The remaining $92 used to Auction to fill our rosters. It looks as though I could either attempt a run (no F.A\'s really) or try to trade my assets. I have 2 offers on the table:

Porcello(minor)/Carlos Gomez 1s3/Andrew McCutchen for: Beckett

He also have these players I like:

Joey Votto 1s3
P- John Maine 1s2
P- Jair Jurrjens 1s3
P- Matt Garza 1s3
P- Jensen Lewis 1s2
Travis Snider
Colby Rasmus

[J Status]

The Beckett offer isn\'t awful. Some years he will be great and others he will be very average. I do like the prospects involved in that trade but I think you could get a little more. Try substituting Snider or Votto in for Gomez. If he doesn\'t like that, then make it a four for one and have him throw in Rasmus or Garza. Beckett commands pretty good value so I would try something like that before giving him away for those youngsters. It is decent though if you want to rebuild.

As for the other deal, it is pretty bad. A bunch of junk for one of the best hitters in the game. Yeah he is old, but this year he showed he still has quite a bit in the tank.

I do think you should trade him, but you should at least get Votto in the deal and probably should get Snider and Garza/Rasmus as well.

I would throw a deal including all four of them for Manny at him and see how he reacts. If he reacts like it is possible, then maybe we knock one player out for a lesser and we have something. Start him high and work down. Still, you at least need a couple stud prospects to give up Manny.

[J Status]

Also look to trade Chipper Jones if someone is willing to pay significantly with talented rebuilding parts. If not, wait for him to start hitting like crazy next season early and trade him before he gets hurt again.

From the looks of your team, i think I would rebuild because your core is fairly old with Chipper, Manny and Ibanez and you are missing high-end talent at any of the three key fantasy positions (C, 2B, SS) so I\'m not sure you are ready to take it all. Still, his major league team doesn\'t look great either.

I would trade off those older players for high-end quantity... assuming you can keep a lot of players from year to year.

[gwilson]

I dunno. His team seems ok considering the other guys but I don\'t like owning guys like Chipper and Ibanez either. Their value is just decreasing. I would call it retooling not rebuilding.

[mario]

Yeah so I skipped the manny deal and edited my post to remove it. I was think g maybe:

garza or Votto
Mucutchen or rasmus
Gomez