As others have said, it's a fair deal. And I can give the rationale for the bottom dweller to do it:

He'd need to win every single match and have certain other people lose every match to Maybe get the last/8th playoff spot.
So, you're saying there's a chance. He's got to hope for some kind of massive bounce to come his way, and he's buying 2 guys he hopes can return to form. It's odd, sure, but not unbalanced, and I give the guy props for taking a shot at Price catching fire.