Let's be clear, nobody wants to deal Noah Syndergaard or Madison Bumgarner.
In a perfect world you were leading your league when they went down, you were able to place them on the DL and even found a pitcher on the waiver wire you feel comfortable starting.
Of course, very few of us live in a perfect world.
I'm a little lower on the injured pair of aces than either Scott White or Chris Towers because of the reality I imagine their owners facing. This is a second or third round pick that you're getting nothing from until the All Star Break in the most likely scenario. We've talked about the lack of depth at SP this year and that's a double edged sword in this case. It limits the number of reliable pitchers you could target for trade but it also makes the replacement level of starting pitcher that much lower.
This is (again) where I remind you that your specific situation dictates what you should do. Don't give away an injured ace if you're holding your own towards the top of the standings. Don't hold onto Bumgarner or Syndergaard if you're in the middle of the pack and fading fast. They aren't going to help you in July (or August) if you're already out of contention. With that, let's grade some trades.
@heathcummingssr Pollock for Scherzer
— Damon Davis (@ddavisCNS) May 3, 2017
Everything is situation-dependent, but I grade trades in a vacuum and would grade this as a slight loss. Responding to pitcher injuries by trading elite hitters for elite pitchers only exposes you to more pitcher injuries. Yes, Scherzer has been healthy but so had Cole Hamels and now he's on the shelf for a couple of months. It's not a bad deal, I just wouldn't make it unless the circumstances were just right. Grade: C-
@heathcummingssr Give: Duffy and Jose Ramirez; Get: Arrenado
— Nicholas Payan (@PeterPayan) May 3, 2017
Yes! The trade chart generally favors the side with more players but in this case it loves the deal. I'm a little worried about Duffy being more than a No. 3 Fantasy starter and you're getting the best player in the deal by far. Well done. Grade: A
@heathcummingssr Give: JUp, Paxton, Greg Holland
— Ben Jones (@BenJones123) May 3, 2017
Get: Blackmon, MadBum, Kelvin Herrera
Blockbuster! Bonus points for sending a trade with the guy in the headline. Let's start with the trade chart. You're receiving 59 trade chart points and sending 41. Winner! An excellent job of selling high on Paxton and Holland and buying low on Herrera. Grade: A+
Roto Trade Chart | ||||||||
Rank | Player | Team | Value | |||||
1 | Mike Trout | LAA (CF) | 50 | |||||
2 | Nolan Arenado | COL (3B) | 45 | |||||
3 | Mookie Betts | BOS (RF) | 45 | |||||
4 | Bryce Harper | WAS (RF) | 45 | |||||
5 | Jose Altuve | HOU (2B) | 45 | |||||
6 | Paul Goldschmidt | ARI (1B) | 43 | |||||
7 | Anthony Rizzo | CHC (1B) | 43 | |||||
8 | Kris Bryant | CHC (3B) | 42 | |||||
9 | Manny Machado | BAL (3B) | 42 | |||||
10 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD (SP) | 40 | |||||
11 | Charlie Blackmon | COL (CF) | 40 | |||||
12 | Joey Votto | CIN (1B) | 39 | |||||
13 | Corey Seager | LAD (SS) | 39 | |||||
14 | A.J. Pollock | ARI (CF) | 39 | |||||
15 | Max Scherzer | WAS (SP) | 37 | |||||
16 | Chris Sale | BOS (SP) | 37 | |||||
17 | George Springer | HOU (RF) | 37 | |||||
18 | Daniel Murphy | WAS (2B) | 34 | |||||
19 | Trea Turner | WAS (CF) | 33 | |||||
20 | Carlos Correa | HOU (SS) | 33 | |||||
21 | Francisco Lindor | CLE (SS) | 32 | |||||
22 | Giancarlo Stanton | MIA (RF) | 32 | |||||
23 | Nelson Cruz | SEA (DH) | 32 | |||||
24 | Jacob deGrom | NYM (SP) | 32 | |||||
25 | Brian Dozier | MIN (2B) | 32 | |||||
26 | Xander Bogaerts | BOS (SS) | 32 | |||||
27 | Edwin Encarnacion | CLE (DH) | 28 | |||||
28 | Freddie Freeman | ATL (1B) | 28 | |||||
29 | Robinson Cano | SEA (2B) | 28 | |||||
30 | Jake Arrieta | CHC (SP) | 25 | |||||
31 | Ryan Braun | MIL (LF) | 25 | |||||
32 | Yu Darvish | TEX (SP) | 25 | |||||
33 | Stephen Strasburg | WAS (SP) | 25 | |||||
34 | Wil Myers | SD (1B) | 24 | |||||
35 | Miguel Cabrera | DET (1B) | 24 | |||||
36 | Matt Kemp | ATL (RF) | 24 | |||||
37 | Johnny Cueto | SF (SP) | 24 | |||||
38 | Corey Kluber | CLE (SP) | 24 | |||||
39 | Jon Lester | CHC (SP) | 24 | |||||
40 | Chris Archer | TB (SP) | 24 | |||||
41 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE (SP) | 24 | |||||
42 | Carlos Martinez | STL (SP) | 24 | |||||
43 | Justin Verlander | DET (SP) | 24 | |||||
44 | Buster Posey | SF (C) | 24 | |||||
45 | Jonathan Lucroy | TEX (C) | 24 | |||||
46 | Carlos Gonzalez | COL (RF) | 24 | |||||
47 | Mark Trumbo | BAL (RF) | 24 | |||||
48 | Andrew McCutchen | PIT (CF) | 24 | |||||
49 | Adam Jones | BAL (CF) | 24 | |||||
50 | Khris Davis | OAK (LF) | 24 | |||||
51 | Eric Thames | MIL (LF) | 24 | |||||
52 | Christian Yelich | MIA (LF) | 20 | |||||
53 | Matt Carpenter | STL (3B) | 20 | |||||
54 | Yoenis Cespedes | NYM (LF) | 20 | |||||
55 | Wade Davis | CHC (RP) | 18 | |||||
56 | Aroldis Chapman | NYY (RP) | 18 | |||||
57 | Kenley Jansen | LAD (RP) | 18 | |||||
58 | Josh Donaldson | TOR (3B) | 17 | |||||
59 | Craig Kimbrel | BOS (RP) | 17 | |||||
60 | Danny Salazar | CLE (SP) | 16 | |||||
61 | James Paxton | SEA (SP) | 16 | |||||
62 | Miguel Sano | MIN (3B) | 16 | |||||
63 | Jean Segura | SEA (2B) | 15 | |||||
64 | Billy Hamilton | CIN (CF) | 15 | |||||
65 | Zack Greinke | ARI (SP) | 15 | |||||
66 | Gerrit Cole | PIT (SP) | 15 | |||||
67 | Dallas Keuchel | HOU (SP) | 15 | |||||
68 | Lance McCullers | HOU (SP) | 15 | |||||
69 | Gregory Polanco | PIT (RF) | 15 | |||||
70 | Justin Upton | DET (LF) | 15 | |||||
71 | Odubel Herrera | PHI (CF) | 15 | |||||
72 | Chris Davis | BAL (1B) | 15 | |||||
73 | Jose Ramirez | CLE (3B) | 15 | |||||
74 | Andrew Benintendi | BOS (LF) | 15 | |||||
75 | Michael Brantley | CLE (LF) | 15 | |||||
76 | Aaron Judge | NYY (RF) | 15 | |||||
77 | Masahiro Tanaka | NYY (SP) | 15 | |||||
78 | Kyle Seager | SEA (3B) | 15 | |||||
79 | Rougned Odor | TEX (2B) | 15 | |||||
80 | Carlos Santana | CLE (DH) | 15 | |||||
81 | David Price | BOS (SP) | 15 | |||||
82 | Aledmys Diaz | STL (SS) | 14 | |||||
83 | Cole Hamels | TEX (SP) | 14 | |||||
84 | Jose Quintana | CHW (SP) | 14 | |||||
85 | Ian Desmond | COL (CF) | 14 | |||||
86 | Lorenzo Cain | KC (CF) | 14 | |||||
87 | Justin Turner | LAD (3B) | 13 | |||||
88 | Danny Duffy | KC (SP) | 13 | |||||
89 | Mark Melancon | SF (RP) | 13 | |||||
90 | Cody Allen | CLE (RP) | 12 | |||||
91 | J.D. Martinez | DET (RF) | 12 | |||||
92 | Kyle Schwarber | CHC (LF) | 12 | |||||
93 | Stephen Piscotty | STL (RF) | 12 | |||||
94 | Zach Britton | BAL (RP) | 12 | |||||
95 | Dee Gordon | MIA (2B) | 12 | |||||
96 | Jeurys Familia | NYM (RP) | 12 | |||||
97 | Gary Sanchez | NYY (C) | 12 | |||||
98 | Jose Bautista | TOR (RF) | 12 | |||||
99 | Edwin Diaz | SEA (RP) | 12 | |||||
100 | Salvador Perez | KC (C) | 12 | |||||
101 | Marcell Ozuna | MIA (CF) | 12 | |||||
102 | Michael Conforto | NYM (LF) | 12 | |||||
103 | Jason Kipnis | CLE (2B) | 12 | |||||
104 | Ian Kinsler | DET (2B) | 12 | |||||
105 | Addison Russell | CHC (SS) | 12 | |||||
106 | Jonathan Villar | MIL (SS) | 12 | |||||
107 | Alex Bregman | HOU (3B) | 12 | |||||
108 | Jose Abreu | CHW (1B) | 12 | |||||
109 | Hanley Ramirez | BOS (1B) | 12 | |||||
110 | Julio Teheran | ATL (SP) | 12 | |||||
111 | Marcus Stroman | TOR (SP) | 12 | |||||
112 | Rick Porcello | BOS (SP) | 12 | |||||
113 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC (SP) | 12 | |||||
114 | Dexter Fowler | STL (CF) | 12 | |||||
115 | Anthony Rendon | WAS (3B) | 12 | |||||
116 | Dylan Bundy | BAL (RP) | 12 | |||||
117 | Alex Colome | TB (RP) | 11 | |||||
118 | Trevor Story | COL (SS) | 11 | |||||
119 | Michael Fulmer | DET (SP) | 11 | |||||
120 | Brian McCann | HOU (C) | 11 | |||||
121 | Willson Contreras | CHC (C) | 11 | |||||
122 | Vince Velasquez | PHI (SP) | 10 | |||||
123 | Nomar Mazara | TEX (RF) | 10 | |||||
124 | Jackie Bradley | BOS (CF) | 10 | |||||
125 | J.T. Realmuto | MIA (C) | 10 | |||||
126 | Greg Holland | COL (RP) | 10 | |||||
127 | Aaron Nola | PHI (SP) | 10 | |||||
128 | Madison Bumgarner | SF (SP) | 10 | |||||
129 | Noah Syndergaard | NYM (SP) | 10 | |||||
130 | Ryan Zimmerman | WAS (1B) | 10 | |||||
131 | DJ LeMahieu | COL (2B) | 10 | |||||
132 | Kendrys Morales | TOR (DH) | 10 | |||||
133 | Victor Martinez | DET (DH) | 10 | |||||
134 | Matt Harvey | NYM (SP) | 10 | |||||
135 | Felix Hernandez | SEA (SP) | 10 | |||||
136 | Tanner Roark | WAS (SP) | 10 | |||||
137 | Kenta Maeda | LAD (SP) | 9 | |||||
138 | Jon Gray | COL (SP) | 9 | |||||
139 | Jameson Taillon | PIT (SP) | 9 | |||||
140 | Jerad Eickhoff | PHI (SP) | 9 | |||||
141 | Robbie Ray | ARI (SP) | 9 | |||||
142 | Kelvin Herrera | KC (RP) | 9 | |||||
143 | Lance Lynn | STL (SP) | 9 | |||||
144 | Jay Bruce | NYM (RF) | 9 | |||||
145 | Ervin Santana | MIN (SP) | 8 | |||||
146 | John Lackey | CHC (SP) | 8 | |||||
147 | Ken Giles | HOU (RP) | 8 | |||||
148 | Seung-Hwan Oh | STL (RP) | 8 | |||||
149 | Roberto Osuna | TOR (RP) | 8 | |||||
150 | Sean Manaea | OAK (SP) | 8 | |||||
151 | Albert Pujols | LAA (DH) | 8 | |||||
152 | Gio Gonzalez | WAS (SP) | 8 | |||||
153 | Steven Souza | TB (RF) | 7 | |||||
154 | Andrew Miller | CLE (RP) | 7 | |||||
155 | David Robertson | CHW (RP) | 6 | |||||
156 | AJ Ramos | MIA (RP) | 6 | |||||
157 | Brandon Belt | SF (1B) | 6 | |||||
158 | Travis Shaw | MIL (3B) | 6 | |||||
159 | Jake Lamb | ARI (3B) | 6 | |||||
160 | Nicholas Castellanos | DET (3B) | 6 | |||||
161 | Yasmany Tomas | ARI (RF) | 6 | |||||
162 | Taijuan Walker | ARI (SP) | 6 | |||||
163 | Chris Owings | ARI (SS) | 6 | |||||
164 | Adam Duvall | CIN (LF) | 5 | |||||
165 | Jason Heyward | CHC (RF) | 5 | |||||
166 | Cody Bellinger | LAD (1B) | 5 | |||||
167 | Michael Pineda | NYY (SP) | 5 | |||||
168 | Ian Kennedy | KC (SP) | 5 | |||||
169 | Elvis Andrus | TEX (SS) | 5 | |||||
170 | Kevin Gausman | BAL (SP) | 5 | |||||
171 | Matt Shoemaker | LAA (SP) | 4 | |||||
172 | Luis Severino | NYY (SP) | 4 | |||||
173 | Maikel Franco | PHI (3B) | 4 | |||||
174 | Eric Hosmer | KC (1B) | 4 | |||||
175 | Evan Longoria | TB (3B) | 4 | |||||
176 | Todd Frazier | CHW (3B) | 4 | |||||
177 | Cesar Hernandez | PHI (2B) | 3 | |||||
178 | Yangervis Solarte | SD (3B) | 3 | |||||
179 | Julio Urias | LAD (SP) | 3 | |||||
180 | Ivan Nova | PIT (SP) | 3 | |||||
181 | Jose Peraza | CIN (SS) | 3 | |||||
182 | Ben Zobrist | CHC (2B) | 3 | |||||
183 | Dustin Pedroia | BOS (2B) | 3 | |||||
184 | Kevin Kiermaier | TB (CF) | 3 | |||||
185 | Marco Estrada | TOR (SP) | 3 | |||||
186 | Michael Wacha | STL (SP) | 3 | |||||
187 | Mitch Haniger | SEA (CF) | 3 | |||||
188 | Evan Gattis | HOU (DH) | 3 | |||||
189 | Yasmani Grandal | LAD (C) | 2 | |||||
190 | Corey Dickerson | TB (LF) | 2 | |||||
191 | Russell Martin | TOR (C) | 2 | |||||
192 | Matt Wieters | WAS (C) | 2 | |||||
193 | Mike Moustakas | KC (3B) | 2 | |||||
194 | Joey Gallo | TEX (3B) | 2 | |||||
195 | Eugenio Suarez | CIN (3B) | 2 | |||||
196 | David Dahl | COL (LF) | 2 | |||||
197 | Adrian Beltre | TEX (3B) | 2 | |||||
198 | Welington Castillo | BAL (C) | 2 | |||||
199 | Austin Hedges | SD (C) | 2 | |||||
200 | Joe Ross | WAS (SP) | 2 | |||||
201 | Sonny Gray | OAK (SP) | 2 | |||||
202 | Aaron Sanchez | TOR (SP) | 2 | |||||
203 | Steven Matz | NYM (SP) | 2 | |||||
204 | Carlos Rodon | CHW (SP) | 2 | |||||
205 | Amir Garrett | CIN (SP) | 2 | |||||
206 | Jacoby Ellsbury | NYY (CF) | 2 | |||||
207 | Randal Grichuk | STL (CF) | 2 | |||||
208 | Stephen Vogt | OAK (C) | 1 | |||||
209 | Travis d'Arnaud | NYM (C) | 1 | |||||
210 | Cameron Rupp | PHI (C) | 1 | |||||
211 | Yadier Molina | STL (C) | 1 | |||||
212 | Drew Pomeranz | BOS (SP) | 1 | |||||
213 | Mike Leake | STL (SP) | 1 | |||||
214 | Patrick Corbin | ARI (SP) | 1 | |||||
215 | Alex Cobb | TB (SP) | 1 | |||||
216 | David Peralta | ARI (RF) | 1 | |||||
217 | Eduardo Nunez | SF (3B) | 1 | |||||
218 | Tony Watson | PIT (RP) | 1 | |||||
219 | Francisco Rodriguez | DET (RP) | 1 | |||||
220 | Mitch Moreland | BOS (1B) | 1 | |||||
221 | Adrian Gonzalez | LAD (1B) | 1 | |||||
222 | Rich Hill | LAD (SP) | 1 | |||||
223 | Raisel Iglesias | CIN (RP) | 1 | |||||
224 | Matt Bush | TEX (RP) | 1 | |||||
225 | Mike Napoli | TEX (1B) | 1 | |||||
226 | Shawn Kelley | WAS (RP) | 1 | |||||
227 | Dellin Betances | NYY (RP) | 1 | |||||
228 | Starlin Castro | NYY (2B) | 1 | |||||
229 | J.A. Happ | TOR (SP) | 1 | |||||
230 | Jharel Cotton | OAK (SP) | 1 | |||||
231 | Kendall Graveman | OAK (SP) | 1 | |||||
232 | Jonathan Schoop | BAL (2B) | 1 | |||||
233 | Jedd Gyorko | STL (2B) | 1 | |||||
234 | Hernan Perez | MIL (3B) | 1 | |||||
235 | Josh Reddick | HOU (RF) | 1 | |||||
236 | Yasiel Puig | LAD (RF) | 1 | |||||
237 | Ryon Healy | OAK (3B) | 1 | |||||
238 | Josh Harrison | PIT (2B) | 1 | |||||
239 | Scott Schebler | CIN (RF) | 1 | |||||
240 | Brandon Crawford | SF (SS) | 1 | |||||
241 | Domingo Santana | MIL (RF) | 1 | |||||
242 | Joc Pederson | LAD (CF) | 1 | |||||
243 | Carlos Gomez | TEX (CF) | 1 | |||||
244 | Manuel Margot | SD (CF) | 1 | |||||
245 | Keon Broxton | MIL (CF) | 1 | |||||
246 | Hunter Pence | SF (RF) | 1 | |||||
247 | Kole Calhoun | LAA (RF) | 1 | |||||
248 | Avisail Garcia | CHW (DH) | 1 | |||||
249 | Brandon Drury | ARI (LF) | 1 | |||||
250 | Daniel Norris | DET (SP) | 1 |