Rotoman,
My league is a 6×6 (5×5 with hits and total bases allowed). The following trade was made: ARod, Reuter and Burnitz for Tejada, Astacio and Shannon Stewart.
Your thoughts on this deal would greatly enlighten my league.
I’m always happy to do a little enlightening. Let’s look at it by components:
Alex Rodriguez, high average, high power, good speed (three year average: $39) for Miguel Tejada, low average, good power, some speed (2 yr. avg: $20) . Big edge to Rodriguez.
Kirk Rueter, off to a hot start, with average earnings the last three years of about $3, for Pedro Astacio, also off to a hot start, whose average earnings the last three years (in Coors!) were $0. Edge: Nice edge to Astacio.
Jeromey Burnitz, low-average power hitter (avg earnings: $13) for Shannon Stewart, high average, high speed guy with some power (avg earnings: $32). Edge: Steward by a lot.
By virtue of the math ARod is about as much better than Tejada as Stewart is of Burnitz. I happen to like Astacio a lot, I’ve touted him highly all Spring, and I’m sure he is much better than Rueter, though ongoing concerns about his shoulder have to be factored in.
I don’t think you can take umbrage at this deal, but if I had Alex Rodriguez and I wanted to improve my team I would trade him for a surer thing than Astacio.