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2014 Fantasy Baseball, Week 2 Tools of the Trade

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TheFantasyFix.com’s “Tools of the Trade” is a unique guide for owners to use while attempting to make an even trade with their league-mates in a standard 12-team mixed, 5×5 head-to-head or rotisserie redraft league.

The values present in this guide are simply the basis for a trade. A full-blown analysis of each team’s strengths and weaknesses are essential prior to proposing or accepting a trade offer.

How to use the guide: Ideally, owners will agree to a trade that will aid both sides and stay within $2-3 of each other in a one-for-one and $4-5 in a multi-player deal, according to our chart.

The Week 1 “Tools of the Trade” was free for all readers, but going forward, the “Tools of the Trade” will only be available to Front Office members. Learn the benefits of being a Front Office member here.

Player Value Player Value Player Value
Mike Trout – LAA OF $41 Aaron Hill – Ari 2B $12 Alejandro De Aza – CWS OF $5
Miguel Cabrera – Det 3B $40 Shelby Miller – StL P $12 Mike Moustakas – KC 3B $5
Paul Goldschmidt – Ari 1B $39 Brian McCann – NYY C $12 Joakim Soria – Tex P $5
Andrew McCutchen – Pit OF $38 Joe Nathan – Det P $12 Avisail Garcia – CWS OF $5
Ryan Braun – Mil OF $37 Jayson Werth – Was OF $12 Corey Hart – Sea 1B $5
Carlos Gonzalez – Col OF $37 Joe Mauer – Min C $12 Rex Brothers – Col P $5
Robinson Cano – Sea 2B $36 Nelson Cruz – Bal OF $11 Corey Kluber – Cle P $4
Edwin Encarnacion – Tor 1B $35 Michael Wacha – StL P $11 Michael Bourn – Cle OF $4
Adam Wainwright – StL P $35 Johnny Cueto – Cin P $11 Tim Lincecum – SF P $4
Troy Tulowitzki – Col SS $34 Pedro Alvarez – Pit 3B $11 Nathan Eovaldi – Mia P $4
Adrian Beltre – Tex 3B $34 Jonathan Lucroy – Mil C $11 Adam LaRoche – Was 1B $4
Chris Davis – Bal 1B $33 Hyun-Jin Ryu – LAD P $11 Marco Estrada – Mil P $4
Hanley Ramirez – LAD SS $33 Mat Latos – Cin P $11 Asdrubal Cabrera – Cle SS $4
Adam Jones – Bal OF $33 Mike Minor – Atl P $11 Devin Mesoraco – Cin C $4
Joey Votto – Cin 1B $33 Xander Bogaerts – Bos SS $11 Jonathan Villar – Hou SS $4
Prince Fielder – Tex 1B $32 Glen Perkins – Min P $11 Marcus Semien – CWS 3B $4
Giancarlo Stanton – Mia OF $30 Sergio Romo – SF P $11 LaTroy Hawkins – Col P $4
Jose Fernandez – Mia P $30 Starlin Castro – ChC SS $11 Ben Revere – Phi OF $4
Evan Longoria – TB 3B $28 Shane Victorino – Bos OF $11 Chris Johnson – Atl 3B $4
David Wright – NYM 3B $28 Curtis Granderson – NYM OF $11 Michael Brantley – Cle OF $4
Jason Kipnis – Cle 2B $28 Justin Smoak – Sea 1B $11 John Lackey – Bos P $4
Yu Darvish – Tex P $27 Jason Grilli – Pit P $11 Ryan Howard – Phi 1B $4
Max Scherzer – Det P $27 Addison Reed – Ari P $11 Justin Morneau – Col 1B $4
Carlos Gomez – Mil OF $27 Jose Altuve – Hou 2B $9 Casey Janssen – Tor P $4
Clayton Kershaw – LAD P $26 Coco Crisp – Oak OF $9 Jose Quintana – CWS P $4
Freddie Freeman – Atl 1B $23 Hisashi Iwakuma – Sea P $9 Jose Valverde – NYM P $4
Yasiel Puig – LAD OF $23 Brandon Phillips – Cin 2B $9 Howie Kendrick – LAA 2B $4
Felix Hernandez – Sea P $23 Ben Zobrist – TB 2B $9 Erick Aybar – LAA SS $4
Bryce Harper – Was OF $22 Sonny Gray – Oak P $9 Nick Swisher – Cle 1B $3
Jay Bruce – Cin OF $22 Francisco Liriano – Pit P $9 Tyler Skaggs – LAA P $3
Cliff Lee – Phi P $22 Billy Hamilton – Cin OF $9 Adeiny Hechevarria – Mia SS $3
Dustin Pedroia – Bos 2B $22 Brett Gardner – NYY OF $9 B.J. Upton – Atl OF $3
Jose Bautista – Tor OF $22 Jered Weaver – LAA P $9 Matt Lindstrom – CWS P $3
Matt Holliday – StL OF $22 Lance Lynn – StL P $9 Jake Peavy – Bos P $3
Justin Upton – Atl OF $21 Bradley Miller – Sea SS $9 Drew Smyly – Det P $3
Chris Sale – CWS P $21 Mike Napoli – Bos 1B $9 Nick Markakis – Bal OF $3
Madison Bumgarner – SF P $21 Jedd Gyorko – SD 2B $8 Tommy Hunter – Bal P $3
Alex Rios – Tex OF $21 Aramis Ramirez – Mil 3B $8 Michael Olt – ChC 3B $3
Justin Verlander – Det P $21 Jon Lester – Bos P $8 Ian Kennedy – SD P $3
David Price – TB P $21 Aroldis Chapman – Cin P $8 Nolan Arenado – Col 3B $3
Ian Desmond – Was SS $21 Billy Butler – KC DH $8 Chris Tillman – Bal P $3
Jacoby Ellsbury – NYY OF $21 Norichika Aoki – KC OF $8 Melky Cabrera – Tor OF $3
Shin-Soo Choo – Tex OF $20 Hiroki Kuroda – NYY P $8 Chris Colabello – Min 1B $3
Jason Heyward – Atl OF $20 Matt Adams – StL 1B $8 Evan Gattis – Atl C $2
Matt Kemp – LAD OF $20 Danny Salazar – Cle P $8 Neil Walker – Pit 2B $2
Jean Segura – Mil SS $20 Doug Fister – Was P $8 Chris Carter – Hou OF $2
Albert Pujols – LAA 1B $20 Yadier Molina – StL C $8 Will Middlebrooks – Bos 3B $2
Buster Posey – SF C $20 Brett Lawrie – Tor 3B $8 Yovani Gallardo – Mil P $2
Everth Cabrera – SD SS $20 Khris Davis – Mil OF $8 Alex Wood – Atl P $2
Anthony Rizzo – ChC 1B $20 Anthony Cingrani – Cin P $8 Ubaldo Jimenez – Bal P $2
Stephen Strasburg – Was P $19 David Robertson – NYY P $8 Cody Asche – Phi 3B $2
Eric Hosmer – KC 1B $19 Chase Headley – SD 3B $8 Seth Smith – SD OF $2
Gio Gonzalez – Was P $18 A.J. Burnett – Phi P $7 Matt Dominguez – Hou 3B $2
Starling Marte – Pit OF $18 Anthony Rendon – Was 2B $7 Miguel Montero – Ari C $2
Hunter Pence – SF OF $18 Daniel Murphy – NYM 2B $7 Adam Dunn – CWS 1B $2
Wil Myers – TB OF $18 Grant Balfour – TB P $7 Jhonny Peralta – StL SS $2
Adrian Gonzalez – LAD 1B $18 Salvador Perez – KC C $7 Angel Pagan – SF OF $2
Craig Kimbrel – Atl P $18 Jason Castro – Hou C $7 David Freese – LAA 3B $2
Josh Donaldson – Oak 3B $18 Jim Johnson – Oak P $7 Todd Frazier – Cin 3B $2
Jordan Zimmermann – Was P $16 Jonathan Papelbon – Phi P $7 Dan Uggla – Atl 2B $2
Gerrit Cole – Pit P $16 Carl Crawford – LAD OF $7 Russell Martin – Pit C $2
Ian Kinsler – Det 2B $16 Steve Cishek – Mia P $7 Jarrod Saltalamacchia – Mia C $2
Alex Gordon – KC OF $16 Chris Archer – TB P $7 A.J. Pierzynski – Bos C $2
Yoennis Cespedes – Oak OF $15 C.J. Wilson – LAA P $7 Wellington Castillo – ChC C $2
Kyle Seager – Sea 3B $15 Dan Haren – LAD P $7 Alex Avila – Det C $2
Brandon Belt – SF 1B $15 Torii Hunter – Det OF $7 Mike Zunino – Sea C $2
Kenley Jansen – LAD P $15 CC Sabathia – NYY P $6 Yasmani Grandal – SD C $2
Zack Greinke – LAD P $15 Clay Buchholz – Bos P $6 Carlos Ruiz – Phi C $1
Matt Carpenter – StL 3B $15 Justin Masterson – Cle P $6 Dioner Navarro – Tor C $1
Anibal Sanchez – Det P $15 Leonys Martin – Tex OF $6 Andre Ethier – LAD OF $1
Allen Craig – StL 1B $15 Alexei Ramirez – CWS SS $6 Josmil Pinto – Min C $1
Elvis Andrus – Tex SS $15 R.A. Dickey – Tor P $6 Grady Sizemore – Bos OF $1
Trevor Rosenthal – StL P $15 Rafael Soriano – Was P $6 Justin Ruggiano – ChC OF $1
Mark Trumbo – Ari OF $14 Ernesto Frieri – LAA P $6 Brian Roberts – NYY 2B $1
Matt Cain – SF P $14 J.J. Hardy – Bal SS $6 Kelly Johnson – NYY 2B $1
Wilin Rosario – Col C $14 Andrelton Simmons – Atl SS $6 Dustin Ackley – Sea 2B $1
Homer Bailey – Cin P $14 Jed Lowrie – Oak SS $6 Charlie Blackmon – Col OF $1
James Shields – KC P $14 Brandon Moss – Oak 1B $6 Rajai Davis – Det OF $1
Alexander Cobb – TB P $14 Martin Prado – Ari 3B $6 John Jaso – Oak C $1
David Ortiz – Bos DH $14 Manny Machado – Bal 3B $6 Daniel Straily – Oak P $1
Michael Cuddyer – Col OF $14 Matt Garza – Mil P $6 Marlon Byrd – Phi OF $1
Chase Utley – Phi 2B $14 Alfonso Soriano – NYY OF $6 Ivan Nova – NYY P $1
Jose Abreu – CWS 1B $14 Fernando Rodney – Sea P $6 Eric Young – NYM OF $1
Greg Holland – KC P $13 Dexter Fowler – Hou OF $6 Derek Jeter – NYY SS $1
Koji Uehara – Bos P $13 Adam Eaton – CWS OF $6 Erasmo Ramirez – Sea P $1
Masahiro Tanaka – NYY P $13 Emilio Bonifacio – ChC 2B $6 Travis d’Arnaud – NYM C $1
Domonic Brown – Phi OF $13 Brian Dozier – Min 2B $6 Yunel Escobar – TB SS $1
Carlos Beltran – NYY OF $13 Matt Wieters – Bal C $6 Chris Owings – Ari SS $1
Cole Hamels – Phi P $13 Ervin Santana – Atl P $6 Francisco Rodriguez – Mil P $1
Pablo Sandoval – SF 3B $13 Yordano Ventura – KC P $5 Chad Qualls – Hou P $1
Jose Reyes – Tor SS $13 Kole Calhoun – LAA OF $5 Geovany Soto – Tex C $1
Desmond Jennings – TB OF $13 Yan Gomes – Cle C $5 Sergio Santos – Tor P $1
Andrew Cashner – SD P $12 Huston Street – SD P $5 Jim Henderson – Mil P $1
Carlos Santana – Cle C $12 Christian Yelich – Mia OF $5 Jose Veras – ChC P $1
Austin Jackson – Det OF $12 Adam Lind – Tor 1B $5 Drew Hutchison – Tor P $1
Josh Hamilton – LAA OF $12 Zach Wheeler – NYM P $5 Scott Kazmir – Oak P $1
Jeff Samardzija – ChC P $12 Jimmy Rollins – Phi SS $5 Taijuan Walker – Sea P $1
Victor Martinez – Det DH $12 Josh Reddick – Oak OF $5 Nathan Jones – CWS P $1
Ryan Zimmerman – Was 3B $12 John Axford – Cle P $5 Carlos Martinez – StL P $1
Julio Teheran – Atl P $12 Will Venable – SD OF $5 Jackie Bradley – Bos OF $1

Trading isn’t easy. It’s fun, but not easy. Remember that you don’t have to “win” the trade in order to pull the trigger. If you’re improving your team, then you should make the deal.

Each-and-every week we’ll review fantasy baseball trade proposals and/or offers that come in via our “Quick Fix” and Twitter to determine if the offer is fair and whether or not the trade should be proposed or accepted.

This week I was looking for deals regarding payers with hot or slow starts. On Twitter, I asked if anyone was able to trade or trade for players like Brandon Belt, Ryan Braun, Charlie Blackmon or Billy Hamilton. Folks kindly responded with the following trades. Let’s see how they match up with our trade chart:

Not only does this deal make sense for Cwik based on positional need, It also looks like he was able to cash in on some of Belt’s scorching hot start. He surrendered Brandon Belt ($14) + Zach Wheeler ($4), which amounts to just $18 and received Matt Cain ($14) + Xander Bogaerts ($11), a $25 value. A nice return on an early investment, just hope he didn’t sell too soon on Belt who looks primed for a breakout.

 

RotoKoan was able to acquire Ryan Braun ($37) straight up for Yasiel Puig ($23). Both players are a bit risky, but I had Braun as a top three overall player prior to the season and still feel he could make a run at MVP. If he’s able to stay healthy, this could turn out to be a coup, especially in a redraft league. I have an irrational love for Yasiel Puig as well, but the value was too good to pass up here. Way to take advantage of the vulnerable Braun owner.

Have a question about our Week 2 Tools of the Trade? Leave it in the comments below.

The concept for the this trade value chart has been adapted from Dave Richard’s fantasy football work at CBS.

All of our statistics are courtesy of our friends at FanGraphs .

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