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2013 Fantasy Baseball Tools of the Trade, Week 3

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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.

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Player Value Player Value Player Value
Miguel Cabrera – Det 3B $41 Jake Peavy – CWS P $12 Lance Lynn – StL P $5
Ryan Braun – Mil OF $40 Dexter Fowler – Col OF $12 Ryan Vogelsong – SF P $5
Mike Trout – LAA OF $39 Mark Trumbo – LAA OF $12 Kyle Lohse – Mil P $5
Joey Votto – Cin 1B $38 Curtis Granderson – NYY OF $12 Kyuji Fujikawa – ChC P $5
Prince Fielder – Det 1B $37 Ike Davis – NYM 1B $12 Casey Janssen – Tor P $5
Robinson Cano – NYY 2B $37 Danny Espinosa – Was 2B $12 Kevin Youkilis – NYY 3B $5
Justin Upton – Atl OF $36 Matt Carpenter – StL 3B $11 Starling Marte – Pit OF $4
Andrew McCutchen – Pit OF $35 Dan Uggla – Atl 2B $11 Jedd Gyorko – SD 2B $4
Carlos Gonzalez – Col OF $35 Victor Martinez – Det C $11 Brandon McCarthy – Ari P $4
Matt Kemp – LAD OF $34 Shane Victorino – Bos OF $11 Jason Hammel – Bal P $4
Albert Pujols – LAA 1B $34 Matthew Moore – TB P $11 John Buck – NYM C $4
Clayton Kershaw – LAD P $33 Matt Wieters – Bal C $11 Erick Aybar – LAA SS $4
Justin Verlander – Det P $33 Salvador Perez – KC C $11 Yonder Alonso – SD 1B $4
Jose Bautista – Tor OF $33 Norichika Aoki – Mil OF $11 Justin Maxwell – Hou OF $4
Bryce Harper – Was OF $33 Mark Reynolds – Cle 1B $11 Brett Gardner – NYY OF $4
Adam Jones – Bal OF $32 Paul Maholm – Atl P $11 Matt Harrison – Tex P $4
Stephen Strasburg – Was P $30 Rafael Soriano – Was P $11 Josh Beckett – LAD P $4
Troy Tulowitzki – Col SS $30 Carlos Gomez – Mil OF $11 Ernesto Frieri – LAA P $4
David Wright – NYM 3B $28 Nelson Cruz – Tex OF $11 Joel Hanrahan – Bos P $4
Cole Hamels – Phi P $28 Yovani Gallardo – Mil P $11 Dillon Gee – NYM P $4
Jason Heyward – Atl OF $28 Josh Willingham – Min OF $11 Michael Fiers – Mil P $4
Adrian Beltre – Tex 3B $27 R.A. Dickey – Tor P $11 Carlos Quentin – SD OF $4
Evan Longoria – TB 3B $27 Hunter Pence – SF OF $11 Edwin Jackson – ChC P $4
Jay Bruce – Cin OF $27 Sergio Romo – SF P $9 Ichiro Suzuki – NYY OF $4
Giancarlo Stanton – Mia OF $26 Miguel Montero – Ari C $9 Kelvin Herrera – KC P $4
David Price – TB P $23 Mike Minor – Atl P $9 Jeremy Hellickson – TB P $4
Starlin Castro – ChC SS $23 Aramis Ramirez – Mil 3B $9 A.J. Pierzynski – Tex C $4
Edwin Encarnacion – Tor 1B $23 Mike Morse – Sea OF $9 Ryan Dempster – Bos P $4
Paul Goldschmidt – Ari 1B $22 Brett Anderson – Oak P $9 Jesus Montero – Sea C $3
Ian Kinsler – Tex 2B $22 Marco Estrada – Mil P $9 Chris Carter – Hou LF $3
Josh Hamilton – LAA OF $22 Brandon Morrow – Tor P $9 Jason Kubel – Ari OF $3
Matt Holliday – StL OF $22 Mariano Rivera – NYY P $9 Emilio Bonifacio – Tor OF $3
Yoennis Cespedes – Oak OF $22 Joe Nathan – Tex P $9 Everth Cabrera – SD SS $3
Felix Hernandez – Sea P $22 Hiroki Kuroda – NYY P $9 Greg Holland – KC P $3
Cliff Lee – Phi P $21 Addison Reed – CWS P $9 Garrett Jones – Pit 1B $3
Yu Darvish – Tex P $21 Jarrod Parker – Oak P $9 Derek Holland – Tex P $3
Jacoby Ellsbury – Bos OF $21 Jose Fernandez – Mia P $8 Trevor Rosenthal – StL P $3
Buster Posey – SF C $21 Tim Hudson – Atl P $8 Drew Stubbs – Cle OF $3
Billy Butler – KC 1B $21 Coco Crisp – Oak OF $8 David Ortiz – Bos DH $3
Dustin Pedroia – Bos 2B $21 Ryan Howard – Phi 1B $8 Wil Myers – TB OF $3
Matt Cain – SF P $21 Rickie Weeks – Mil 2B $8 Mitchell Boggs – StL P $3
Allen Craig – StL 1B $21 Jed Lowrie – Oak SS $8 Trevor Plouffe – Min 3B $3
Pablo Sandoval – SF 3B $20 Carl Crawford – LAD OF $8 Julio Teheran – Atl P $3
Ryan Zimmerman – Was 3B $20 Andre Ethier – LAD OF $8 Alfonso Soriano – ChC OF $2
Adam Wainwright – StL P $20 Jered Weaver – LAA P $8 Steve Cishek – Mia P $2
Jeff Samardzija – ChC P $20 Clay Buchholz – Bos P $8 Kyle Seager – Sea 3B $2
Jordan Zimmermann – Was P $20 Nick Markakis – Bal OF $8 Michael Saunders – Sea OF $2
Madison Bumgarner – SF P $20 Alejandro De Aza – CWS OF $8 Dayan Viciedo – CWS OF $2
CC Sabathia – NYY P $20 Jayson Werth – Was OF $8 Domonic Brown – Phi OF $2
Max Scherzer – Det P $20 Melky Cabrera – Tor OF $8 Cameron Maybin – SD OF $2
Adrian Gonzalez – LAD 1B $19 Daniel Murphy – NYM 2B $8 Manny Machado – Bal 3B $2
Chase Utley – Phi 2B $19 Justin Morneau – Min 1B $8 Juan Pierre – Mia OF $2
Chase Headley – SD 3B $18 Tom Wilhelmsen – Sea P $7 Trevor Cahill – Ari P $2
Austin Jackson – Det OF $18 Will Middlebrooks – Bos 3B $7 A.J. Griffin – Oak P $2
Chris Sale – CWS P $18 Jaime Garcia – StL P $7 Jon Jay – StL OF $2
Craig Kimbrel – Atl P $18 Jason Grilli – Pit P $7 Grant Balfour – Oak P $2
Ben Zobrist – TB 2B $18 Rafael Betancourt – Col P $7 Joaquin Benoit – Det P $2
Freddie Freeman – Atl 1B $18 Josh Reddick – Oak OF $7 Justin Ruggiano – Mia OF $2
Brandon Phillips – Cin 2B $18 Torii Hunter – Det OF $7 Hisashi Iwakuma – Sea P $2
Anibal Sanchez – Det P $16 Jonathan Lucroy – Mil C $7 Homer Bailey – Cin P $2
Gio Gonzalez – Was P $16 J.P. Arencibia – Tor C $7 Edinson Volquez – SD P $2
Alex Rios – CWS OF $16 Nick Swisher – Cle OF $7 Jason Vargas – LAA P $2
Matt Harvey – NYM P $16 Huston Street – SD P $7 Wade Miley – Ari P $2
Martin Prado – Ari 3B $15 Angel Pagan – SF OF $7 Wellington Castillo – ChC C $2
Brett Lawrie – Tor 3B $15 Mike Moustakas – KC 3B $7 Brian McCann – Atl C $2
Joe Mauer – Min C $15 Lance Berkman – Tex 1B $7 Derek Jeter – NYY SS $2
B.J. Upton – Atl OF $15 Jose Reyes – Tor SS $6 Denard Span – Was OF $2
Jason Kipnis – Cle 2B $15 Todd Frazier – Cin 3B $6 Corey Hart – Mil 1B $1
Shin-Soo Choo – Cin OF $15 Alexander Cobb – TB P $6 Michael Young – Phi 3B $1
Kris Medlen – Atl P $15 J.J. Putz – Ari P $6 Alexei Ramirez – CWS SS $1
Eric Hosmer – KC 1B $15 Kendry Morales – Sea 1B $6 Erasmo Ramirez – Sea P $1
Paul Konerko – CWS 1B $15 Andrelton Simmons – Atl SS $6 Bobby Parnell – NYM P $1
Ian Desmond – Was SS $15 Adam Dunn – CWS 1B $6 Wilson Ramos – Was C $1
Elvis Andrus – Tex SS $14 Mike Napoli – Bos C $6 Wei-Yin Chen – Bal P $1
Zack Greinke – LAD P $14 Jim Johnson – Bal P $6 Dustin Ackley – Sea 2B $1
Johnny Cueto – Cin P $14 Neil Walker – Pit 2B $6 Aaron Hicks – Min OF $1
Carlos Santana – Cle C $14 Brandon League – LAD P $6 Stephen Drew – Bos SS $1
Jimmy Rollins – Phi SS $14 Adam Eaton – Ari OF $6 Shelby Miller – StL P $1
Alcides Escobar – KC SS $14 Chris Perez – Cle P $6 Andy Pettitte – NYY P $1
Asdrubal Cabrera – Cle SS $14 Mark Teixeira – NYY 1B $6 Jhonny Peralta – Det SS $1
Michael Bourn – Cle OF $14 Ben Revere – Phi OF $6 Lorenzo Cain – KC OF $1
Alex Gordon – KC OF $14 David Murphy – Tex OF $6 Colby Rasmus – Tor OF $1
Wilin Rosario – Col C $14 Josh Johnson – Tor P $6 Tom Milone – Oak P $1
James Shields – KC P $13 Glen Perkins – Min P $6 Ivan Nova – NYY P $1
Aroldis Chapman – Cin P $13 Ian Kennedy – Ari P $6 Tommy Hanson – LAA P $1
Mat Latos – Cin P $13 A.J. Burnett – Pit P $6 Ryan Ludwick – Cin OF $1
Anthony Rizzo – ChC 1B $13 Jean Segura – Mil SS $6 Kelly Johnson – TB 2B $1
Yadier Molina – StL C $13 C.J. Wilson – LAA P $6 Alex Rodriguez – NYY 3B $1
Carlos Beltran – StL OF $13 Michael Cuddyer – Col OF $6 Kenley Jansen – LAD P $1
Jonathan Papelbon – Phi P $13 Josh Rutledge – Col 2B $5 Jose Veras – Hou P $1
Fernando Rodney – TB P $13 Jim Henderson – Mil P $5 Phil Hughes – NYY P $1
Desmond Jennings – TB OF $13 Aaron Hill – Ari 2B $5 Al Albuquerque – Det P $1
Hanley Ramirez – LAD SS $12 Evan Gattis – Atl C $5 Jemile Weeks – Oak 2B $1
Jose Altuve – Hou 2B $12 Tim Lincecum – SF P $5 Leonys Martin – Tex OF $1
Jonathon Niese – NYM P $12 Pedro Alvarez – Pit 3B $5 Peter Bourjos – LAA OF $1
David Freese – StL 3B $12 J.J. Hardy – Bal SS $5 Carlos Ruiz – Phi C $1
Adam LaRoche – Was 1B $12 Matt Garza – ChC P $5 Hyun-Jin Ryu – LAD P $1
Doug Fister – Det P $12 Howie Kendrick – LAA 2B $5 Zach Cozart – Cin SS $1
Jon Lester – Bos P $12 Roy Halladay – Phi P $5 Sergio Santos – Tor P $1
Chris Davis – Bal 1B $12 Dan Haren – Was P $5 Brandon Belt – SF 1B $1

Each-and-every week fantasy baseball owners send us their trade proposals and/or offers via our “Quick Fix” and Twitter to determine if the offer is fair and whether or not the trade should be proposed or accepted.

The theme of the week? Paul Maholm. The Braves’ left-hander started off the 2013 campaign right where he left off in ’12. In his last six starts dating back to September 18, 2012, Maholm is 4-1 with a 4.33 K/BB and a 0.896 ERA. Small sample size, sure. But according to BrooksBaseball, the addition of a “slow curve” parlayed with effective use of the slider could mean Maholm is becoming more crafty with his pitch sequences — keeping hitters off balance — which he needs to do since he cannot overpower them with an 88 mph fastball.

Is the success sustainable? To some extent.  Maholm is currently stranding 100% of those that reach base — which us unsustainable — but even if his ERA inflates towards his xFIP of 3.03, fantasy owners would still be content.

He’s striking out 25.3% of the batters he’s faced through three starts, but he’s inducing swings-and-misses at just an 8.8% clip. With just an average SwStr%, owners shouldn’t be surprised if his K% dips towards the 18-20% range.

Let’s see what kind of Paul Maholm trades are happening out there and use our “Tools of the Trade” chart to determine if the following offers are fair:

An $11 Paul Maholm and a $4 Josh Beckett for a $20 Pablo Sandoval is pretty close to fair deal according to our guidelines. And this appears to be a good sell-high for the Maholm/Beckett owners as they probably didn’t invest anything close to $15  into the hurlers on draft day. All-in-all, I’d prefer the Sandoval side of the deal considering the depth in starting pitching this year, but I wouldn’t blame the Panda owner for pulling the trigger if he had an alternative at the hot corner.

Have a question about our Week 3 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.

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