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2014 Fantasy Baseball, Week 5 Tools of the Trade: Not Trading Jose Fernandez

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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
Mike Trout – LAA OF $41 Matt Carpenter – StL 3B $12 Rajai Davis – Det OF $5
Miguel Cabrera – Det 3B $40 Mike Minor – Atl P $12 Mark Teixeira – NYY 1B $5
Paul Goldschmidt – Ari 1B $39 Mark Trumbo – Ari OF $12 Jim Johnson – Oak P $5
Giancarlo Stanton – Mia OF $38 Jose Altuve – Hou 2B $12 Norichika Aoki – KC OF $5
Carlos Gonzalez – Col OF $37 Aroldis Chapman – Cin P $12 Ryan Howard – Phi 1B $5
Ryan Braun – Mil OF $37 Austin Jackson – Det OF $12 Joe Smith – LAA P $5
Robinson Cano – Sea 2B $36 Michael Cuddyer – Col OF $11 Kyle Lohse – Mil P $4
Freddie Freeman – Atl 1B $35 Sonny Gray – Oak P $11 Mike Morse – SF OF $4
Troy Tulowitzki – Col SS $35 Michael Wacha – StL P $11 Marco Estrada – Mil P $4
Adam Wainwright – StL P $34 Ben Zobrist – TB 2B $11 Chris Archer – TB P $4
Hanley Ramirez – LAD SS $34 Matt Wieters – Bal C $11 Adam Dunn – CWS 1B $4
Andrew McCutchen – Pit OF $33 Shelby Miller – StL P $11 Tim Lincecum – SF P $4
Carlos Gomez – Mil OF $33 Lance Lynn – StL P $11 Jedd Gyorko – SD 2B $4
Jose Fernandez – Mia P $33 Jeff Samardzija – ChC P $11 Michael Bourn – Cle OF $4
Adrian Beltre – Tex 3B $33 Josh Hamilton – LAA OF $11 J.J. Hardy – Bal SS $4
Joey Votto – Cin 1B $32 Koji Uehara – Bos P $11 Chase Headley – SD 3B $4
Albert Pujols – LAA 1B $30 David Robertson – NYY P $11 Hector Rondon – ChC P $4
Chris Davis – Bal 1B $30 Starlin Castro – ChC SS $11 Brett Lawrie – Tor 3B $4
Evan Longoria – TB 3B $28 Desmond Jennings – TB OF $11 Carl Crawford – LAD OF $4
David Wright – NYM 3B $28 Brandon Moss – Oak 1B $11 Dexter Fowler – Hou OF $4
Felix Hernandez – Sea P $28 Joe Mauer – Min C $11 Tyler Skaggs – LAA P $4
Yu Darvish – Tex P $27 Francisco Rodriguez – Mil P $11 Marcell Ozuna – Mia OF $4
Jose Bautista – Tor OF $27 Steve Cishek – Mia P $11 Martin Prado – Ari 3B $4
Clayton Kershaw – LAD P $27 Brian Dozier – Min 2B $9 Jason Grilli – Pit P $4
Adam Jones – Bal OF $26 Billy Hamilton – Cin OF $9 Matt Garza – Mil P $4
Edwin Encarnacion – Tor 1B $23 Charlie Blackmon – Col OF $9 Tommy Hunter – Bal P $4
Cliff Lee – Phi P $23 Jon Lester – Bos P $9 Adeiny Hechevarria – Mia SS $4
Justin Upton – Atl OF $23 Daniel Murphy – NYM 2B $9 Todd Frazier – Cin 3B $4
Yasiel Puig – LAD OF $22 Howie Kendrick – LAA 2B $9 Matt Joyce – TB OF $3
Max Scherzer – Det P $22 Hisashi Iwakuma – Sea P $9 Yovani Gallardo – Mil P $3
Jason Kipnis – Cle 2B $22 Ervin Santana – Atl P $9 Jhonny Peralta – StL SS $3
Jacoby Ellsbury – NYY OF $22 Aaron Hill – Ari 2B $9 Seth Smith – SD OF $3
Ian Kinsler – Det 2B $22 C.J. Wilson – LAA P $9 Ernesto Frieri – LAA P $3
Jay Bruce – Cin OF $22 Nathan Eovaldi – Mia P $9 Justin Masterson – Cle P $3
Alex Rios – Tex OF $21 Nolan Arenado – Col 3B $9 Drew Smyly – Det P $3
Stephen Strasburg – Was P $21 Jonathan Lucroy – Mil C $9 Corey Hart – Sea 1B $3
Masahiro Tanaka – NYY P $21 Jimmy Rollins – Phi SS $8 Jose Valverde – NYM P $3
Matt Holliday – StL OF $21 Melky Cabrera – Tor OF $8 Josh Reddick – Oak OF $3
Madison Bumgarner – SF P $21 Alexander Cobb – TB P $8 Zach McAllister – Cle P $3
Zack Greinke – LAD P $21 Huston Street – SD P $8 Alejandro De Aza – CWS OF $3
Prince Fielder – Tex 1B $21 Chris Colabello – Min 1B $8 Clay Buchholz – Bos P $3
Ian Desmond – Was SS $21 Christian Yelich – Mia OF $8 Torii Hunter – Det OF $3
Bryce Harper – Was OF $20 Francisco Liriano – Pit P $8 Trevor Plouffe – Min 3B $3
Jose Abreu – CWS 1B $20 Coco Crisp – Oak OF $8 Josmil Pinto – Min C $2
Jason Heyward – Atl OF $20 Hiroki Kuroda – NYY P $8 Justin Smoak – Sea 1B $2
Adrian Gonzalez – LAD 1B $20 CC Sabathia – NYY P $8 Ike Davis – Pit 1B $2
Elvis Andrus – Tex SS $20 Brian McCann – NYY C $8 Nick Swisher – Cle 1B $2
Buster Posey – SF C $20 Jean Segura – Mil SS $8 Travis Wood – ChC P $2
Starling Marte – Pit OF $20 Leonys Martin – Tex OF $8 Mark Buehrle – Tor P $2
Chris Sale – CWS P $20 Mat Latos – Cin P $8 Garrett Richards – LAA P $2
Matt Kemp – LAD OF $19 Glen Perkins – Min P $8 Emilio Bonifacio – ChC 2B $2
David Price – TB P $19 Anthony Rendon – Was 2B $8 Kole Calhoun – LAA OF $2
Carlos Beltran – NYY OF $18 Doug Fister – Was P $7 Marcus Semien – CWS 3B $2
Shin-Soo Choo – Tex OF $18 Pablo Sandoval – SF 3B $7 Miguel Montero – Ari C $2
Alexei Ramirez – CWS SS $18 Shane Victorino – Bos OF $7 Will Venable – SD OF $2
Dustin Pedroia – Bos 2B $18 Joe Nathan – Det P $7 Danny Espinosa – Was 2B $2
Eric Hosmer – KC 1B $18 Victor Martinez – Det DH $7 Brandon Crawford – SF SS $2
Craig Kimbrel – Atl P $18 Evan Gattis – Atl C $7 Bradley Miller – Sea SS $2
Josh Donaldson – Oak 3B $18 Addison Reed – Ari P $7 Will Middlebrooks – Bos 3B $2
Justin Verlander – Det P $16 LaTroy Hawkins – Col P $7 Mike Moustakas – KC 3B $2
Johnny Cueto – Cin P $16 George Springer – Hou OF $7 Devin Mesoraco – Cin C $2
Chase Utley – Phi 2B $16 Jonathan Papelbon – Phi P $7 Russell Martin – Pit C $2
Jayson Werth – Was OF $16 Anthony Cingrani – Cin P $7 Yan Gomes – Cle C $2
Brandon Belt – SF 1B $15 Yordano Ventura – KC P $7 Mike Zunino – Sea C $2
Pedro Alvarez – Pit 3B $15 Martin Perez – Tex P $7 Jarrod Saltalamacchia – Mia C $2
Anthony Rizzo – ChC 1B $15 Adam Eaton – CWS OF $7 Yasmani Grandal – SD C $2
Kenley Jansen – LAD P $15 Corey Kluber – Cle P $6 Dioner Navarro – Tor C $2
James Shields – KC P $15 Alex Wood – Atl P $6 Carlos Ruiz – Phi C $1
Aramis Ramirez – Mil 3B $15 Jered Weaver – LAA P $6 Wilson Ramos – Was C $1
Gio Gonzalez – Was P $15 Dayan Viciedo – CWS OF $6 Lucas Duda – NYM OF $1
Hunter Pence – SF OF $15 Xander Bogaerts – Bos SS $6 Tyler Flowers – CWS C $1
Alex Gordon – KC OF $15 Dan Haren – LAD P $6 Adam Lind – Tor 1B $1
Justin Morneau – Col 1B $15 Grant Balfour – TB P $6 A.J. Pierzynski – Bos C $1
Andrew Cashner – SD P $14 Rafael Soriano – Was P $6 Juan Uribe – LAD 3B $1
Yadier Molina – StL C $14 Neil Walker – Pit 2B $6 Derek Dietrich – Mia 2B $1
Jordan Zimmermann – Was P $14 Andrelton Simmons – Atl SS $6 Gerardo Parra – Ari OF $1
Gerrit Cole – Pit P $14 Jed Lowrie – Oak SS $6 Jackie Bradley – Bos OF $1
Cole Hamels – Phi P $14 Billy Butler – KC DH $6 Dan Uggla – Atl 2B $1
David Ortiz – Bos DH $14 Devaris Gordon – LAD SS $6 Alex Avila – Det C $1
Nelson Cruz – Bal OF $14 Matt Adams – StL 1B $6 Jake Peavy – Bos P $1
Carlos Santana – Cle C $14 A.J. Burnett – Phi P $6 Ben Revere – Phi OF $1
Jose Reyes – Tor SS $14 Eric Young – NYM OF $6 R.A. Dickey – Tor P $1
Yoennis Cespedes – Oak OF $14 John Axford – Cle P $6 Yangervis Solarte – NYY 2B $1
Homer Bailey – Cin P $13 Curtis Granderson – NYM OF $6 Chris Owings – Ari SS $1
Greg Holland – KC P $13 Brett Gardner – NYY OF $6 Ian Kennedy – SD P $1
Sergio Romo – SF P $13 Ryan Zimmerman – Was 3B $6 J.P. Arencibia – Tex C $1
Trevor Rosenthal – StL P $13 Brandon Phillips – Cin 2B $6 Derek Jeter – NYY SS $1
Mike Napoli – Bos 1B $13 Jason Castro – Hou C $6 Asdrubal Cabrera – Cle SS $1
Wil Myers – TB OF $13 Danny Salazar – Cle P $6 Jim Henderson – Mil P $1
Matt Cain – SF P $13 Tyson Ross – SD P $5 Jose Veras – ChC P $1
Everth Cabrera – SD SS $13 B.J. Upton – Atl OF $5 Ryan Hanigan – TB C $1
Domonic Brown – Phi OF $13 Salvador Perez – KC C $5 Sean Doolittle – Oak P $1
Hyun-Jin Ryu – LAD P $12 Joakim Soria – Tex P $5 Luke Gregerson – Oak P $1
Wilin Rosario – Col C $12 Angel Pagan – SF OF $5 Jonathan Broxton – Cin P $1
Michael Brantley – Cle OF $12 Adam LaRoche – Was 1B $5 Drew Hutchison – Tor P $1
Allen Craig – StL 1B $12 Jose Quintana – CWS P $5 Aaron Harang – Atl P $1
Anibal Sanchez – Det P $12 Jonathan Villar – Hou SS $5 Chris Tillman – Bal P $1
Manny Machado – Bal 3B $12 Alfonso Soriano – NYY OF $5 Casey Janssen – Tor P $1
Kyle Seager – Sea 3B $12 Fernando Rodney – Sea P $5 Cody Allen – Cle P $1
Julio Teheran – Atl P $12 Khris Davis – Mil OF $5 Corey Dickerson – Col 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 starts that may not exactly be easy to acquire: Jose Fernandez and Jose Abreu.

Let’s just take a look at some of the deals going down:

 

This person declined a $28 David Wright for his $33 Jose Fernandez. Understandable. But if you’re in need of a third basemen and have a decent pitching staff, I could see pulling the trigger on something like this.

Rarely ever do we pay for saves in fantasy baseball, let alone swapping a top five hurler (right now) for a closer — even if he is the best out there. This is theivery, I tell you.

Have a question about our Week 5 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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