Well, in the words of so many: Lolz.
Since then, he has gone 0-4-1 and is on the verge of a truly embarrassing loss to Rick. What the hell happened?
"It was very much time for a change the way shit has started to hit the fan for me," Ken said. "I felt I was good, not great, both offensively and pitching, and decided it was time to be great in one so I went offense."
Boy did he ever. Ken made two trades in one day, and his moves were clearly the talk of the league late last week.
"It was a crazy day and easily one of the most active and exciting days of fantasy baseball for me ever," Ken said. "I am thrilled with my new squad and interested in changing up more."
After trades with Jack and Andy, here's where Ken ended up:
Cliff Lee, Ryan Vogelsong, Mike Stanton and Ryan Ludwick for Jair Jurrjens, Jake Peavy, Kevin Youkilis, David Wright, and Nate Schierholtz.
So to break it down further, since Ken really wanted to upgrade offense, he got Wright, Youkilis and Schierholtz for Stanton and Ludwick. An upgrade in offense - if Wright is actually Wright.
"Wright will be right, I'm confident," Ken said. "Four RBIs already and I'll take his potential for a better average and same production as Stanton. Obviously I love the boy, and I do think he only struggled early in the year because he played hurt for a month, but I'm confident and willing to find out how good he can be for the rest of this year and maybe more."
Interestingly enough, Ken has already announced to the media that he plans to cut Youkilis this offseason and try and trade Carl Crawford. So, if he does that, on top of already losing an 8th-round (11th overall) draft pick for the keeper trade, he will lose a 3rd-round (6th overall) pick for cutting Youkilis and an 18th round (21 overall) pick for trading Crawford offseason. Ken truly is putting all his eggs in the basket right now.
Ken said he was "thrilled" to get back a "vet" in Peavy and "scrappy outfielder who is hitting .340 over the last month" in Schierholtz. But Ken's top competition for a division title was also thrilled to see his trades.
"I did not and still do not see the logic in Ken's trade with Jack," said Chris, who made a trade moments before Ken did. "Ken traded for a guy Jack had JUST picked up, plus a starting pitcher who hasn't been good for the past three years and a third baseman who was just dealing with a fracture in his back and had been out since basically May in return for giving up a hitter who has 20 long balls already on the year and the likely NL Rookie of the Year."
Ken, meanwhile, thinks these trades will put him over the top.
"As for the division, its mine," he said. "It's been a year of streaks for me and my next winning streak will begin with the new squad all together, and it will be a long winning streak that won't be snapped until next season in week 3. I hope you hang on to that last playoff spot, Christopher."
For the record, Ken and Chris face each other the final week of the season. Let's hope the division title is on the line.
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FYI, Stanton is not a rookie, but overall I agree with Chris's statement that Ken gave up too much
ReplyDeleteVogelsong is a rookie. My comment meant that Stanton was the guy who had 20 home runs already and Vogelsong was the likely ROY.
ReplyDeleteI already have Seller's remorse in parting with Wright. He is a very good multi stat player, no doubt. It was VERY hard for me to part with him.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree that someone who was picked up a short time ago has less value based upon how he was acquired. The determination of value is solely based upon what you think that player will do from that point forward.
Trust me, the trade is fair - and I feel confident that I will regret trading Wright away. Am happy to get Vogelsong and Stanton - no doubt, just wish I could have gotten them and kept Wright. Good luck Ken with the players.
- JACK
Actually Vogelsong isn't a rookie either, he threw 133 innings in 03
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