Thoughts on what I should do

[BMW]

I have a VERY interesting trade opportunity on the board.

I give up

SP Brad Penny
SP Tim Wakefield
SP Dontrelle Willis

for

SP Bronson Arroyo
3B Miguel Cabrera

if I do this deal I would turn around and trade

3B David Wright

for

SP Carlos Zambrano

So I would give up Penny, Willis, Wakefield, Wright for Zambrano, Arroyo, Cabrera....thoughts?

I am trying to see if I can wiggle to get another SP out of the deal but either way I love

Sheets, Zambrano, Hudson, Hamels, Arroyo, Josh Johnson, CVargas, JSosa, CJames, SHill, MBelisle.

Basically a wash between Wright and Cabrera so is it worth it to trade Brad Penny, Dontrelle Willis and Tim Wakefield for Carlos Zambrano and Bronson Arroyo?

[BMW]

STATE OF THE MAULERS REPORT!!!!!

Position
Mauler Player - Points to Date - ABs to Date - Points Per At Bat
Ranking Among Position - (Position Leader)

Top Free Agent at Position

Catcher
Michael Barrett - 105.5 Pts - 164 ABs = .643 PPAB
9th Best Catcher - (171.5 Russell Martin 1.033 PPAB)

Free Agent Catcher Bengie Molina 110.5 Pts in 159 ABs = .695 PPAB

First Baseman
Prince Fielder - 189.5 Pts - 195 ABs = .972 PPAB
2nd Best 1B - (192.5 Justin Morneau .992 PPAB)

Free Agent 1B Casey Kotchman - 141.0 Pts - 156 ABs = .904 PPAB

Second Baseman
B.J. Upton - 157.0 Pts - 161 ABs = .975 PPAB
9th Best 2B - (204.5 Chase Utley 1.012 PPAB)

Ian Kinsler 150.5 Pts - 168 ABs = .896 PPAB
10th Best 2B - (204.5 Chase Utley 1.012 PPAB)

Free Agent 2B Placido Polanco - 143.0 Pts - 187 ABs - .765 PPAB

Third Baseman
David Wright - 172.0 Pts - 186 ABs - .925 PPAB
3rd Best 3B - (235.0 Alex Rodriguez 1.25 PPAB)

B.J. Upton - 157.0 - 161 ABs = .975 PPAB
7th Best 3B - (235.0 Alex Rodriguez 1.25 PPAB)

Chad Tracy - 90.5 - 103 ABs - .879 PPAB
30th Best 3B - (235.0 Alex Rodriguez 1.25 PPAB)

Free Agent 3B Jose A. Bautista 115.5 Pts 170 ABs .679 PPAB

Shortstops
Hanley Ramirez - 193.5 Pts - 197 ABs - .982 PPAB
4th Best SS - (229.5 Jose Reyes 1.120 PPAB)

Free Agent SS Khalil Greene 122.5 Pts 184 ABs .666 PPAB

Outfielders
Josh Willingham - 159.0 Pts - 180 ABs - .883 PPAB
21st Best OF - (231.5 Magglio Ordonez 1.251 PPAB)

Michael Cuddyer - 158.0 Pts - 174 ABs - .908 PPAB
22nd Best OF - (231.5 Magglio Ordonez 1.251 PPAB)

B.J. Upton - 157.0 Pts - 161 ABs = .975 PPAB
24th Best OF - (231.5 Magglio Ordonez 1.251 PPAB)

David DeJesus - 144.0 Pts - 215 ABs - .670 PPAB
32nd Best OF - (231.5 Magglio Ordonez 1.251 PPAB)

Hideki Matsui - 123.0 Pts - 133 ABs - .925 PPAB
54th Best OF - (231.5 Magglio Ordonez 1.251 PPAB)

Josh Hamilton - 107.5 Pts - 119 ABs - .903 PPAB
100th Best OF - (231.5 Magglio Ordonez 1.251 PPAB)

Free Agent OF Kenny Lofton 151.0 Pts - 158 ABs - .956 PPAB

Designated Hitter
Travis Hafner - 171.0 Pts - 170 ABs - 1.006 PPAB
36th Best Hitter - (235.0 Alex Rodriguez 1.25 PPAB)

Free Agent DH Kenny Loften 151.0 Pts - 158 ABs - .956 PPAB

Starting Pitchers
Cole Hamels - 247.3 Points - 74.7 IP - 3.311 PPIP
2nd Best SP - (262.7 Pts Jake Peavy 3.58 PPIP)

Tim Hudson - 190.7 Pts - 77.3 IP - 2.467 PPIP
13th Best SP - (262.7 Pts Jake Peavy 3.58 PPIP)

Brad Penny - 182.3 Pts - 63.7 IP - 2.862 PPIP
18th Best SP - (262.7 Pts Jake Peavy 3.58 PPIP)

Dontrelle Willis - 165.7 Pts - 69.3 IP - 2.391 PPIP
32nd Best SP - (262.7 Pts Jake Peavy 3.58 PPIP)

Ben Sheets - 153.7 Pts - 62.3 IP - 2.467 PPIP
43rd Best SP - (262.7 Pts Jake Peavy 3.58 PPIP)

Chuck James - 144.7 Pts - 58.3 IP - 2.482 PPIP
55th Best SP - (262.7 Pts Jake Peavy 3.58 PPIP)

Matt Belisle - 144.0 Pts - 62.0 IP - 2.323 PPIP
56th Best SP - (262.7 Pts Jake Peavy 3.58 PPIP)

Tim Wakefield - 137.7 Pts - 64.3 IP - 2.142 PPIP
59th Best SP - (262.7 Pts Jake Peavy 3.58 PPIP)

Claudio Vargas - 126.7 Pts - 49.3 IP - 2.570 PPIP
62nd Best SP - (262.7 Pts Jake Peavy 3.58 PPIP)

Shawn Hill - 112.0 Pts - 50.0 IP - 2.24 PPIP
83rd Best SP - (262.7 Pts Jake Peavy 3.58 PPIP)

Jorge Sosa - 88.3 Pts - 29.7 IP - 2.973 PPIP
111th Best SP - (262.7 Pts Jake Peavy 3.58 PPIP)

Josh Johnson - 0 Pts - 0 IP - 0.000 PPIP

Free Agent SP Kyle Lohse 125.3 Pts - 66.7 IP - 1.879 PPIP

Relief Pitchers
Takashi Saito - 177.0 Pts - 22.0 IP - 8.045 PPIP
3rd Best RP - (181.0 Pts Chad Gaudin 2.742 PPIP)

Matt Belisle - 144.0 Pts - 62.0 IP - 2.323 PPIP
15th Best RP - (181.0 Pts Chad Gaudin 2.742 PPIP)

Jorge Sosa - 88.3 Pts - 29.7 IP - 2.973 PPIP
44th Best RP - (181.0 Pts Chad Gaudin 2.742 PPIP)

Free Agent RP Ryan Dempster 126.3 Pts 22.7 IP 5.564 PPIP

[BMW]

Well my team scored 141 points today alone. Giving me 190 for the week. No one else has scored 130 points so far, so I am crushing everyone right now and have regained the points lead in a big way. I still have 6 starts to go this week and Prince Fielder is on fire.

[BMW]

A big win this week to improve to 7-2 for the Milwaukee Maulers. This upcoming week has me very concerned though.....

Last Week Results

Milwaukee Maulers
C Michael Barrett 2.5
1B Prince Fielder 38.5
2B B.J. Upton 20
3B David Wright 11.5
SS Hanley Ramirez 20
OF Michael Cuddyer 21
OF Hideki Matsui 17
OF Josh Willingham 26.5
DH Travis Hafner 32
SP Ben Sheets 49
SP Cole Hamels 36
SP Chuck James 37
SP Brad Penny 34.67
SP Dontrelle Willis 20
RP Matt Belisle 41.67
BENCH
2B Ian Kinsler 16
OF David DeJesus 5.5
3B Chad Tracy 0
OF Josh Hamilton 0
SP Tim Hudson 24
SP Jorge Sosa 25.33
SP Claudio Vargas 14
SP Tim Wakefield -10.67
SP Shawn Hill 0
SP Josh Johnson (HAD AN EXCELLENT MINOR LEAGUE REHAB START)
RP Takashi Saito 15

KARL
C Russell Martin 26.5
1B Richie Sexson 24
2B Aaron Hill 28
3B Melvin Mora 22.5
SS Miguel Tejada 19
OF Barry Bonds 12.5
OF Ken Griffey Jr. 15
OF Ichiro Suzuki 26.5
DH Frank Thomas 18
SP Josh Beckett 38.67
SP Roy Halladay 31
SP Chad Durbin 20.67
SP Roy Oswalt 14
SP Oliver Perez 26
RP Billy Wagner 14
BENCH
2B Howie Kendrick -0.5
3B Eric Chavez 22
3B Morgan Ensberg 6.5
SS Orlando Cabrera 21
SP Zach Greinke 10.33
SP Felix Hernandez 4
SP Randy Johnson 28
SP Ramon Ortiz 2
SP Phil Hughes 0
RP Trevor Hoffman 10

Milwaukee Maulers Hitters 189/180
Karl Hitters 192/180
Milwaukee Maulers Pitchers 218.34/120 (just a little bit extra this week)
Karl Pitchers 144.34/120
Milwaukee Maulers Bench 89.17
Karl Bench 103.33
Milwaukee Maulers TOTAL 407.33
Karl TOTAL 336.33

Quite frankly, if I had as good a week as Karl had and I lost, I would be pissed. There was one other team (EL GATO) that scored 399.17, but he was third in the league in scoring this week.

Gary Pounders won his week by less than 3 points, which was pretty frustrating for me, since he should have lost with such a low score.....(274) but what can you do?

Milwaukee Maulers 7 Wins 2 Losses 0 Games Back 2906.7 Points For
Gary Pounders 7 Wins 2 Losses 0 Games Back 2858.7 Points For
EL GATO 5 Wins 4 Losses 2 Games Back 2800.7 Points For
2nd2none 5 Wins 4 Losses 2 Games Back 2535.0 Points For
COME BACK KIDS 5 Wins 4 Losses 2 Games Back 2448.5 Points For
No Joke 3 Wins 6 Losses 4 Games Back 2462.5 Points For

Obviously with 5 teams of 6 having winning records our division has been crushing the other division in interdivisional play. Which hasn't helped me at all. So far my season has been 3 Wins, 1 Loss, 3 Wins, 1 Loss, 1 Win....If I were to keep that up obviously I would likely be the best team in the league, but I think that streak is in serious jeopardy this week with a first place opponent from the other division. The Balco Bombers!!!

I dropped Catcher Michael Barrett after he got beat up by his Cubbies teammate. I picked up Bengie Molina who has been far more consistant anyways, and is hot as of right now as he scored 18 last week, 19 the week before.

Milwaukee Maulers
C Bengie Molina 7G
1B Prince Fielder 6G
2B B.J. Upton 7G
3B David Wright 6G
SS Hanley Ramirez 6G
OF Michael Cuddyer 6G
OF Hideki Matsui 7G
OF Josh Willingham 6G
DH Travis Hafner 6G
SP Cole Hamels 6/7 @NYM (John Maine)
SP Tim Hudson 6/4 FLA (Wes Obermueller) 6/9 CHC (Jason Marquis)
SP Brad Penny 6/8 TOR (Dustin McGowan)
SP Ben Sheets 6/9 @TEX (Brandon McCarthy)
SP Dontrelle Willis 6/8 TB (J.P. Howell)
RP Jorge Sosa 6/8 @DET (Chad Durbin)

I could start Tim Wakefield @OAK (Joe Kennedy) but he has really been struggling lately....I'm starting to lose confidence in ever being able to start him. I can't wait to add Josh Johnson to my rotation. Also going to drop OF David DeJesus and pick up another SP either Justin Germano, Brad Thompson, or Miguel Batista.

Balco's Bombers
C Brian McCann 7G
1B Carlos Guillen 6G
2B Brandon Phillips 6G
3B Miguel Cabrera 6G
SS Cristian Guzman 6G
OF Jermaine Dye 7G
OF Curtis Granderson 6G
OF Hunter Pence 6G
DH David Ortiz 7G
SP Doug Davis 6/8 BOS (Josh Beckett)
SP Tom Glavine 6/5 PHI (Jamie Moyer) 6/10 @DET (Nate Robertson)
SP Tom Gorzelanny 6/8 @NYY (Andy Pettitte)
SP Jon Lieber 6/4 SF (Barry Zito) 6/9 @KC (Gil Meche)
SP C.C. Sabathia 6/5 KC (Jorge De La Rosa) 6/10 @CIN (Aaron Harang)
RP Chad Gaudin 6/8 @SF (Tim Lincecum)

He has 9 starts to my 7, but I have to say I love my matchups a lot more than his. I'm going against John Maine, Jason Marquis and a bunch of scrubs. He's going against Josh Beckett, Andy Pettitte, Barry Zito, Gil Meche, Aaron Harang and Tim Lincecum....

I feel like I can outhit him this week if my pitching just equals up.

Gary Pounders has 8 Starts and a RP vs. 6 Starts and a RP. Bill Hall needs to have a huge week for the Kernels to beat Gary Pounders.

Milwaukee Maulers (7W-2L) 322.96 Avg Points Per Week vs.
Balco's Bombers (6W-3L) 283.28 Avg Points Per Week

Gary Pounders (7W-2L) 317.63 Avg Points Per Week vs.
Kernels (4W-5L) 279.61 Avg Points Per Week

[BMW]

Okay CC Sabathia just got 44 points. So far I am down 101 to 59 we each have 6 starts left to go. I have outhit him so far, I just need to keep that up and my pitching will even his out.

[BMW]

I have been offered a very interesting trade. First things first, Travis Hafner is now eligible at 1B so my hitting lineup looks like

C Bengie Molina
1B Prince Fielder/Travis Hafner
2B BJ Upton/Ian Kinsler
SS Hanley Ramirez
3B David Wright/BJ Upton/Chad Tracy
OF Hideki Matsui
OF Josh Willingham
OF Michael Cuddyer/Josh Hamilton/David DeJesus/BJ Upton

I have been offered

SP Daisuke Matsuzaka 221.3 Points in 12 Starts
SP Chris Young 208.0 Points in 12 Starts

for

1B Prince Fielder 247.5 Points in 228 ABs
SP Dontrelle Willis 185.7 Points in 13 Starts

Now obviously this would hurt my lineup a little, and I would be thinner, but I think with Molina, Hafner, Kinsler, Wright, Ramirez in the IF I'm very strong, plus now I'd be able to play Matsui, Willingham, Cuddyer in the OF, leaving me Josh Hamilton, BJ Upton or Chad Tracy as my DH....and getting two top 30 SP Young (27th) and Matsuzaka (17th). Both of them are actually higher on the list, but everyone else has made their 13th start and they are both going Sunday. Without losing a top 30 SP, in that Willis is 41st, behind Cole Hamels, Brad Penny, Tim Hudson, Ben Sheets and Matt Belisle. That's 5 pitchers on my team I already have that he's pitching worse than, and everyone knows Willis isn't a second half pitcher. Shoot Jorge Sosa is pitching better as well he just got a late start. Sosa has averaged 23.77 a week since he started, and Willis in that time has averaged 13.93 a week. heck for the year he has only averaged 20.62. I lose a lot in Prince Fielder....but man this deal is going to be hard to pass up.

I also have an offer out there that is in some serious talk where I give

1B Prince Fielder
3B Chad Tracy
SP Shawn Hill (or SP Tim Wakefield)

for

DH David Ortiz
3B Ryan Braun
SP Tom Glavine

They didn't accept it, but they are definately talking about it.

What do you think I should do?

[JoseA]

Dontrelle Willis had to leave his last game early, so he may be headed downhill. I would attempt to dump him off now. But I still wouldn't do the top trade because Prince is just too dominating and I don't think much of Chris Young.

The bottom trade is a little better though. David Ortiz usually heats up at this time and Braun is having a solid season. It's a tough decision though, but I would deny it because Ortiz can only play Utility, can't he?

Btw....Is Corey Hart taken in your league? He's been hot lately and would help your OF a lot