Trade Effects on Fantasy Baseball

Let’s take a look back at all the trades and how they will effect fantasy and who gains value and who losses it.

Let’s start:

Manny Ramirez - He leaves one of the best teams in baseball to head to Dodgertown. Manny is a great hitter regardless of where he is. He might need to adjust to national league pitching at first, but his value should remain pretty much the same. I look for his RBIs to drop slightly, but his home runs to stay on par.

Jason Bay - Bay leaves a so so Pirates team for beantown. This one is a bit tricky to analyze because we have to see how he reacts to being put in the spot light. In Pit, he was kind of a back burner star that was known in fantasy circles but didn't get to much exposure. Over at Boston he will be the talk of the town and constantly compared to what Manny is doing. I think his value takes a bump up with more RBI chances and his homers staying where they are.

Kyle Farnsworth - For those of you speculating for saves, I think Mr. Farnsworth is as good a bet as anyone to get some down the stretch. Fernando Rodney has been shaky in the closer role and one more slip up, and Jim Leyland will probably pull the plug. Farnsworth throws gas and has a little closing experience. His value takes a slight bump as of right now but will take a big bump if he is named the closer.

Pudge Rodriguez - Pudge leaves one stacked lineup and heads to another one. Yanks and Tigers have very similar lineups, so I don't think much will change with Pudge. His value stays the same.

Demaso Marte - He left Pitt as the closer and comes over to the Yanks to be a setup man for arguably the best closer ever. As of right now, his value takes a huge hit, but if something were to happen to Mo, his value would take a nice spike up.

Xavier Nady - Nady is having a nice year, and his stats should increase now that he is playing for the Yanks.

Mark Teixeira - Big Tex leaves a depleted Braves team and heads across the U.S to the best team in baseball. Tex was originally from the AL, so the adjustment period might not be as big. I think this is a nice move for him, and his value is increased.

Ken Griffey Jr - Junior waived his no trade clause to go to the first place White Sox. Griffey did play in the AL before but that was many years ago, and I think he will have to readjust and get acclimated again. Griffey could provide a nice little spark to this White Sox team, and his value is boosted slightly.

CC Sabathia and Rich Harden - Both players value go way up as they are dealt from decent teams to really good ones. Both guys have been lights out so far, and if you could acquire them, I would try.

Joe Blanton - Blanton leaves a pitchers park with a ton of foul ball room to come to a complete hitter’s ball park. Already having a bad year, I think his value goes down even more with the Phillies even though they will give him a ton of run support/