I read this article today on Deadspin and it got me thinking about some of my terrible fantasy baseball trades. I also know I’m not the only to make a crazy trade, so my question is this – what is the craziest/worst trade you’ve ever been a part of have seen go through in your league? Respond in the comments below.
By the way, in a non-keeper league I traded away David Wright after he had 0 HR, 6 RBI and a .244 BA during April 2007. To make it worse, I added Brandon Phillips to the deal and got Jermaine Dye and Adam Loewen in return. I am so lucky that wasn’t in a keeper league.
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I’m in a keeper league. Last year I had a good group of starting pitchers and very weak closers. I traded Strasburg to get K.Jansen, Even though Jansen had a good season, he’s not even going to me a closer next year. So now Jansen isn’t even a keeper for 2013. I sure wish I still had Strasburg!
Trading Strasburg for RP was insane, no explanation possible…
In a keeper league I traded Trout for Cc sabathia then traded sabathia for Hellickson & a 3rd rnd pick. (8 team keeper league). I did all this 1 week before trout got the call up. Even though it’s not a trade I dropped Neil walker & Aron hill before the season. Last year was my first fantasy season (def learned a lot the hard way). Ended with a 15-7 record thanks to so killer wavier wire pickups.
I think the hardest thing about playing in a keeper league is exercising patience. If you can make a move and contend for a title, you have to make it but every so often those moves don’t pay off. And it hurts.