PL's Trade ANALysis

D. Uggla (Fla - 2B)
N. Johnson (Was - 1B)
R. Winn (SF - LF,CF,RF)
C. Capuano (Mil - SP)

for

J. Schmidt (SF - SP)

Fantasy Points earned:
The thing about this offer is there are too many players involved here. I'd obviously have to drop or swap:

Uggla - A fine rookie performance, but which 2B would I have to give up: Jeff Kent or Freddy Sanchez? Nah. Bill Hall is the only one I could consider replacing, but I don't think Uggla is significantly better as a backup.

Nick Johnson & Randy Winn - I had these two on my roster before! Do I really need Johnson with Derek Lee, Kent, and Youkilis? I wouldn't mind getting Winn back, though, as my OF is probably the weakest part of my team.

PL's trade is actually Capuano for Schmidt. The rest are just tempting red herrings ("1041 fantasy points for only 256!"). Plaw's had a hard-on for Schmidt all season, but Cap's had somewhat better numbers. But again, Schmidt tends to get a little better in the 2nd half while Cap tends to freefall (12-11, 4.97) with a career ERA of 6.14 in August. Milwaukee also gives up a lot more runs than San Fran, which wouldn't help Cap's numbers either.

What I need is an OF better than Encarnacion, Thames and Kemp (besides Holliday, who's not available). So, when I get a chance I'll think about a possible counter-offer. Trouble is, PL doesn't have many OF reserves and pretty much NEEDS Winn... unless he has his eyes on a free agent.