Is this trade too good to be true?

Question

I receive Milton Bradley and Troy Percival

I give Jorge Cantu and Greg Maddox

My only other reliever is Mariano and Maddox i drop and pick up after every start.

Answer 1

It depends on if you have depth at 1st and/or 3rd.  Cantu is putting up solid numbers there but he is getting trumped by Bradley in every category..... i cant understand why people are telling you to reject this unless you are really short at the corners or already loaded in the OF.  Maddux is a waiver wire pitcher and closer are always a hot commodity.  I feel the Rays are gonna hang around which will give Troy plenty of work.  Even if Bradley slumps, he will still outperform Cantu in just about every category.

Answer 2

get a grip

Answer 3

what are you talking about

Answer 4

I would be all over that deal, I say pull the trigger.  Percival already has 18 saves for a very good Tampa Bay Rays club and Bradley, although you have to take the cold streaks with the hot streaks and mental breakdowns with him, he is having a very solid year and has a great partner in crime supporting him this year in Josh Hamilton.  Maddox is way past his prime pitching for a pretty bad Padres team and Cantu, who was red hot the last few weeks is coming back down to earth, and hard.  Make the move, I think you'll thank yourself later!

Answer 5

why would u trade jorge cantu, the guys an animal

Answer 6

That's horrible. Milton Bradley isn't even that good. Don't do it.

Answer 7

whoa there, slow down man.........don't even think about it

Answer 8

I would not accept this trade. Percival has put up good numbers so far this season, but remember the Baltimore Orioles team from a few years ago? They, just like this years Rays, were suprising everybody by being close to the lead when the all star break came. But their young team folded in the second half of the season, and finished the year in fourth. If Tampa Bay pulls a Baltimore, then Percival will not get many save oppurtunities for the rest of the year, and instead will appear in non-save situations. Bradley is having a good year, but is too streaky. One week he'll be voted MLB player of the week, and the next week he'll bat .100. Bradley bats behind sensation Josh Hamilton. Hamilton's numbers are almost too good to be true, so if his triple crown numbers decline you can expect Bradleys to go down too.

As for Maddux, his ERA and WHIP (Walks and hits per innings pitched) are good but he just doesn't have the strikeouts. I would definatley look into trading him, but Cantu is having a really good year. He usually does every year, but he flies far underneath the public radar for some reason. His only down side is errors (14 errors already) but that shouldn't be the reason you trade him. Although this looks like a very good trade for you right NOW, in a month or so LATER it has a major risk of backfiring. I wouldn't take this trade.