More trade help..?

Question

Almost all 10 the teams in my head to head league have 3 closers. I have 4 including Isringhausen. The only team with 2 closers has offered me Hawpe for Jenks. I have been losing in RBI's all year for some reason. Should I accept this trade and put Hawpe at my Util spot to help me out offensively? He has been on a tear lately and I am thinking about accepting. I would still have 3 closers. Do you think I should?

Here is my lineup:

C - Ryan Doumit

1B - Derrek Lee

2B - Brandon Phillips

3B - Alex Rodrigez

CI - Chipper Jones

MI - Orlando Hudson

SS - Miguel Tejada

OF - Vlad Guerrero

OF - Pat Burrell

OF - Jacoby Ellsbury

OF - Jason Bay

Util - Yunel Escobar

BN - Eric Byrnes

BN - David Dejesus

P - Justin Verlander

P - Edinson Volquez

P - C.C. Sabathia

P - Ted Lilly

P - Jair Jurrjens

P - Todd Wellemeyer

P - Jered Weaver

P - Manny Parra

RP - Jonathan Papelbon

RP - Bobby Jenks

RP - Brad Lidge

RP - Jason Isringhausen

DL - Fausto Carmona

Answer 1

Jason Isringhausen blew his save opportunity yesterday and he hasn't recorded a save since May 5 (he has been on the DL though). There is no problem if you're keeping him for ERA and WHIP purposes but don't look for him to keep you in the save category. As for RBI's it's difficult to understand why you seem to be losing. Are you being crushed or are you just losing or are you at .500 with RBI's. If you are floating around at .500 or being slightly edged out, you should continue to ride your players; with A-Rod, Vlad, Tejada, Lee along with the seasons that Burrell, Bay and Jones are having you should be good. Plus Phillips is one of the better run producing second basemen. If your getting crushed, substituting Byrnes in for Escobar may help, but we are unsure of how Byrnes will perform now that he has come off the DL. So far he is 1 for 13 with no RBI's. Hawpe would definitely improve in array of cateogries but if your league is as competitive as you say in the relief department then you may not want to lose Jenks which will cost you Saves, ERA, and WHIP.

You should wait around a bit and see how things play out. You do not seem too desperate so don't pull anything that you may regret later in the season.