Peavy for Manny Ramirez?

Question

Hi I would like your input on this, to see if this would improve my team:

I was going to offer this trade Peavy for Manny, My pitching is pretty strong but my outfield is pretty bad.

My pitching Peavy,Zambrano,Hudson,Verlander,Shields,... & Scherzer (N/A)

Outfielders, McClouth, Melky Cabbrera, Carlos Gomez, Francouer, Hairston jr, Damon (D/L).

The other guy needs pitching so i think he'll bite if not, who would you go for with what i've got

This is a H2H keeper league, the rest of my bats are C Navarro, 1b Fielder, 2b Cano, 3b Gordon, ss Guillen D/L V Martinez reserve C Clement

RP's Papplebon,Wood,Casilla,Wheeler,Duaner Sanchez.

Thanks for your help :)

Answer 1

I would do it because your pitching is pretty good and your OF is not so good.  This would be a fair trade.  Also Peavy has been getting injured on and off so you might just want to trade him... in my opinion.

Answer 2

You might be able to get Manny for less right now considering he's in a pretty bad slump. He can't catch up to the inside fastball to save his life...

Answer 3

Try offering Shields before offering up Peavy.  Peavy is one of the best pitchers in the game when healthy so I would try other scenerios before getting rid of Peavy.  Only last resort you should offer up Peavy if you really want Manny.

Answer 4

I really like peavy. if i were in your place i might try to lowball the other first. send out a feeler offer of hudson straight up, or maybe hudson+melky or something. try to begin the trade process by identifying the best package you would offer for a given player/package and then take it down a couple steps in value. that way you can negotiate a bit and try to get a better deal and protect more talent than you would initially.