What's one of your worst fantasy trade made?

Question

In fantasy sports, making that killer trade is one of the biggest draws. However, we have all made a trade that seemed good initially, but ended up being so one-sided that you wish you can roll back time for that one.

There's a few pretty good ones highlighted so far here:

http://rotobaseballguru.rip2itblogs.com/2008/07/09/fantasy-trade-bloopers/

What's your story?

Answer 1

Since it is what I'm playing now, this trade is only from my fantasy baseball leagues this year.

My worst trade this year has to be giving up Mark Reynolds (Ari - 3B), Gary Sheffield (Det - OF), & Ian Snell (Pit - SP) for Felipe López (Was - 2B,SS,OF), Erik Bedard (Sea - SP), & Johnny Cueto (Cin - SP).  While the people I gave up aren't doing too well, Cueto's been rocky, Lopez is useless, and Bedard is too injured to contribute.

Another bad trade of mine was trading Yovani Gallardo (before season-ending injury) for Francisco Liriano (before demotion).  Both sides were really bad.

& while this may not necessarily be my worst trade, but at the beginning of May I traded Chris Young (P) for Chris Young (OF).  Everyone in that league had fun with that trade.

Answer 2

Beggining of last year I had Moss and Brees in one of my fox sports free leagues and Brees was really sucking.  So in week 3 I traded Moss and Brees for M. Harrison, M. Leinhart, and C. Benson.  As you know, Leinhart and Harrison got injured and missed the rest of the season and Benson stunk up the place and didnt do anything at all.  Moss ended up having one of the best WR of all time and Brees turned it around and ended up with 4400yds passing and 28 tds.  Ya, not one of my proudest moments in fantasy sports, I have tried to block it from my memory until you asked the question.

Answer 3

I don't remember any horrible trades I made but I do remember some busts I've picked in the first round.  Last year my mag. suggested getting Travis Henry in the 1st round.  I picked 10th and that is what I did!  I was still able to finish in 3rd tho.

Answer 4

In a keeper league I traded Atkins straight up for Tulo before the season started.

Answer 5

before the season started i traded tom brady for cadillac williams and brett farve

Answer 6

I traded C.C. Sabbathia early in the season when his ERA was more than 10. I got John Smoltz then. Now he's done for the year and Sabbathia is killing it. And the time  I was atop the league now I'm at the near bottom. That's the story of my life.

Answer 7

2 years ago when edge went to arizona I traded rudi johnson for him, that really sucked.

Answer 8

If we are talking this year, I traded Soto for Victor Martinez. It was the beginning of the season and I figured the grind of the  would get to Soto and decrease his numbers. VMar had been the best fantasy catcher over the past two years and I figured he would keep it up. Too bad I didn't have a crystal ball................

Answer 9

I passed on Randy Moss for Joey Galloway in last years draft.  I just thought he wouldn't do well because of the whole Raiders situation.  It cost me a championship in the end.

Answer 10

this guy traded me K-rod, Cliff Lee, and Utley for Bengie Molina, Kelvim Escobar, and Eric Gange

Answer 11

last year: I gave up Aaron Harang for Gil Meche

Answer 12

I don't know about my worst...but my best is definitely trading Justin Upton and Randy Johnson for Aaron Cook and Ryan Ludwick!!!!!!!!

Answer 13

I traded AJ Burnett and Chad Billingsley for Chen Ming Wang. It was early in the season and my guys had poor starts. Now they are pitching well and Wang is done for the year. Hindsight is 20/20

Answer 14

im very good at fantasy sports, i am usually at or near the top of the standings, so get the wrong idea, but u wont believe this trade i did last year

i traded brian westbrook for darrell jackson and ladell betts

haha i thought betts would start and i didnt think jackson would completely be a bust

Answer 15

I traded Josh Hamilton this year before the season started with Ryan Braun for Sheffield, Manny Ramirez and Eric Gagne.

At least I dumped Sheffield and Gagne and picked up Jermaine Dye and Bobby Jenks, Ankiel and Ludwick

Answer 16

i traded away johny cueto and got justin verlander

Answer 17

Arod for luis rivas.. :(

Answer 18

idk

Answer 19

last season, before the season started, i traded Adrian Perterson.  I guess I had herd he hurt his knee in college, and I knew they had a descent RB in Taylor, so i traded him away for Cedric Benson.  That was a bad move!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 20

A-Rod for F-Rod

Answer 21

One time I dropped Miguel Tejada, Garret Anderson (when he was good), Matt Holliday, and Ichiro (in his first year).  So I made a lot of dumb drops.  However, this year I traded Tim Lincicum for James Loney whcih was the dumbest trade a person can make.  I did make a great trade this year, though.  I traded Joe Borowski, Erik Bedard, and some other guy for Ryan Howard, Bobby Jenks, and some other guy.  That was a really good trade for me.  I made it before the season began.

Answer 22

Not my worst, but I'll list my best: Last year I traded Roy Williams + Rudi Johnson for Randy Moss. Williams suffered his injury the week after I traded him and Johnson just sucked. Moss... I'm sure we all know his story.

Answer 23

I can't think of any really bad trades that I might have made, but I remember in my first season ever (back in 2002 or 2003 I think?), I dropped Marino Rivera in early April due to an injury which was healed by the end of the month.

Answer 24

I traded away magglio Ordonez last year for Takashi Saito in my keeper league. I also dealt away Jimmie Rollins and Kenji Johima for Rich Harden, Jacob McGee and Joe Mauer. It's a keeper league, but I ended up not keeping harden anway, and I traded away mauer for the first pick in this years' draft, which I used to take David Price. McGee is having Tommy John surgery, so he's out until 2010. I dealt Rollins because I had Tulo on my bench, but he has sucked when healthy this year, and he hasn't been very healty either. So I'm struggling with a sub .500 record in the toughest division of a 12 team keeper league.

Answer 25

Last Year i traded Adrian Peterson and Tom brady for Peyton Manning and Stephen Jackson

Answer 26

In a 12 team, 6 player keeper league I traded Jamal Lewis for  the number 3 pick in the draft (remember now 72 players have already been kept), which was really like the 75th pick in the draft.  That just happened to be the year Lewis ran for 2000+ yards.

Answer 27

i traded ronnie brown for cedric benson last year 2 days before the season began

Answer 28

MAN....What a good question...... Ive traded some greta players for losers that I thought were in for a good year..... I traded prince fielder, JOSH HAMILTON, miguel cabrera, joba chamberlain and roy halladay for randy johnson, ryan howard, john smoltz and chris young

Answer 29

Warren Moon for Ryan Leaf

Answer 30

A few years ago I needed Qb help in the worst way. I traded Vick and CH.Johnson to get Bulger and D.Jackson who were both doing very well.

Both Bulger and D.Jax got hurt the very next week leaving me with no QB and very little WR help.

It destroyed my team. Even though Vick was never a good fantasy QB, I realy could have used his rushing #'s along with CJ's #'s the rest of the way

Answer 31

randy moss for jon kitna

he was pissed