My bad about Miggy – I should have realized that. Especially since Tejada was so miscast with the rest of your group. And you’ve talked about Cabrera before. Ya, I think I’d hold on to him.

This Roger Clemens thing is fascinating. Did you see his interview today? That guy is going to lose it. The phone conversation really adds some bite to this story. I’m normally bored to tears with steroid stuff, but this is pretty entertaining actually.

Oh yeah–Miggy–I totally forgot about Tejada, I meant Miguel Cabrera, a/k/a Young, Fat, Latin Ted Williams. [g] I wouldn’t kept Tejada, I totally agree he is radical decline. Cabrera is the Miggy I was referring to.

Thanks again, I’ll let you know what happens!

In keeper leagues, it’s crucial to pull off 2-for-1 type deals when you aren’t even planning on keeping the two. Joba and Bucholz have quite a bit of upside, but I’ll still give my seal of approval for landing Mauer. He’s going to put up a monster season one of these years.

I think your team is stacked. I’m not particularly high on Miggy – if there’s someone I’d be shopping, it’s him. He’s clearly in the decline, but maybe his perceived value hasn’t caught up to reality. Then again, you’re thin at SS, so that could be tricky.

Sizemore (obvious stud), Zimmerman (should bounce back this year, especially with better home park to hit in) and I love Weeks (check out his final 6 weeks. unreal.).

You know I have a man-crush on Lincecum, and Liriano was the best pitcher in baseball before the injury.

I really like Utley (I’d consider Peavy for him, but pitchers are obviously more risky), but since you need power, I’d look at doing the Pujols deal. It’s a great time to buy-(relatively)low with him. I like Hughes quite a bit, but you’re loaded with prospects, so I’m not sure I’d let that get in the way of doing a deal. The AL East is an awfully tough place to pitch. It’s close tho – right now on my board I have Pujols 4th and Utley 6th. Let me know how it turns out…

Can we maybe talk some baseball for a second? I have found that the vast majority of the great heists I have ever pulled tend to come during the winter months, so I am already moving to consolidate my position in my main league (I just dealt Joba and Buchholz, only one of whom I could keep, for Joe Mauer…..meh, I know, but I needed a C, last year was a debacle with Piazza stinking up the joint). One move in particular I am considering involves Utley. I love the guy, but I also have Upton and Weeks eligible at 2B, and really, I am pretty ecstatic with those options. I can play all of them b/c we use a MI spot and a util spot (plus Upton is CF eligible, though I already have Sizmore there), but I wonder if I am not better off dealing him for Triple Crown-level bat. I see two targets: Pujols (have already discussed him, and Utley plus maybe the prospect rights to Phil Hughes would get this done), and Matt Holliday (can maybe deal for him straight-up, and possibly even get a draft pick back in trade). Either should have more RBIs and HRs than Utley, with similar stats everywhere else. And they’re both young and should age reasonably well.

I dunno, I just dunno. I love the guy, he is my best player, but he can also fetch the most in return, so I’d prefer to deal him over getting a lesser quantity for Upton or Weeks. I could use the power, my own real “boppers” are Miggy and Teixeira. I could also use starting pitching, but apart from Johan no one is worth Utley, and I’m happy to wait on that. I could further use a SS, badly, but Reyes and Hanley’s owners won’t deal them, and I just don’t like Rollins quite enough to pull the trigger….

12-team league, H2H (std 5×5 plus Errors/Holds)–winner-take-all format, you either W, L or D each week, you don’t get individual wins for categories. My team is:

6 core keepers (will be 7 next year and beyond): Utley, Miggy, Tex, Upton, Mauer, Felix

+1s (one “free” keeper year….b/c of arcane league rules….basically other teams’ former “franchise” guys acquired in trade): Sizemore (weee!), Zimmerman, Weeks—most of our teams don’t even get 1 freebie, and no one else has more than one, so I should get some nice traction here

Franchise players (guys promoted from minors who we get for three free years outside of regular keepers following activation): Delmon, Liriano, Lincecum, Cain

Prospects: Gordon, S. Drew, Maybin, McCutchen, Wieters, Hughes, Gallardo, D. Price (essentially I am stacked there, easily the best minor league system in the league).

As you can see, I should be decent assuming I can assemble another workable bullpen, but I am not going to blow many teams away in the power cats.

If you have any thoughts, I would dearly love to hear them. Danke!