Should i trade both Rocco Baldelli(TB) and Rafael Furcal (LAD) for Garret Atkins (COL)?(sorry to ask so much)?

I'm in a 10 person league, head-to-head. There are some good FA's and i lack a bit of power. My strategy was to load up on batting, and get pitchers (b/c you can play all pitchers) late and to get low ERA high Win pitchers(lots of SPs=lots of K's). My Team:





C-K.Johjima


1b-P.Fielder


2b-H.Kendrick(should i expend energy to get Kinsler instead)


3b-E.Encarnacion(Cin)i have no faith in


SS-J.Reyes


Of-M.Holliday


Of-J.Bay


Of-R.Baldelli


Util-T.Hafner


Util-R.Furcal


Bench-B.Hawpe





Sp-C.C.Sabathia


Sp-C.Young(SD)


Sp-R.Hill(CHC)


Sp-S.Olsen


Sp-J.Patterson


Sp-C.Hensley(SD)/J.Sowers(Cle) not sure which to keep


Sp-A.J.Burnett


Rp-M.Rivera


Rp-B.Fuentes


Rp-J.Isringhausen


Sp/Rp-A.Wainwright(STL)


DL-E.Gagne





Good Free Agents:


A.Kearns(Was-OF)


K.Griffey(Cin-OF)


C.Jackson(Ari-1b)


C.Young(Ari-OF)


G.Anderson(LAA-OF)


A.Iwamura(TB-3b)


J.Edmonds(STL)


J.Hermida(FLA-OF)





J.Zumaya(DET-RP)


C.Lee(Cle-RP)


J.Francis(Col-SP)


J.Maine(NYM-SP)


D.Turnbow(Mil-RP)


A.Reyes(STL-RP)


A.Loewen(BAL-SP)


Z.Duke(Pit-SP)


J.Blanton(OAK-SP

Should i trade both Rocco Baldelli(TB) and Rafael Furcal (LAD) for Garret Atkins (COL)?(sorry to ask so much)?
DO NOT DO THIS TRADE.





Encarnacion of the Reds was hurt last year and still had 15 HR as a rookie. I have seen him play, he has a great deal of future growth. Put Furcal on the DL and pick up Garret Anderson as a utilty slot.





I cannot believe that Joel Zumaya is still available. He has 100 strikeouts and 5-10 wins waiting for him this year, plus the possiblity that Todd Jones goes down with an injury. Go get him now.
Reply:NO, you're patching one hole and creating another one. Encarnacion may not be that good, but you create a hole in your OF (which I guess you fill with Hawpe) and lose Furcal (leaving an open Util slot) who is about on par with Atkins by himself. Now who goes in the Util??





If Encarnacion chokes, pick up Iwamura.....
Reply:YES. You have fairly good OF. And Baldelli isn't the best. There are better OF free agents. Also, you have the best SS available, Jose Reyes. So you do not need Furcal. And he is on the DL. Your current 3B isn't good so Atkins would fit in well.
Reply:Very close. Your decision. ESPN ranks Rocco is a little better than Hawpe and Furcal is a little better than Atkins. Furcal is only ranked better because he gets stolen bases though. Atkins dominates all the other categories. For you, you already have Reyes to get stolen bases so I think Atkins is more worthy. Plus, Furcal is starting the season on the DL b/c of his sprained foot. Probably not, but this may also affect his stolen bases a little.





These are Rocco's(top) and Hawpe's(bottom) projected stats





G AB R H HR RBI SB AVG SLG





135 526 83 154 20 80 16 .293 .494





140 438 86 138 20 77 4 .315 .530





Atkin's(top) and Furcal's(bottom) projected stats





G AB R H HR RBI SB AVG SLG





155 606 110 194 27 125 3 .319 .534





140 568 98 166 13 55 31 .293 .436





sorry that they are coming out all bunched^^^ I'll give you the link