Greg maddux for scott podsednik?

Batting


C Iván Rodríguez (Det - C,1B)


1B Richie Sexson (Sea - 1B)


2B Chase Utley (Phi - 2B)


3B Troy Glaus (Tor - 3B,SS)


SS Hanley Ramírez (Fla - SS)


OF Matt Holliday (Col - OF)


OF Dave Roberts (SF - OF)


OF Scott Podsednik (CWS - OF)


Util Scott Rolen (StL - 3B)


Util Chone Figgins(2b, 3b, OF)


BN Josh Willingham


BN Craig Biggio


BN Adrian Gonzalez


BN Magglio Ordonez





Pitchers





SP Justin Verlander


SP Brett Myers


RP B.J. Ryan


RP Chris Ray


P Todd Jones


P Kevin Millwood


P Brad Penny


P Bronson Arroyo


BN Josh Becket.





as you can see, i need to move a batter or 2. is podsednik for madux good for me or bad and hows my team?

Greg maddux for scott podsednik?
With the team that you have, you can afford to lose Posednik for Maddux to your benefit. Yes, Posednik will get you some steals, but not like he used to. Also, you've got plenty of SB's already on your team between Roberts and Figgins alone (even though Figgins will be out for five weeks).





Maddux is coming to the twilight of his career. He's not going to get you absurd amounts of K's, true, but he will give you some quality starts and sprinkles of wins, which is a weaker category of yours, sorry to say. Based on the other SP's you have, he's not going to hurt your team ERA


/WHIP much either.





Other observations:


You can afford to lose Biggio in a trade or to waivers. I say this because you are NEVER going to bench Utley unless he gets hurt (highly unlikely) or he has a day off. Even if Utley does have a day off, Biggio does not warrant a spot on your team given the options you already have at 2B, namely Figgins when he comes back. That doesn't mean that he doesn't have value for someone else, though. See who has what 2B's and if Biggio is better than what the other manager has, throw a trade his way with maybe one of your pitchers for a better, more solid SP than you have.





The HR/RBI totals are not looking too promising. Most of your power hitters have injury histories. Trading two average players for one good player will help you a lot. Most managers look at total numbers in trades. Keep this in mind.





This is ultimately YOUR team, however, and these are just my words of opinion and research. Whatever you decide to do, good luck to you this year.
Reply:take maddux
Reply:I wouldnt do it. maddux is a bit older and not as good. He is playing in SD which is good but you can get more for Podsednik Especially if someone wants to get steals. I would maybe try maddux for Roberts.
Reply:This is not the move for you. While Greg Maddux is certainly a good pitcher and will rack up a solid sub-four ERA in San Diego this season, he no longer strikes out any batters. You will be able to find plenty of pitchers on the waiver wire that will put up similar numbers as Maddux will. Podsednik provides you with an incredible amount of steals, which you do not want to give away so readily. For a old pitcher playing for a second tier team, Maddux is not the most sought after pick-up.
Reply:your team is very good. Take the trade. You need a solid pitcher and it is good to have more pitchers because pitchers play every 6 days and not every day like batters do. besides you all ready have good OF like magglio and willingham.
Reply:Do it Podsednik is strictly a speed player and due to aging he is losing it.