Fantasy baseball trade advice

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I was just offered the following fantasy baseball trade:

I trade Dexter Fowler, OF (Col) and get Austin Jackson, OF (Det).

The funny thing is, I picked up A. Jackson as a free agent early in the season and traded him away. But that shouldn’t matter for this trade.

League offensive scoring for: HR, R, RBI, SB, and OBP. We are also a keeper league, but neither player was drafted, so both are ineligible to be a keeper.

Should I do it? The other guy is banking on Jackson’s high trade value now, but all Fowler really offers is a nice number of stolen bases. However, he only has 5 so far this year.

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I’m not that familiar with Fowler. I’d say Jackson won’t be hitting .370 after the All-Star Break, so he’s going to slide at *least *a little bit. The question is “when and how bad?”

I’d fire the trade up.

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Thanks. I decided to make the trade, since the other manager is infamous for withdrawing trade offers quickly. Fowler is not someone with huge upside, so why not?

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I accepted this trade immediately. 12 team keeper league, 5X5 roto.

I receive Phil Hughes. I send Howie Kendrick.

Hughes won’t stay this hot, but I’ll take him while he’s doing it. I’ve got Kelly Johnson as a 2B as well as Juan Uribe with 2B eligibility.

Anyone see any reason why I shouldn’t have done this?

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The only reason I can see is that Kelly Johnson is playing way above his skill level (Uribe is a non-factor here). But he’s not going to be as bad as he was last year, and Hughes has the ability to maintain a high level of play (maybe not this high…). If you need the pitching, this is exactly the type of trade that can work for everyone.