Trade Review - Urban and Grumpy

Urban Achievers receive:

Desmond Jennings, Matt LaPorta, 8th rounder

Grumpy Munchkins receive:

Fracisco Liriano, Josh Tomlin, 2nd round

Ugh. It doesn’t reach the level of the Weaver deal, but this makes no sense. Desmond Jennings is a nice player, but he hasn’t reached keeper status yet. As well as he’s played, he’s had a cup of coffee before and failed miserably. Don’t get me wrong, I do like him, especially in an OBP league, but would I take a chance and draft him before the sixth round next year? Not a chance, no matter what numbers he puts up. But the real crime here is giving up the second round pick. For a team that called it a season earlier than anyone else, I would expect Dan to be in better shape at this point. No, he doesn’t have to be Dave and Casten, nor doesn’t he have to publish a menu of prices for the crumbs left on the plate, but the fact that he doesn’t have a 2nd or 3rd round pick heading into next year is ridiculous. Meanwhile Casten has five (count em – 5!!) 2nd rounders and won’t be drafting past the 8th round now. Makes me almost want to give up and trade off parts. Dave only called it a season 10 days ago and he’s in great shape. There’s still time, so hopefully Dan makes the most of it or he may just find himself rebuilding again a year from now. On Casten’s end, he continues to use this opportunity to the best of his abilities and will no doubt be disappointed come the Aug 14th deadline. The smartest thing he’s done is continue to be active on the waiver wire front and has turned several of those pickups into pick upgrades. As someone who loves to find his sleepers in the draft, it’ll be interesting to see if Casten reaches for some players in the draft because he really won’t be drafting at all when the gold nuggets are found in the latter stages of the draft. He’ll be fast asleep, or looking at his roster and rubbing one out.