The Fleecing of Ramse

It’s that time. Time for anyone that plans on dumping to get on with it and time for anyone that wants to make a push to give up their young talent and trade for some impact players that can help them win now.

At “THE BIG SHOW” – The best private roto league in the nation, we are closely monitoring two teams these next two weeks as the strategy at work will no doubt become so thought provoking and intense that brains will no doubt be swollen. (This will be true for both the two teams involved as well as the other 10 teams in the league as they try to comprehend and digest the furious activity.)

We’ve previously discussed on this site “doing a Provenz.” Now, all across the nation our readers will have the unique opportunity to both study and track this process as it happens in real time.

As the trading deadline nears, you are going to watch Woody’s Peckers attempt to use Ramse as their minor league roster and make a deal. Our best guess is that the Peckers will attempt to make the following trade (while eloquently attempting to explain and justify to Ramse why it’s good for him).

Based on past performances we see the proposed trade as follows:

Woody’s Peckers will attempt to obtain Bengie Molina $5, Derek Jeter $13, Manny Ramirez $31, Andrew McCutchen $24, Dustin Pedroia $11, Chone Figgins $10, Adrian Gonzalez $16, Clayton Kershaw $12, Josh Johnson $7

from Ramse for

Joel Zumaya $2 (DL), Chris R. Young $3 (DL), Edinson Volquez $11 (DL), Jose B. Reyes $43 (DL), Hank Blaylock $1 (DL any moment for something), Rod Barajas $1, Luis Castillo $2, Willie Bloomquist $1, Jed Lowrie $3.

We have reason to believe that this year might be different and Ramse might be holding his ground. We shall see. It will be interesting to see how Woody’s Peckers (the 2nd Place team) fares in tracking down Potato Head (the 1st Place team) if he is not able to get some version of this deal done.

I myself am waiting for the phone to ring with Woody’s Peckers on the other end suggesting that I take part in this deal expanding it to a three way to help move it along where I would give up Zack Greinke $11, and Nelson Cruz $9 in exchange for a box of jelly donuts, a back scratcher and a pair of Yankee tickets which would be forwarded to Ramse. - Mike Cardano

Mike Cardano is the founder of Around The Horn and Ultimate Franchise Baseball ™.