Along the lines of the more saves for holds with the ChowdaHeads, I looked at this more.
His major offensive weakness is at 2b, and if he got runs, rbi, and steals he could gain points on the teams ahead of him who happen to be my pursuers.
He has saves to spare, may be too far back in holds, and would benefit from more wins (whereas I'm pretty much resigned to 2nd to last in wins).
At first I thought centering a trade around Ian Kinsler made sense, plus he would send me Kyle Farnsworth for Rafael Soriano. Saves for holds and offense. As I have the very hot Jason Kipnis as well, I could plug him in at 2b, and maybe he'll even be a keeper.
But that seems very one-sided, so I'd want some empty power (i.e., no steals needed) coming back. Hideki Matsui would be one option, but he's not arguably better than Josh Willingham, who is a free agent in this league. Carlos Quentin would be more attractive, but he may not see Kinsler for Quentin as enough value. I don't think Quentin's a keeper, whereas I do think Kinsler is, for what it's worth.
So we're emailing, and I'll be curious what it will eventually take to get Farnsworth, and whether it is worth pulling the trigger on something as extreme as Kinsler plus Soriano for Farnsworth.
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