Fantasy Q&A: Trades Involving Manny and Soriano

Soxfan Asks:
I just made two pretty huge trades in my league, and was curious what you thought of them. (i.e., was i fleeced or did I apply the fleece?).
the league is 7X7 (standard 5X5 + batting K’s and OPS, and pitching L’s and HOLDS).
Trade 1:
I get: Manny Ramirez
I give: Justin Morneau and Joba Chamberlain (remember, […]

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As the baseball season inches closer, I am sure many of us are in the process of preparing our player outlooks for the upcoming fantasy baseball season. If you have any questions about draft positioning, questions about who to select where, or dollar values for auction drafts, please post on our Fantasy Fleeces page. This […]

Fantasy Q&A: Ellis & James for Bryant & Gay

The Trade:
JW4JW (Players to Trade)—- > my team (Tyler)
Monta Ellis (GS - PG,SG)
LeBron James (Cle - SF)
Ice Cold Beer (Players to Trade)
Kobe Bryant (LAL - SG)
Rudy Gay (Mem - SG,SF)

Fleece Factor Responds:
Tyler,
Let me start my complimenting your trading counter-part’s team name. Nothing better than an ice-cold brew.
Had to throw that in there, got side-tracked. […]

Fantasy Fleeces Q&A: College Kids Fleece Girl in Couch Trade

FANTASY FLEECES 
Question from Reece’s Fleeces: My roommate and I were in the market for a new couch. We found a year old Ikea couch for sale from a friend of a friend. She wanted $200. The couch is good but by no means great. We offered her 140, saying that we were college kids. She […]

Fantasy Q&A: RB R. Johnson, RB K. Smith, WR C. Johnson and QB M. Leinart… for RB F. Gore and WR T. Holt

Q: Fantasy Football: I need an opinion of a Trade I made, I may have gotten the Big ‘Ol Fleecing.
I traded: Rudi Johnson, Calvin Johnson, K. Smith, Matt Leinart
for
Frank Gore & Torry Holt
A: Well, I will just assume we are talking a PPR league here, standard scoring otherwise, and a re-draft league.
The fact that Matt […]

Fantasy Q&A: Steve Nash/J.R. Smith for Jermaine O’Neal/Monta Ellis

Q: From Tyler…
nerp (Players to Trade)
Jermaine O’Neal
Monta Ellis
romo (Players to Trade)
Steve Nash
J.R. Smith
Pulled off a fleecing in fantasy basketball.. for me it was basically Nash for O’Neal and Ellis considering i picked J.R. Smith off waivers three days ago..
A: Nice Ball, Tyler. Interesting move.
Fantasy Basketball is very unique. Unlike all other fantasy sports, you can […]

Fantasy Q&A: QB Tony Romo, RB Laurence Maroney, WR Chris Henry, TE Jason Witten and DT Giants … for QB Derek Anderson, RB Marion Barber III, WR Reggie Wayne, TE Chris Cooley and DT Bucs

Q: Fantasy Football: Standard scoring, but WRs get 1 point/reception; RBs get 1 point/3 receptions. TEs get 1 point/7.5 yards receiving, not 10 like everyone else; teams start standard eight, but can substitue the 2nd RB position for either a WR or TE - a flex position. 
Team A sent QB Tony Romo, RB Lawrence Maroney, […]

Fantasy Q&A: RB Steven Jackson for QB Derek Anderson

Q: Fantasy Football: Point per catch league…standard scoring otherwise.
Guy traded Steven Jackson for Derek Anderson straight up. I thought it was a little on-sided, but the guy getting Anderson has Rivers at QB and needs more production from him.
A: First question, nice! Well, while Derek Anderson has certainly been a pleasant fantasy surprise (he went […]