The Fair Trade System

[jservice]

The Goal… Start making a list of players that you have traded for fairly.

............... Give the Mode of play and season year you are playing in.

Trade Info example:

E.Chavez age 28 5y @ 11.0 for M.Tejada age 28 5y @ 12.0

Negotiations: M.Tejada asking 2y @ 12.0 will not take less money.

But will go 3y @ 12.0

My tips on finding these trades are as follows…

First I save the game file before making any trades. Then start looking for the players I what off each team for my player. I start at top of the ratings for each team and go down the line. When I find a trade that is accepted. I trade back for the same players. If the AI gives him back then it’s a fair trade. Then I trade the players back again and go to payroll to negotiate a new contract with the new player to see what he will take. If for any reason the AI refuses to talk about the contract or keeps my player at the start and won't give him back it’s probably not in my best interest to make that trade. I STOP and reload the file without saving and continue my search. I keep going down the lists of each team until I have a long list of trades to choose from for my player.

Happy hunting

[vinnycast27]

thanks for the info and help, i;ve always found it hard to trade for the big stars.

[UncleMo]

jservice, why not collect this info from people replying to you and then post it under misc. in the downloads section.

[jservice]

Greg Maddux CHC 2y@ 8.00 trades for

Trade to save some money and/or younger

WAS - L.Hernandez 2y @4.3

CLE - J.Westbrook 2y@ 3.9

C.Sabathia 2y @ 3.8

COL - J.Kennedy 2y@ 3.2

FLA - A.Burnett 2y @ 4.4

LA - J.Weaver 2y @ 6.2

Same $ but younger

LA - O. Perez 2y @ 8.0

D. Lowe 3y @ 9.0

[jservice]

A.Huff Trades for 4.1 m

Atl- R.Furcal 3.2m

Bos- E.Rentena 10.0m

Col - M.Holliday 800k

Cin - S.Casey 5.7m

Det. M.Ordonez 6.8m

Hou- L.Berkman 3.0m

Fla - J.Pierre 2.0m

Fla- M.Lowell 8.0m

LA- JD Drew 11.0m

Mil- L.Overbay 600k

Min- T.Hunter 5.5m

NYY- R.Johnson 16.0m

Oak- M.Kotsay 4.2m

TB - C.Crawford 800k

[cybernetic]

usually if I'm making a trade it's basically to dump an older guy on my team who's not producing for high-ranked prospects

[jservice]

2007 of owner mode

J. Burnitz 37 3y @ 1.80m trades for

...........................Age...Current........Asking

ATL - M. Bradley 28 2y @2.50 / 3y @ 2.50 Originally on LA

BOS - J. Damon 33 1y @5.50 / 4y @ 5.50

MIN- J.Jones 33 1y @2.70 / 2y @ 2.70

PHI - P.Polanco 31 1y @600k / 2y @ 800k

WAS - T.Sledge 29 1y @700k / 2y @ 900k

[sagolous]

i kno Paul Konerko trade straight up for MArk Texiera(sp?). i did that when i played for the WHite Sox

[acpython1]

Lyle Overbay and Erubiel Durazo and Derrek Lee can be traded for eachother. Good to know if you want to upgrade your 1B.

Aaron Rowand trades fairly for Alex Sanchez. (Actual Advantage: TB)

Aubrey Huff trades fairly for Raul Ibanez. (Actual Advantage: Seattle )

Not sure about salaries, I tested this with my second TB dynasty (no budgets).

[jservice]

Are you using the same fair trade system from 1st post?

I tested using the Fair trade system

A.Rowand-2.80m/A.Sanchez-2.0m (AI keeps Rowand)

D.Lee-7.50m/L.Overbay-600k (AI keeps Lee)

D.Lee-7.50m/E.Durazo-4.70m (AI keeps Lee)

A.Huff/R.Ibanez (AI keeps Huff)

M.Texiera/P.Konerko (AI keeps Texiera)

The each case the teams would not trade back for same players.

If the AI will not give back the player, then the AI feels it got the best deal.

If the AI gives the player back to you then that = A FAIR TRADE.

Please try to use the system - It works.

[acpython1]

Hmm... Maybe it's the budget that changes it, in all of the trades I proposed, I could get them back. Oh well. It may also be that I was on the other end, that I was giving away Sanchez, Overbay, and Durazo. All the players the AI kept were the ones I traded for and then back. :shrug:

[jservice]

Heres a list the Top 100 Prospects by Team (Original install) Some players will change after your first season.

The # is based on EA Ranking.

Post some fair trades using theses players.

ANA

26. Dallas McPherson, 3B Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

30. Billy Bath, SP LA Angels of Anaheim (Ervin Santana)

62. Casey Kotchman, 1B Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

77. Larry Baert, SS LA Angels of Anaheim (Erick Aybar)

80. Darren Roberts, C LA Angels of Anaheim (Jeff Mathis)

81. Jon Bukvich, 1B LA Angels of Anaheim (Kenny Morales)

ARI

67. Brandon Jarvis, RF Arizona Diamondbacks (Carlos

82. Jim Ennis, LF Arizona Diamondbacks (Conor Jackson)

86. Jamie Mowatt, SS Arizona Diamondbacks (Sergio Santos)

ATL

29. Sean Blancard, SP Atlanta Braves (Kyle Davies)

37. Joel Doonan, CF Atlanta Braves (Jeff Francouer)

59. Enrique Rodriguez, 3B Atlanta Braves (Andy Marte)

92. Juan Berroa, C Atlanta Braves (Brian McCann)

BAL

19. Jared Wilson, SP Baltimore Orioles (Adam Loewen)

89. Mike Alvarez, RF Baltimore Orioles (Nick Markakis)

52. Rafael Rodriguez, SP Baltimore Orioles (Hayden Penn)

69. Val Majewski, CF Baltimore Orioles

BOS

6. Matt Derksen, SS Boston Red Sox (Hanley Ramirez)

99. Gabe Lewis, RF Boston Red Sox (Brandon Moss)

CHC

33. Ian Krystal, SP Chicago Cubs (Angel Guzman)

65. Daniel Doluntap, CF Chicago Cubs (Felix Pie)

98. Greg Wegber, 1B Chicago Cubs (Brian Dopirak)

CIN

38. Raul Perez, SP Cincinnati Reds (Homer Bailey)

83. Matt James, 3B Cincinnati Reds (Edwin Encarnacion)

CLE

7. Randy Auschrat, SP Cleveland Indians (Adam Miller)

46. Kenny Barrera, SP Cleveland Indians (Fausto Carmona)

60. Randy Sullivan, RF Cleveland Indians (Franklin Gutierrez)

95. Troy Gray, 1B Cleveland Indians (Michael Aubrey)

COL

1. Jeff Francis, SP Colorado Rockies

13. Chin-Hui Tsao, SP Colorado Rockies

61. Randy Klann, 3B Colorado Rockies (Ian Stewart)

94. Adam Murphy, SS Colorado Rockies (Chris Nelson)

CWS

72. Miguel Alicea, CF Chicago White Sox (Brian Anderson)

87. Ty Berrie, SP Chicago White Sox (Brandon McCarthy)

84. Chris Rae, RF Chicago White Sox (Ryan Sweeney)

DET

32. Johnny Snare, SP Detroit Tigers (Justin Verlander)

70. Curtis Granderson, RF Detroit Tigers

FLA

39. Luis Ordrone, SP Florida Marlins (Yorman Bazardo)

50. Josh Williangham, C Florida Marlins

68. Norberto Pena, SP Florida Marlins (Scott Olsen)

79. Broof LeCroy, RF Florida Marlins (Jeremy Hermida)

HOU

40. Chris Burke, 2B Houston Astros

45. Willy Taveras, CF Houston Astros

KC

15. Denny Bautista, SP Kansas City Royals

90. Blair Pioveson, 3B Kansas City Royals (Mark Teahen)

LA

3. Edwin Jackson, SP Los Angeles Dodgers

24. Jung-Hoon Choi, SP Los Angeles Dodgers (Greg Miller)

31. Kevin McCracken, SP LA Dodgers (Chad Billingsly)

63. Dieter Driediger, SS Los Angeles Dodgers (Joel Guzman)

97. Dennis Estrella, 1B Los Angeles Dodgers (James Loney)

MIL

12. Rickie Weeks, 2B Milwaukee Brewers

18. Wayne Collier, 1B Milwaukee Brewers (Prince Fielder)

43. Jose Capellan, SP Milwaukee Brewers

58. Richard Samuels, SP Milwaukee Brewers (Mark Rogers)

88. Sam Gent, SS Milwaukee Brewers (JJ Hardy)

MIN

2. Joe Mauer, C Minnesota Twins

73. Randy Sanchez, SP Minnesota Twins (Kyle Waldrop)

10. Jesse Crain, RP Minnesota Twins

48. Terry Coleman, SP Minnesota Twins (Francisco Liriano)

53. Jason Kubel, RF Minnesota Twins

54. JD Durbin, RP Minnesota Twins

NYM

47. Bryant Tyner, CF New York Mets (Lastings Milledge)

34. Tom Tucker, SP New York Mets (Yusmeiro Petit)

NYY

93. Mike Francis, 3B New York Yankees (Eric Duncan)

51. Mark Smallenberg, SS NY Yankees (Marcos Vechionacci)

57. Russell Cho, SP New York Yankees (Phil Hughes)

OAK

11. Dan Meyer, SP Oakland A's

14. Jairo Garcia, RP Oakland A's

17. Nick Swisher, RF Oakland A's

56. Pat Lidge, RP Oakland A's (Huston Street)

64. Ben Brinkman, CF Oakland A's (Javier Herrera)

96. Andy McDonald, C Oakland A's (Daric Barton)

PHI

8. Ole Uttuslien, SP Philadelphia Phillies (Cole Hamels)

16. Gavin Floyd, SP Philadelphia Phillies

22. Ryan Howard, 1B Philadelphia Phillies

PIT

5. John Van Benschoten, SP Pittsburgh Pirates

66. Ramon Sanchez, SP Pitts Pirates (Zach Duke) Quentin)

91. Jorge Cordona, C Pittsburgh Pirates (Neil Walker)

SD

36. Freddy Guzman, CF San Diego Padres

74. Gabriel Devore, 2B San Diego Padres (Josh Barfield)

SF

20. Merkin Valdez, RP San Francisco Giants

35. Randy Santiago, SP San Francisco Giants (Matt Cain)

SEA

9. Clint Nageotte, SP Seattle Mariners

21. Jeremy Reed, CF Seattle Mariners

25. Darryl Buhler, SP Seattle Mariners (Felix Hernandez)

55. Matt Thomas, CF Seattle Mariners (Shin Soo-Choo)

100. Matthew Smith, SS Seattle Mariners (Matt Tuiasosopo)

STL

27. Derek Larmour, SP St. Louis Cardinals (Anthony Reyes)

TB

4. Scott Kazmir, SP Tampa Bay Devil Rays

23. Joey Gathright, CF Tampa Bay Devil Rays

49. Kristopher Morales, RF TB Devil Rays (Delmon Young)

TEX

41. Federico Garcia, SS Texas Rangers (Joaquin Arias)

71. Matt Mondesi, SP Texas Rangers (Thomas Diamond)

78. Terry Mulder, SP Texas Rangers (John Danks)

TOR

28. Brandon League, RP Toronto Blue Jays

42. Brent Nielsen, SP Toronto Blue Jays (Francisco Rosario)

75. Reynaldo Perez, SP Toronto Blue Jays (Dustin McGowan)

WAS

44. Ryan Church, CF Washington Nationals

76. Sean Payne, SP Washington Nationals (Mike Hinckley)

85. Yvan Vuu Carinha, 1B Washington Nats (Larry Broadway)

[mooseknucks]

If yah could, I'd really like to know who Randy Johnson trades for.

[chanatown]

This is really interesting keep this up please :D

[gcurrier2004]

This is a great post, Im going to be making a bunch of trades near the deadline. And would like to build my minor leagues up. Thanks

[futzy99]

Thanks for that info on the prospects! Just a question, though: could you do a fair trade deal with Cliff Floyd of the Mets? If not, that's fine too, but...

Thanks!

[-moose-]

Id like to know how Boston has Brandon Moss as a prospect, but not Dustin Pedroia or Kelley Shoppach

Hanley is an obvious one, and I've already promoted him to the big show and have him playing as a CF/SS/2B as my starters get tired

[Fastflink2009]

I have found many trades.

B.J Upton(1y@600k age 20)-Bobby Crosby(5y @2.3 mil. age 25)

Joe Mauer(3y@1.3 mil. age 21), Justin Morneau(1y@300k age 24), Nick Punto(1y@300k age 25)- Barry Zito(1y@4.3 mil age 26), Jason Kendall(2y@ 9.5 mil. age 30), Eric Byrnes(1y@2.0 mil age 29)

Joey Gathright(1y@300k age 23) and Carl Crawford(4y@4.8 mil age 23)- Erubiel Durazo(1y@4.5 mil age 29) and Mark Kotsay(1y @5.5 mil age 29)

Eric Chavez(6y @10.8 mil age 27)-Hank Blaylock(4y@3.5 mil age 24)

Scott Hatteberg, Ricardo Rincon, Marco Scutaro-Jose Reyes, Lastings Milledge, Aaron Hathaway

Nick Swisher, Juan Cruz-Wily Mo Pena, Elizardo Ramirez

The Last 2 trades i don't know b/c i gave some guys a different contract and i was unable to remember their original. Hope this helps.

[jservice]

Has anyone traded for Albert Pujols Fairly? I'm in 2007 of owner and tried to get Pujols. Not that I would have kept this trade but, The Cardinals would not even take CHC- Zambrano,Wood,Lee for Pujols?

[ben-c]

hi guys,just wanted to show you my trades in the cards dynasty,FAIR TRADES

C - Y.Molina Backup: J.Phillips

1B - A.Pujols

2B - T.Helton Backup: H.Luna

3B - D.Wright Backup: M.Byrd

SS - D.Jeter Backup: R.Vasquez

RF - A.Huff Backup: A.Kearns

CF - C.Patterson Backup: W.Taveras

LF - A.Dunn Backup: S.Taguchi

Rotation

1: C.Pavano

2: T.Hudson

3: O.Perez

4: R.Halladay

5: M.Morris

Bullpen

1: R.Ankiel

2: J.Nelson

3: J.Fernandez

4: M.Gallo

5: J.Isringhausen

[Sean O]

My Boston Red Sox Dynasty, again all fair trades, in mid-May:

C: Jason Varitek and Doug Mirabelli

1B: Derek Lee

2B: Mark Bellhorn

SS: Edgar Renteria

3B: Platoon between Chone Figgins and BJ Upton

LF: Manny Ramirez

CF: Johnny Damon

RF: Ichiro

OF1: Carl Crawford

OF2: Wily Mo Pena

Rotation:

SP1: Curt Schilling

SP2: Jake Peavy

SP3: Matt Clement

SP4: Bronson Arroyo

SP5: Tim Wakefield

Also picked up Osuna from San Diego, promoted Cla Meredith to the mlb, and have Huston Street as my closer in AAA. Oddly, Mark Bellhorn is godlike when I play, mashing 16 homers in mid-May. Very strange.

[ssmith7289]

Anyone sorta feel like they are cheating?

[ben-c]

those were FAIR trades,but you give a quality player and get a qualitiy player

[Spectra]

Anyone sorta feel like they are cheating?

No way, the computer controlled teams are to difficult to trade with anyway so when they do accept a trade I think it's for a good reason.

Just traded SS Jack Wilson to the Royals for SP Zack Greinke. Good trade for both teams since I was stacked at SS and the Royals didn't even have one but hade a lot of SP.

[ssmith7289]

Not so much the fair trades, but just knowing in advance what becomes of the prospects is what I consider cheating. In real life prospects are just that, in this game however prospects are stars in the making.