mkvick8 Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Has anyone been able to trade Helton for any good young players or prospects. I am starting a Rockies dynasty and I want to try and trade Helton and start over. I have not been able to trade him to anyone because of his huge contract. Any ideas or trades that you have done with Helton would be awsome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybernetic Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Try placing him on the block and see if someone will offer at him if you haven't.. I got someone to take Hinske when I placed him on the block.. I got OF Chris Aguila from Florida for him.. if you don't know a lot about Hinske.. he was given a huge contract over something like 20 million after his rookie of the year season in '02 and basically hasn't done anything since then He hits around .245 every year since with only about 15 HR.. so you can pretty much see why I wanted to dump him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkvick8 Posted July 31, 2005 Author Share Posted July 31, 2005 Yea I thought about putting him on the block but whenever you put a player on the block you get old players with similar contracts. Also the teams dont make offers untill sometime around the trade deadline. I am only in the first couple weeks of the dynasty and I dont want to wait that long. Thanks for the reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguininja Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 The best I was ever able to do was get Chipper Jones, who is old and has a similar contract as you said. The key difference is the duration, Chipper has 1 (maybe 2) years left, whereas Helton has 7. I think I was also able to acquire Pujols with Helton in a different attempt to get rid of him. Not exactly the immediate help you were looking for, I know, but its probably better than anything you'd have proposed to you. Then again, I've never had the patience to successfully dump a large salary player for younger, cheaper players. Good luck with your efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbullsfan4life Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Who did you trade? I'm in 3rd season, won World Series first 2 seasons, Helton MVP in first. .369, 55 hrs, 150 rbi. But really declining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkvick8 Posted July 31, 2005 Author Share Posted July 31, 2005 Yea i understand what you are saying. I was trying to find a trade along the lines of what would happen in real life. I am sure the Rockies would be glad to move Helton for two or three top prospects. The only problem is in dynasty the computer values prospects so much they are impossible to get for good veteran players with large contracts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbullsfan4life Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Was trying to get Pujols, but couldn't get him. I was wondering what you gave up, penguininja. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckdodger215 Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Who did you trade? I'm in 3rd season, won World Series first 2 seasons, Helton MVP in first. .369, 55 hrs, 150 rbi. But really declining. 2 championships with the rockies??? you playing on rookie level??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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