This past week I encountered a situation with my fantasy baseball team that put my head in contention with my heart. As a huge Atlanta Braves fan, I've enjoyed having Brian McCann as my catcher. He is having an awesome year and putting up great numbers. I received an e-mail from a fellow owner saying he wanted McCann and was willing to offer me Hanley Ramirez. My heart was saying, "Don't trade Brian McCann. He's a Brave and you love watching him play for the Braves and your fantasy team." My head was saying, "Hanley Ramirez could be the best player in baseball. This could be your chance to get an awesome player for cheap." Hanley has been playing terribly lately and I thought it would be a great chance to get him for cheap. I ended up doing the deal. I traded Brian McCann (C), Darwin Barney (SS), and Chris Narveson (SP) for Hanley Ramirez (SS), Wilson Ramos (C), and Jeremy Guthrie (SP).
I have never won a World Series in the league. I want to really badly. My head was saying that I needed to make this move to try and accomplish that goal. I also thought that Hanley was playing poorly and that he can't possibly keep playing that badly. I thought I was buying low right before he really took off. Time will tell if my head or my heart was right about this trade.
