The buy-low/sell-high fantasy baseball column is a tried and true classic. This one will be a little different, however. It can be difficult to get other owners to actually give up Manny Machado simply because he’s hitting .210 through two months, so let’s take a different tack.
In this column, there will be a few buy-low/sell-high candidates covered, but they will be names that other players in your league may actually be looking to move either because they are struggling to an even greater extent, or there are worries about injuries, age, etc.
There will also be buy-high/sell-low candidates covered, as it is always important to zig when folks are zagging in your league. There comes a time when a certain player simply has to be parted with, and on the flip side of that, certain players have been off to seemingly unsustainable hot starts in 2017, but the numbers suggest they can actually keep it up. These are the types of moves that can be harder to pull the trigger on but are more likely to draw actual interest from fellow league mates.
Each slide will have 3-4 players on the page, coming from a variety of different tiers of 2017 rankings. Each player will have the reasons they might be able to be acquired as well as the reason you should actually target them. There will also be an approximate price you will have to pay (or should start the negotiations with) to acquire said player.
No two leagues are the same of course, but this article should give you some feel of players to keep an eye on in terms of making a move for, as well as players you should be avoiding if they pop up in your trade inbox. (Statistics through Tuesday’s games.)