[IBL] IBL: Lucroy to a Contender

[D G]

Hi all - Absent an injury in real-life that renders either Lucroy or
Wieters a less than FT option at catcher next year, I will be trading
one of them at some point.  They are both off to good starts.

Lucroy in particular offers a healthy amount of FT offensive
production this year as a catcher, and with a 0 arm does not hurt
defensively.  Unfortunately, Wieters has significant split
differentials in terms of his value this year.  Both are 28 years old
or so.

While needs for next season are difficult to predict given real-life
injuries tend to scramble the picture over a long season, as things
stand I'll need help - like FT starter help - at CF, a 1B, a SS, and a
3B in IBL 2015.

So if you are a contender this year who would like a top shelf
offenwive catcher in his prime and off to a good start in real-life to
boot, and you have a roughly equal caliber player on the right side of
30 years old at a position I mentioned who is at a positikn of depth
for you, and would like to explore a trade, let me know.  I don't need
to make a deal, but if there is value to you in Lucroy's offensive
production this year, then better for me if I get that captured in
trade value sooner rather than later.

And for those looking for corner OF help this year, take a look at
Tabata.  His value in 2015 is really cloudy given his lack of PT to
date in Pittsburgh, but given his youth and being an injury or trade
away from more playing time, I am reluctant to sell low.  Still, he
has a good card offensively and defensively this year, and that too is
value that someone else could capture in a trade, although trickier
for me to figure out what is fair in return frankly.

Thanks much all.

David (MNM)