Should I make this trade?

Question

Hello!

I have been offered:
Ryan Ludwick and Joakim Soria
FOR
Roy Oswalt and Jacoby Ellsbury

This is a standard 5x5 roto league.

Here is my roster:
C Brian McCann
1B Aubrey Huff
2B Ian Kinsler
3B Ryan Zimmerman
SS Troy Tulowitski
CI Victor martinez
MI Kazuo Matsui
OF Ryan Braun, Carl Crawford, Jacoby Ellsbury, Michael Bourn, Adam Jones
Util Felipe Lopez
BN Travis Snider

P - Roy Oswalt, Cliff Lee, Zach Greinke, Matt Garza, John Danks, Josh Johnson, Clayton Kershaw, Troy Percival, Brandon Lyon
BN Ian Snell, Randy Wolf

His team is:
C Ramon Hernandez
1B Albert Pujols
2B Brandon Phillips
3B Jorge Cantu
SS J.J. Hardy
CI Mark Reynolds
MI Yunel Escobar
OF Manny Ramirez, Curtis Granderson, Ryan Ludwick, Raul Ibanez, Andre Ethier
Util Jason Giambi
BN Todd Helton

P - Jonathon Papelbon, Joakim Soria, Matt Cain, Aaron Harang, Randy Johnson, Jason Motte, Justin Duchscherer, Aaron Cook, Scott Downs
BN Max Scherzer, Kenshin Kawakami

So should I just take this? I'm kind of worried about losing my ace, but I severely need saves. And Ludwick is an improvement in every stat this isn't stolen bases.

Any ideas? Should I counter offer for someone else? I need you help!

Answer 1

Don't panic over saves. You can easily get all the saves you need over the course of the season if you pay attention. Roughly a third of teams change their closer over the course of the year. You need Oswalt to anchor your rotation which is otherwise mediocre.

Answer 2

Dude you have some nice starting pitching- i think you can afford to give away oswalt. luwick's way better than ellbury and joakim soria is one of the best closers out there, so do it dude.

Answer 3

OSWALT and Ellsbury are the best

Answer 4

you should do the trade for sure