Catcher

Unless you have Victor Martinez, Russel Martin, Jorge Posada, Brian McCann, or Joe Mauer, you shouldn't be overly satisfied with your catcher. Check to see if anyone in your league has more than one of the catchers in the above list. In my league, one team has Martin and Posada. That same team also has 2 good first basemen occupying the first base and utility spot, leaving either Martin or Posada on his bench each night. I'm going to go after one of his catchers by offering him an improvement over his current utility spot player with some of the extra talent on my bench.

Fantasy Baseball Trade Deadline Approaching

Look for a team in your league that is incredibly bad in one category. Then, see if that team has one player who, unlike the rest of the team, is very good at that one particular category. Make that team an offer for that player. Afterall, the category superstar is adding no value to his current team (he can't win the category all by himself). The manager should be happy to get someone of slightly lesser overall value in return.

Example: My friend Marc's team has only 1 closer (Mariano Rivera). He has only won the saves category one week all season. I point out to Marc that although Mariano Rivera is a dominant closer, he's adding no value to his team. We decide that Mariano is rated the 80th best fantasy player in baseball and Marc is happy to trade him to me for an outfielder ranked 100th.