Trading 2007

Well we have one more week of possible trading activity although I don't expect too much movement this last week. It did make me ponder though the trade activity of this season as I thought it was more active than general.

Nine of twelve owners made trades this season which I thought was the most we'd seen during any season I'd been involved in the league. In trying to determine why, I first looked at who the three non-traders of 2007 were. The first two did not surprise me... the Wythes Guys and the Wright Edition. But the third did... the Lou Evil Sluggers. The Sluggers are due for a tweaking.

But I went back and did some more homework and realized that we've been more active in seasons past. In 2001 and 2004, we had 10 of 12 owners trading (Prowlers and Slackers abstained in 2001 while Del Lords and Wythes Guys abstained in 2004). But more alarming was the number of trades per season since 2000:

2000 - 4
2001 - 14
2002 - 13
2003 - 14
2004 - 22
2005 - 6
2006 - 7
2007 - 9

So I guess my sense of the trading activity was my short term memory kicking in... increasing the past two seasons but still no where near where it was between 2001 and 2004.

Here are the most active trading franchises since 2000:

Jim Shorts - 33
Tarantulas - 29
Slackers - 21
Doggy Dogs - 21
Prowlers - 17
Tubagoos - 14
Sluggers - 12
Homers - 11
Edition - 6
Del Lords - 6
Goliaths - 4
Guys - 4 (all executed by the previous owner of the Big Fred Machine)

Besides the Wythes Guys not making a trade in six seasons, the other startling finding... before this season's Valverde/Dempster for Broxton/Stewart/Wuertz deal with the Homers, the Del Lords had not made an in season deal since 2002.

One more meaningless stat, the Del Lords are one of only two teams in the 21st century of Roblisserie two win a championship without making a single trade. Can you guess the other?