Reader Email: Legit Trade

We had an email from Gina who wanted to know specifically if a trade offer she got was a legit trade offer. Here is her offer received recently:

I've just been offered K. Youkilis for A. Wainwright. In your opinion, is this a legit trade offer? I'm currently in 1st place in my 10-team rotisserie league. I have the following players:

C - Soto
1B - Berkman
2B - Stewart
3B - Headley
SS - Reyes

The trade itself is not insulting and the value is pretty good when it comes to a position player for a pitcher. In a ten team league this still seams like a fair trade, but not knowing the remaining pitchers on her team makes it a tough call.

Without that info it's tough to make a judgment, but with Headley as a 3B/OF and Youkilis as a 1B/3B the flexibility added to your team is huge. If Wainwright is not the only top pitcher and the starting pitchers in her rotation I would debate it.

It's still not a sure trade and would need to be something done more for a need and not because you are "winning" a trade, but those things are tough to tell when I don't know the whole roster. This trade in my opinion though is a "real" trade.