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CommishRx Advice: Don’t Use Trade Analyzers to Approve League Trades

By Reginald James

GLENDALE, AZ - AUGUST 11: Tight end Ricky Seals-Jones #86 of the Arizona Cardinals waves as he walks off the field during the preseason NFL game against the Los Angeles Chargers at University of Phoenix Stadium on August 11, 2018 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ - AUGUST 11: Tight end Ricky Seals-Jones #86 of the Arizona Cardinals waves as he walks off the field during the preseason NFL game against the Los Angeles Chargers at University of Phoenix Stadium on August 11, 2018 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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"Commish,Do you have a favorite trade analyzer? I’d like to have a couple handy to help me out if I need it. This is my first time being commissioner."

Do not use a trade analyzer – of any kind – to evaluate league trades. Slow down, pull to the side, check for traffic, and perform an illegal u-turn. Head back from whence you came.

See? That was easy.

A couple of more points concerning trades:

  • The league should not vote on trades.
  • You don’t interfere in trade talks.
  • You don’t veto trades based on your personal opinion about the players involved.
  • Your only concern as commissioner is to determine whether or not there is collusion.
  • No collusion? Trade goes through.

[Listen to my take on: Should eliminated teams be allowed to trade?]

What’s the Frequency Kenneth?

For the uninitiated, trade analyzers or evaluators, will allow you to plug-in the players involved in a trade. The analyzer will take the names and provide results that will supposedly tell you whether or not you’re making a good trade.

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The results are usually based on player rankings, performance projections, team schedules and numerous other factors to create a comparative statistical cocktail just for you.

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I don’t have a favorite trade analyzer. I have used them in the past more for entertainment purposes, than anything else. I have to admit, the colored numbers and bar graphs are cool to look at as they show you “how much of a percentage advantage” you may gain over your trade partner. However, I personally don’t find them as useful as others might. 

I very well may be giving up a player that is “better” than the player that I’m asking for. Does Mr. Analyzer take into account that I may be stacked at that position and can afford to give him up? Does Mr. RotoScope understand that I’m trading for depth at another position? Probably not.

Similarly, in regard to your own league, an analyzer isn’t going to take into account the individual reasons why each party has decided to make a trade.

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At the end of the day, a trade analyzer pretty much tells me what I already know. I don’t care if the results tell me that the other party is going to “win” the trade. I know why I’m trying to trade a specific player. Likewise, I know why I’m asking for a certain player. That’s what matters.

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