Welcome to the Dynasty Trading Post, where we examine optimizing strategy, roster construction, format, and player value oscillations every week, providing examples and completed dynasty trades.
This week, we'll focus on Tyrone Tracy Jr.'s new trade market and the question of buying or selling Oronde Gadsden.
*All trades are Superflex unless stated otherwise*
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr., NY Giants
Theme of the Week: What's Old is New Again
Cam Skattebo's unfortunate ankle injury in Week 8 reverts the Giants' running back depth chart to its Week 1 status with Tyrone Tracy Jr. as the RB1 and Devin Singletary as the RB2. Tracy was clearly ahead of Singletary in the RB2/3 rotation with Skattebo as the starter, and Tracy was the RB1 after Skattebo's Week 8 departure. Tracy has the benefit of a more mobile quarterback under center than he did in his early weeks of the season with Russell Wilson. He also now has a long runway to start for the rest of the season, pending his own injury status. While Devin Singletary is a strong waiver-wire pickup to stash for the rest of the fantasy season, the focus is on Tracy and his new valuation in the dynasty trade market.
Here are a few key trades involving Tyrone Tracy Jr. this week:
- Sell Tracy for Ryan Flournoy, 26 2nd
- Sell Tracy, Juwan Johnson for Jake Ferguson (1.5 PPR for TE)
- Sell Tracy, 26 3rd for Keenan Allen
- Sell Tracy for Matthew Golden
- Sell Tracy for Woody Marks
- Sell Tracy, D'Andre Swift for Tucker Kraft
- Buy Tracy for 26 3rd
- Buy Tracy, Kimani Vidal for 26 2nd
- Buy Tracy for Jack Bech, 26 4th
The market is generally favoring selling Tracy, especially if you do not need his likely RB2/flex projection in your lineup as a contending team. Tracy is on the old side for a second-year player and will be a massive question mark in the offseason, even if he performs admirably as the starter over the next two months. The sell price is in the future 2nd straight-up range, but as always, ask for a throw-in player to make the trade easy for the other team to accept, ideally recycling Tracy to a low-level injury-away running back as the add-on piece. Also, upgrading another position (see the examples of Matthew Golden, Jake Ferguson, and Tucker Kraft) is a viable pivot. Finally, there is a buying market for Tracy as well. Paying less than a 2nd is worthwhile if light at the position as a contender. The example of paying a 2nd includes Kimani Vidal, who has a wide range of buy-sell prices, but getting both is a boon of potential spot starts plus outs for the future, even as injury-away options.
TE Oronde Gadsden, LA Chargers
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