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The Big Rotowski: Fantasy impact of possible trades

By Christopher Harris
ESPN.com

Monday, July 16, 2007

It was a dark and stormy night. OK, actually, it was kind of a pleasant late June afternoon. I, a blissful Carlos Beltran owner in an AL-only league, was gazing gleefully at my prize center fielder's 15 homers, 51 RBIs, 51 runs scored and 14 steals through just 68 games. I tended to do this often. It was 2004. Then came the news: The Royals had just traded the gem of their organization to Houston for Mark Teahen, John Buck and Mike Wood (Oakland was involved, too, and the A's got Octavio Dotel ...

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