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Week 3: Buy, Hold or Sell
Your guide to league-winning roster moves
Jack Hoving
We're a few weeks into the 2025 season and the fantasy landscape is starting to take shape, but don't get too comfortable with your current roster just yet. Here are the players you should be looking to move, the bargains you need to target, and the guys worth holding onto as we dive deeper into the season.
Players to Sell
If you have West on your fantasy team, congrats! You've very much enjoyed the first two weeks of the season with him in your lineups. The Turtles frontman has been on a tear to begin the season. He's 2nd in fantasy points scored, and he's doing it all with little to no work on the mound. You're probably thinking to yourself, why the hell would I want to ship him off to another team?
If you entertained the idea of trading him, you'll probably never get more in return than you would right now. Of course, you could always enjoy your riches and keep the party going, but what fun is that? Put some feelers out there in your leagues just to see what kind of appetite your leaguemates have for a blockbuster deal West would surely warrant.
It's been a ho-hum start for the Cosby Show as a team, and much of this is due to the absence of some key players. Garrett Pelham is a direct beneficiary of these absences. Not one to take the mound, Pelham has been living off added opportunities at the plate. Credit to him for taking advantage, but famine could be lurking with the return of Trysten Meadors and Cooper Ruckel. Moreover, the return of these superstars likely means better results for the Cosby Show in the win column. More wins means harder opponents. Great for the team, concerning for Pelham’s owners. I'd look at flipping Pelham for a proven commodity like Paul Marshall or Zach Pendley.
As the old saying goes, rising waters raise all ships. The Vibes' Andrew Shinn has enjoyed a better start to the 2025 season than he ended last year. His production has seen a spike and it's helped the Vibes go from a below average team to one of the top dogs in the league. I'm not sure if I'm ready to buy into Shinn at 16 fpts/week. As the Vibes garner more respect from rotations around the league, I see this pace being a tough one to keep. I'd include Shinn in a deal for Camden Allison or Will Raines.
Players to Buy
Marshall’s. struggles to begin the season have been well documented. It seems we're miles from 2023 when he won the Triple Crown. With 15 points on the year, it's hard to get excited about plugging him into your lineups but it's equally difficult to keep him out. But let's be real, Marshall is a lifetime 0.428 hitter. He ranks 3rd in all-time RBIs and 4th in all-time OPS. Managers that own him are probably frustrated. They know a big week is coming but are growing tired waiting. If you wait until after this week comes, you'll be paying 2023 prices for Paul when you could have gotten him for a fraction of that cost. Make an aggressive move now to get Marshall on your rosters before he's taken off trade blocks for good.
Cooper Ruckel
Ruckel is likely off most people's radars having been absent the first few weeks. When players miss time, they fall out of the collective conciousness until they remind us why many drafted him in the first rounds of their fantasy drafts. You're going to have to pay up for Ruckel, but this is probably the cheapest a potential league- winner will ever be. I'd pair a couple sell-high candidates and look at getting one of the league's best hitters on your roster.
New memebers of the league probably don't appreciate what an important part Pendley was to the golden years for Degeneration-X. He made his name in fast pitch, but those skills are certainly transferrable to medium pitch. He joins a Vibes team full of superstars but Pendley has superstar caliber in his own right. He may even be on waivers in many leagues but I'd take this opportunity to buy him for dirt cheap before he has a week that spikes his fantasy value.
Players to Hold
You'd be forgiven for trying to get out ahead of the lineup changes coming the Cosby Show's way and dealing "Z" after a pair of big weeks but I don't think we're done here. I think he's done enough on the mound to prove he's this team's #2 which means big production in his future. If you want to test the waters with a name as big as this one, I would understand it. But be careful, there's a very real possibility you regret that move as we get into the meat of the season.
