2024 Fantasy Baseball: Week 2 trade values chart shows what Garrett Crochet, Shane Bieber sell-high looks like

There are few better feelings in Fantasy Baseball than absolutely nailing your draft picks after just a week, and if you took Shane Bieber in the middle rounds this season, you should probably feel pretty good right now. One of the few better feelings than that is hitting on an early-waiver add who turns into a star, and if you took the chance on Garrett Crochet after his first start, you're probably feeling great right now. 

You know what can make those feelings even more fulfilling? If you can turn them into even better players via trade. Yep, we're already talking about selling high on two of the best stories of the first week of the season, because that's what we do here in the Fantasy Baseball world. 

I do want to be clear, though: There's an emphasis on the second half of that "sell-high" phrase, because if you're going to be moving Bieber or Crochet, it needs to be a clear win for your team. You're sitting on found money here, and what you don't want to do is trade either Bieber or Crochet just because. It's possible the bottom is about to fall out for both of them, in which case, getting something for them would be a net-win, but you can say that about any player, and there's not much in either Bieber or Crochet's early-season profile that suggests an implosion is imminent. 

So, what would a sell-high trade for either of them look like? Let's start with Bieber, who I moved into the top 30 of my starting pitcher rankings in my first big update of the season Wednesday afternoon. That's already pretty high, though maybe not high enough for some who might see Bieber's 0.00 ERA and 20 strikeouts in 12 innings and assume he's back to being the Cy Young contender we once knew. Those are the players you should be sending offers for Bieber to right now, of course.

Which is to say, no, I don't think Bieber is back to being one of the best pitchers in baseball again. I think he's clearly improved, as the offseason work he put in has his velocity up a bit in his first two starts – more so in the first than the second – and has his slider looking like a devastating weapon again. Bieber's changeup is also playing up, and he already has three strikeouts with the pitch, the most he has had in a season since he recorded six with the changeup in 2019. But Bieber's velocity is still well south of where it was at his best, and his curveball hasn't made the same kind of return to form that his slider has, and that was such a key for him at his best. 

If you're going to move Bieber, I think it needs to be for a clear upgrade, someone in the top-24 range. That probably wouldn't be someone like Joe Musgrove, my SP24, but it might be someone like Jesus Luzardo, Bobby Miller, or Cole Ragans. You might not be able to move Bieber for either Ragans or Miller, given the hype they're carrying around with them these days, but you might be able to do it for Luzardo. And if you really want to shoot for the moon, go ask Kevin Gausman's manager if he'll do that swap straight up. Shoot your shot. 

And here's one important thing to keep in mind with Bieber: Even if you buy the improvements he's shown, this is still a pitcher who missed several months in two of the past three seasons, first with a shoulder injury and then with a forearm strain last season. Which is to say, there are more ways that this could go wrong than just Bieber regressing. 

Crochet is at once both a much more straightforward sell-high case and also a much more difficult one. We're talking about a pitcher who absolutely looks like an ace coming off a terrific start against the Braves Tuesday night, and he's sitting in the high-90s with his fastball, while also sporting massive extension, a nightmare for opposing hitters to try to deal with before they even begin to think about his terrific slider. 

Crochet certainly passes the eye test, and it's entirely possible we're talking about the next Tarik Skubal or Cole Ragans. The problem is, it's a miniscule sample size, from a pitcher with a lengthy injury history who has thrown less than 100 innings since being drafted in 2020. Can he sustain this level of pitching after 50 innings? 100? Will the White Sox even let him reach 100 innings this season? 

Further complicating matters is Crochet's status as a SPaRP, making him a potential cheat code in H2H points leagues if he can keep this up. I've moved him into the top 150 of my rankings already in both H2H and Roto, which is by far the biggest jump any player has made so far this season.

But it's pretty easy to see how things could blow up. This could be the next Kris Bubic, an April star whose breakout was derailed almost exactly a year ago by a torn ligament in his elbow. Crochet's history suggests there's a ton of injury risk, but there's also a ton of risk that he just won't be able to sustain this level of success – though I am more confident in him remaining very good than I am in him remaining healthy.

You can make a case that getting anything for a player with that kind of blowup potential could be worthwhile. Even someone relatively boring like Merrill Kelley or Mitch Keller. But, I'm going to be honest: Getting just Mitch Keller for Garret Crochet isn't going to get it done right now. You need to aim higher, probably in the top 30 of the SP ranks to trade someone with the kind of upside Crochet is showing right now. See if you can turn him into Dylan Cease or Tanner Bibee; or, if you're blessed with tons of depth at pitcher, even an injury stash like Walker Buehler could be worth the wait. 

But you need to target someone with significant upside, is what I'm saying. Because Crochet has that in spades, and you don't have to move him. It has to be a significant win for your side to do it. 

H2H Trade Values Chart

Rank	Player	Value	Eligible
1	Ronald Acuna	55	OF
2	Mookie Betts	42	2B-OF-SS
3	Juan Soto	41	OF
4	Freddie Freeman	38	1B
5	Fernando Tatis	38	OF
6	Spencer Strider	38	SP
7	Corbin Carroll	34	OF
8	Aaron Judge	34	DH-OF
9	Kyle Tucker	34	OF
10	Jose Ramirez	34	3B-DH
11	Yordan Alvarez	33	DH-OF
12	Julio Rodriguez	33	OF
13	Bobby Witt	33	SS
14	Shohei Ohtani	33	DH-SP
15	Matt Olson	33	1B
16	Bryce Harper	30	1B-DH
17	Corbin Burnes	30	SP
18	Corey Seager	29	SS
19	Trea Turner	29	SS
20	Pete Alonso	28	1B
21	Marcus Semien	28	2B
22	Francisco Lindor	27	SS
23	Vladimir Guerrero	26	1B-DH
24	Austin Riley	26	3B
25	Rafael Devers	26	3B
26	Jose Altuve	25	2B
27	Gunnar Henderson	24	3B-SS
28	Zack Wheeler	23	SP
29	Kevin Gausman	23	SP
30	Luis Castillo	23	SP
31	Pablo Lopez	23	SP
32	Tarik Skubal	23	SP
33	Zac Gallen	23	SP
34	Ozzie Albies	23	2B
35	George Kirby	23	SP
36	Framber Valdez	22	SP
37	Bo Bichette	21	SS
38	Logan Webb	21	SP
39	Alex Bregman	21	3B
40	Elly De La Cruz	21	3B-SS
41	Logan Gilbert	21	SP
42	C.J. Abrams	21	SS
43	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	21	SP
44	Aaron Nola	21	SP
45	Tyler Glasnow	20	SP
46	Cole Ragans	20	RP-SP
47	Nico Hoerner	20	2B-SS
48	Randy Arozarena	20	OF
49	Luis Robert	20	OF
50	Mike Trout	20	OF
51	Zach Eflin	19	SP
52	Michael Harris	18	OF
53	Christian Yelich	18	DH-OF
54	Adolis Garcia	18	OF
55	Kyle Schwarber	18	DH-OF
56	Max Fried	18	SP
57	Cody Bellinger	15	1B-OF
58	Oneil Cruz	15	SS
59	Manny Machado	15	3B-DH
60	Nolan Jones	15	OF
61	Bryan Reynolds	15	OF
62	Grayson Rodriguez	15	SP
63	Jazz Chisholm	15	OF
64	Blake Snell	15	SP
65	Jesus Luzardo	15	SP
66	Edwin Diaz	15	RP
67	Paul Goldschmidt	15	1B-DH
68	Christian Walker	15	1B
69	Adley Rutschman	15	C-DH
70	Freddy Peralta	15	SP
71	Josh Hader	15	RP
72	Bobby Miller	15	SP
73	Triston Casas	15	1B
74	Ketel Marte	15	2B
75	Emmanuel Clase	15	RP
76	Yandy Diaz	15	1B
77	Joe Musgrove	15	SP
78	Tanner Bibee	15	SP
79	Dylan Cease	15	SP
80	Seiya Suzuki	15	OF
81	William Contreras	15	C-DH
82	Will Smith	15	C
83	Nolan Arenado	15	3B
84	J.T. Realmuto	15	C
85	Nick Castellanos	15	OF
86	Wyatt Langford	15	OF
87	Max Muncy	15	3B
88	Riley Greene	15	OF
89	Xander Bogaerts	15	2B-SS
90	George Springer	15	DH-OF
91	Camilo Doval	15	RP
92	Josh Naylor	15	1B-DH
93	Chris Bassitt	15	SP
94	Sonny Gray	15	SP
95	Raisel Iglesias	15	RP
96	Yainer Diaz	15	C-DH
97	Gleyber Torres	15	2B
98	Andres Gimenez	15	2B
99	Ha-seong Kim	15	2B-3B-SS
100	Bryson Stott	15	2B
101	Spencer Torkelson	15	1B
102	Luis Arraez	15	2B
103	Jose Berrios	15	SP
104	Anthony Santander	15	DH-OF
105	Ian Happ	15	OF
106	Evan Carter	15	OF
107	Vinnie Pasquantino	15	1B
108	Chris Sale	15	SP
109	Shane Bieber	14	SP
110	Justin Steele	14	SP
111	Jordan Walker	14	OF
112	David Bednar	14	RP
113	Jordan Romano	13	RP
114	Alexis Diaz	13	RP
115	Dansby Swanson	13	SS
116	Bailey Ober	13	SP
117	Merrill Kelly	13	SP
118	Jackson Chourio	13	OF
119	Ke'Bryan Hayes	13	3B
120	Andres Munoz	13	RP
121	Spencer Steer	13	1B-3B-OF
122	Jarren Duran	13	OF
123	Carlos Rodon	13	SP
124	Ryan Helsley	13	RP
125	Marcell Ozuna	12	DH
126	Teoscar Hernandez	12	DH-OF
127	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	11	1B-DH
128	Joe Ryan	10	SP
129	Pete Fairbanks	9	RP
130	Evan Phillips	9	RP
131	Steven Kwan	8	OF
132	Jorge Soler	8	DH-OF
133	Hunter Greene	8	SP
134	Walker Buehler	8	SP
135	Gerrit Cole	8	SP
136	Kodai Senga	8	SP
137	Gavin Williams	8	SP
138	Mitch Keller	8	SP
139	Nick Pivetta	8	RP-SP
140	Garrett Crochet	7	RP
141	Shota Imanaga	7	SP
142	Clay Holmes	7	RP
143	Justin Verlander	7	SP
144	Jordan Montgomery	7	SP
145	Jake Burger	7	3B-DH
146	Brandon Nimmo	7	OF
147	Willson Contreras	7	C-DH
148	Francisco Alvarez	7	C
149	Thairo Estrada	7	2B-SS
150	Adbert Alzolay	7	RP
151	Kenley Jansen	7	RP
152	Zack Gelof	7	2B
153	Cal Raleigh	7	C
154	Salvador Perez	7	1B-C-DH
155	Eury Perez	7	SP
156	Abner Uribe	7	RP
157	Jhoan Duran	7	RP
158	Craig Kimbrel	7	RP
159	Yu Darvish	7	SP
160	Willy Adames	7	SS
161	Mitch Garver	7	C-DH
162	Rhys Hoskins	7	1B
163	Cristian Javier	7	SP
164	Jack Flaherty	7	SP
165	Masataka Yoshida	7	DH-OF
166	Jonathan India	7	2B
167	Alec Bohm	6	1B-3B
168	Henry Davis	6	OF
169	Bryce Miller	6	SP
170	Michael King	6	RP-SP
171	Joshua Lowe	6	DH-OF
172	Anthony Volpe	6	SS
173	Logan O'Hoppe	6	C
174	Hunter Brown	6	SP
175	Gabriel Moreno	6	C
176	Bo Naylor	6	C
177	Keibert Ruiz	6	C
178	Aaron Civale	5	SP
179	Paul Sewald	5	RP
180	Isaac Paredes	5	1B-3B
181	Tanner Scott	5	RP
182	Jung-Hoo Lee	5	OF
183	James Outman	5	OF
184	Cedric Mullins	5	OF
185	Chas McCormick	5	OF
186	Nathan Eovaldi	5	SP
187	Trevor Story	5	SS
188	Byron Buxton	5	DH
189	Nolan Gorman	4	2B-DH
190	Edouard Julien	4	2B-DH
191	Bryan Woo	4	SP
192	Ezequiel Tovar	4	SS
193	Jose Leclerc	4	RP
194	Zack Littell	4	RP-SP
195	Josh Jung	4	3B
196	Brandon Pfaadt	4	SP
197	Gavin Stone	4	SP
198	Eloy Jimenez	3	DH
199	Garrett Whitlock	3	RP-SP
200	Yusei Kikuchi	3	SP
201	Lane Thomas	3	OF
202	Maikel Garcia	3	3B
203	Andrew Vaughn	3	1B
204	Jonah Heim	3	C
205	Ryan Pepiot	3	RP
206	Taylor Ward	3	OF
207	Carlos Correa	3	SS
208	J.P. Crawford	3	SS
209	Charlie Morton	3	SP
210	Eduardo Rodriguez	3	SP
211	Tyler O'Neill	3	OF
212	Jackson Merrill	3	OF-SS
213	Max Scherzer	3	SP
214	Christopher Morel	3	DH-OF
215	Daulton Varsho	3	OF
216	Jose Alvarado	3	RP
217	Jared Jones	3	SP
218	Reid Detmers	3	SP
219	Jeremy Pena	3	SS
220	Brandon Lowe	3	2B
221	Josh Bell	3	1B-DH

Roto Trade Values Chart

Rank	Player	Value	Eligible
1	Ronald Acuna	55	OF
2	Julio Rodriguez	42	OF
3	Bobby Witt	41	SS
4	Mookie Betts	39	2B-OF-SS
5	Fernando Tatis	38	OF
6	Corbin Carroll	38	OF
7	Freddie Freeman	34	1B
8	Kyle Tucker	34	OF
9	Spencer Strider	34	SP
10	Juan Soto	34	OF
11	Trea Turner	33	SS
12	Shohei Ohtani	33	DH-SP
13	Jose Ramirez	33	3B-DH
14	Yordan Alvarez	33	DH-OF
15	Aaron Judge	33	DH-OF
16	Matt Olson	30	1B
17	Corbin Burnes	30	SP
18	Bryce Harper	29	1B-DH
19	Austin Riley	29	3B
20	Rafael Devers	28	3B
21	Pete Alonso	28	1B
22	Francisco Lindor	27	SS
23	Ozzie Albies	26	2B
24	Marcus Semien	26	2B
25	Zack Wheeler	26	SP
26	Vladimir Guerrero	25	1B-DH
27	Gunnar Henderson	25	3B-SS
28	Elly De La Cruz	25	3B-SS
29	Corey Seager	25	SS
30	Jose Altuve	24	2B
31	Luis Robert	24	OF
32	Luis Castillo	24	SP
33	Kevin Gausman	24	SP
34	Pablo Lopez	23	SP
35	Bo Bichette	23	SS
36	Michael Harris	22	OF
37	Randy Arozarena	22	OF
38	Adolis Garcia	22	OF
39	Tarik Skubal	22	SP
40	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	22	SP
41	Zac Gallen	21	SP
42	C.J. Abrams	21	SS
43	Framber Valdez	21	SP
44	Tyler Glasnow	21	SP
45	Nico Hoerner	20	2B-SS
46	George Kirby	20	SP
47	Logan Gilbert	20	SP
48	Nolan Jones	20	OF
49	Logan Webb	20	SP
50	Jazz Chisholm	20	OF
51	Mike Trout	19	OF
52	Aaron Nola	18	SP
53	Max Fried	18	SP
54	Christian Yelich	18	DH-OF
55	Kyle Schwarber	18	DH-OF
56	Oneil Cruz	18	SS
57	Edwin Diaz	17	RP
58	Josh Hader	17	RP
59	Zach Eflin	17	SP
60	Adley Rutschman	17	C-DH
61	Alex Bregman	17	3B
62	Emmanuel Clase	17	RP
63	Bryan Reynolds	17	OF
64	William Contreras	16	C-DH
65	Manny Machado	16	3B-DH
66	Camilo Doval	16	RP
67	Freddy Peralta	16	SP
68	Grayson Rodriguez	16	SP
69	Paul Goldschmidt	16	1B-DH
70	Cole Ragans	16	RP-SP
71	J.T. Realmuto	16	C
72	Gleyber Torres	16	2B
73	Cody Bellinger	16	1B-OF
74	Christian Walker	16	1B
75	Nolan Arenado	16	3B
76	Will Smith	16	C
77	Jesus Luzardo	15	SP
78	Raisel Iglesias	15	RP
79	Bobby Miller	15	SP
80	Seiya Suzuki	15	OF
81	Nick Castellanos	15	OF
82	Ketel Marte	15	2B
83	Triston Casas	15	1B
84	Ha-seong Kim	15	2B-3B-SS
85	Xander Bogaerts	15	2B-SS
86	Riley Greene	14	OF
87	Bryson Stott	14	2B
88	Blake Snell	14	SP
89	Dylan Cease	14	SP
90	Tanner Bibee	14	SP
91	Andres Gimenez	14	2B
92	Yainer Diaz	14	C-DH
93	Josh Naylor	14	1B-DH
94	Spencer Torkelson	14	1B
95	Yandy Diaz	14	1B
96	George Springer	14	DH-OF
97	Andres Munoz	14	RP
98	David Bednar	14	RP
99	Joe Musgrove	14	SP
100	Jordan Walker	14	OF
101	Dansby Swanson	14	SS
102	Jackson Chourio	14	OF
103	Wyatt Langford	14	OF
104	Evan Carter	14	OF
105	Alexis Diaz	14	RP
106	Pete Fairbanks	14	RP
107	Vinnie Pasquantino	13	1B
108	Spencer Steer	13	1B-3B-OF
109	Teoscar Hernandez	13	DH-OF
110	Jarren Duran	13	OF
111	Ryan Helsley	13	RP
112	Chris Sale	13	SP
113	Evan Phillips	13	RP
114	Shane Bieber	13	SP
115	Cal Raleigh	13	C
116	Luis Arraez	13	2B
117	Clay Holmes	13	RP
118	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	13	1B-DH
119	Marcell Ozuna	13	DH
120	Kenley Jansen	13	RP
121	Ian Happ	13	OF
122	Willson Contreras	13	C-DH
123	Joe Ryan	13	SP
124	Hunter Greene	13	SP
125	Chris Bassitt	12	SP
126	Jake Burger	12	3B-DH
127	Ke'Bryan Hayes	11	3B
128	Bailey Ober	10	SP
129	Justin Steele	9	SP
130	Jorge Soler	9	DH-OF
131	Anthony Santander	9	DH-OF
132	Jordan Romano	9	RP
133	Abner Uribe	9	RP
134	Adbert Alzolay	9	RP
135	Francisco Alvarez	9	C
136	Mitch Garver	8	C-DH
137	Carlos Rodon	8	SP
138	Rhys Hoskins	8	1B
139	Justin Verlander	8	SP
140	Walker Buehler	7	SP
141	Sonny Gray	7	SP
142	Gerrit Cole	7	SP
143	Kodai Senga	7	SP
144	Eury Perez	7	SP
145	Anthony Volpe	7	SS
146	Shota Imanaga	7	SP
147	Merrill Kelly	7	SP
148	Zack Gelof	7	2B
149	Thairo Estrada	7	2B-SS
150	Willy Adames	7	SS
151	Logan O'Hoppe	7	C
152	Salvador Perez	7	1B-C-DH
153	Joshua Lowe	7	DH-OF
154	Max Muncy	7	3B
155	Isaac Paredes	7	1B-3B
156	Alec Bohm	7	1B-3B
157	Gabriel Moreno	7	C
158	Trevor Story	7	SS
159	Craig Kimbrel	7	RP
160	Brandon Nimmo	7	OF
161	Garrett Crochet	7	RP
162	Steven Kwan	7	OF
163	Chas McCormick	7	OF
164	Mitch Keller	7	SP
165	Masataka Yoshida	7	DH-OF
166	Henry Davis	7	OF
167	Tanner Scott	6	RP
168	Jose Berrios	6	SP
169	Cedric Mullins	6	OF
170	Tyler O'Neill	6	OF
171	Jordan Montgomery	6	SP
172	Daulton Varsho	6	OF
173	Nolan Gorman	6	2B-DH
174	Yu Darvish	6	SP
175	Aaron Civale	6	SP
176	Nick Pivetta	6	RP-SP
177	Cristian Javier	6	SP
178	Keibert Ruiz	5	C
179	Eloy Jimenez	5	DH
180	Jonah Heim	5	C
181	Byron Buxton	5	DH
182	Gavin Williams	5	SP
183	Lane Thomas	5	OF
184	Bo Naylor	5	C
185	Christopher Morel	5	DH-OF
186	Bryce Miller	5	SP
187	Jhoan Duran	5	RP
188	Jonathan India	5	2B
189	James Outman	4	OF
190	Hunter Brown	4	SP
191	Jack Flaherty	4	SP
192	Nathan Eovaldi	4	SP
193	Jose Alvarado	4	RP
194	Kerry Carpenter	4	DH-OF
195	Taylor Ward	4	OF
196	Jackson Merrill	4	OF-SS
197	Carlos Correa	4	SS
198	Jung-Hoo Lee	3	OF
199	Jose Leclerc	3	RP
200	J.D. Martinez	3	DH
201	Paul Sewald	3	RP
202	Michael King	3	RP-SP
203	Victor Scott II	3	OF
204	Jason Foley	3	RP
205	Lars Nootbaar	3	OF
206	Josh Jung	3	3B
207	Maikel Garcia	3	3B
208	Tommy Edman	3	2B-OF-SS
209	Carlos Estevez	3	RP
210	Ezequiel Tovar	3	SS
211	Ryan Mountcastle	3	1B-DH
212	Luis Campusano	3	C
213	Starling Marte	3	OF
214	Brandon Drury	3	1B-2B
215	Jeimer Candelario	3	1B-3B
216	Colt Keith	3	3B
217	Matt Chapman	3	3B
218	Ryan McMahon	3	2B-3B
219	Anthony Rizzo	3	1B
220	Nate Lowe	3	1B
221	Lourdes Gurriel	3	DH-OF
222	Kyle Bradish	2	SP
223	Mason Miller	2	SP
224	Robert Suarez	2	RP
225	Reid Detmers	2	SP
226	Gavin Stone	2	SP
227	Yusei Kikuchi	2	SP
228	Max Scherzer	2	SP
229	Brandon Pfaadt	2	SP
230	Andrew Vaughn	2	1B
231	Kyle Finnegan	2	RP
232	Charlie Morton	2	SP
233	Jarred Kelenic	2	OF
234	Braxton Garrett	2	SP
235	Kenta Maeda	2	SP
236	Brice Turang	2	2B-SS
237	Royce Lewis	2	3B
238	Eduardo Rodriguez	2	SP
239	Jeremy Pena	2	SS
240	Nestor Cortes	2	SP
241	Nick Lodolo	2	SP
242	Will Smith	2	RP
243	Tyler Stephenson	2	C-DH
244	Luis Severino	2	SP
245	Jared Jones	2	SP
246	Jorge Polanco	2	2B
247	Max Kepler	2	OF
248	Kevin Ginkel	2	RP
249	Josh Bell	2	1B-DH
250	Luis Rengifo	2	2B-3B-OF-SS
251	Kutter Crawford	2	SP
252	MJ Melendez	2	OF
253	Will Benson	2	OF
254	Jack Suwinski	2	OF
255	Tanner Houck	2	SP
256	Cristopher Sanchez	2	SP