Comments on: The 10 Worst MLB Trades of the Last 10 Years http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/31/the-10-worst-mlb-trades-of-the-last-10-years/ The National Sports Blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:51:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Anthony Stalter http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/31/the-10-worst-mlb-trades-of-the-last-10-years/#comment-419531 Anthony Stalter Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:40:16 +0000 http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/31/the-10-worst-mlb-trades-of-the-last-10-years/#comment-419531 Orioles fan, That's a good one to bring up, although I wrote this a few months after that trade went down so I wouldn't have known that Jones and Sherill would turn out to be All-Stars. Orioles fan,

That’s a good one to bring up, although I wrote this a few months after that trade went down so I wouldn’t have known that Jones and Sherill would turn out to be All-Stars.

]]> By: Orioles fan...sadly http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/31/the-10-worst-mlb-trades-of-the-last-10-years/#comment-419525 Orioles fan...sadly Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:30:14 +0000 http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/31/the-10-worst-mlb-trades-of-the-last-10-years/#comment-419525 What about Erik Bedard from the O\'s to the M\'s in exchange for Adam Jones George Sherill (who was recently traded for 2 prospects) and three minor league pitchers (most known of which Chris Tillman). Bedard Got hurt and was ou for the entire first season with Seattle then got hurt twice again this year. Jones and Sherill were both all-stars Tillman was ranked the 16th prospect on mlb.com top 50 prospects. What about Erik Bedard from the O\’s to the M\’s in exchange for Adam Jones George Sherill (who was recently traded for 2 prospects) and three minor league pitchers (most known of which Chris Tillman). Bedard Got hurt and was ou for the entire first season with Seattle then got hurt twice again this year. Jones and Sherill were both all-stars Tillman was ranked the 16th prospect on mlb.com top 50 prospects.

]]> By: Pepsi Monster http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/31/the-10-worst-mlb-trades-of-the-last-10-years/#comment-405304 Pepsi Monster Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:51:25 +0000 http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/31/the-10-worst-mlb-trades-of-the-last-10-years/#comment-405304 worst trade of all time: Milton Bradley and Antonio Perez for Andre Either. Great trade on Billy Beane to give up on a youngster like Either while neither Bradley or Perez lasted more than 1 calendar year in Oakland. Now Either is a budding star for LA Dodgers. worst trade of all time:

Milton Bradley and Antonio Perez for Andre Either.

Great trade on Billy Beane to give up on a youngster like Either while neither Bradley or Perez lasted more than 1 calendar year in Oakland.

Now Either is a budding star for LA Dodgers.

]]> By: David k http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/31/the-10-worst-mlb-trades-of-the-last-10-years/#comment-390275 David k Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:00:20 +0000 http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/31/the-10-worst-mlb-trades-of-the-last-10-years/#comment-390275 Just remembered another awful trade that was a head-scratcher AT THE TIME. No hindsight was needed to know this trade was going to be lopsided: Jim Edmonds for Kent Bottenfield and Adam Kennedy Just remembered another awful trade that was a head-scratcher AT THE TIME. No hindsight was needed to know this trade was going to be lopsided:

Jim Edmonds for Kent Bottenfield and Adam Kennedy

]]> By: David k http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/31/the-10-worst-mlb-trades-of-the-last-10-years/#comment-390271 David k Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:30:29 +0000 http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/31/the-10-worst-mlb-trades-of-the-last-10-years/#comment-390271 "Kazmir for Zambrano will go down as the 2nd worst trade in mets history right behind the one that sent seaver to the reds" It is tough to top the Seaver trade, but it will also be tough to top these other bad trades in Mets history: -- Amos Otis for some guy named Foy -- Nolan Ryan for an over-the-hill Jim Fregosi -- Rusty Staub for an over-the-hill Mickey Lolich -- Lenny Dykstra for Juan Samuel (although Dykstra's drug issues came out later, making this trade a bit more understandable) -- Jason Bay + 2 others for 2 forgetable no-names “Kazmir for Zambrano will go down as the 2nd worst trade in mets history right behind the one that sent seaver to the reds”

It is tough to top the Seaver trade, but it will also be tough to top these other bad trades in Mets history:

– Amos Otis for some guy named Foy
– Nolan Ryan for an over-the-hill Jim Fregosi
– Rusty Staub for an over-the-hill Mickey Lolich
– Lenny Dykstra for Juan Samuel (although Dykstra’s drug issues came out later, making this trade a bit more understandable)
– Jason Bay + 2 others for 2 forgetable no-names

]]> By: David k http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/31/the-10-worst-mlb-trades-of-the-last-10-years/#comment-390264 David k Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:11:53 +0000 http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/31/the-10-worst-mlb-trades-of-the-last-10-years/#comment-390264 Two other comments: 1) you claim that Vogelsong and Rios weren't rated as very good prospects at the time of the trade for Schmidt, but I seem to recall that Vogelsong WAS regarded as a pretty good prospect at the time. I remember this trade well, being a rival DBacks fan, and my team was also looking for a starting pitcher that year. I believe we ended up with Albie Lopez, and at the time, I was pissed that we didn't get Schmidt, which was the guy I thought we should have gone after instead. At least we won the World Series that year anyway, but could you imagine a rotation with Johnson, Schilling, AND Schmidt? 2) The trade of Karim Garcia for Luis Gonzalez AND CASH should probably have made your list! Two other comments:

1) you claim that Vogelsong and Rios weren’t rated as very good prospects at the time of the trade for Schmidt, but I seem to recall that Vogelsong WAS regarded as a pretty good prospect at the time. I remember this trade well, being a rival DBacks fan, and my team was also looking for a starting pitcher that year. I believe we ended up with Albie Lopez, and at the time, I was pissed that we didn’t get Schmidt, which was the guy I thought we should have gone after instead. At least we won the World Series that year anyway, but could you imagine a rotation with Johnson, Schilling, AND Schmidt?

2) The trade of Karim Garcia for Luis Gonzalez AND CASH should probably have made your list!

]]> By: David k http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/31/the-10-worst-mlb-trades-of-the-last-10-years/#comment-390263 David k Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:07:22 +0000 http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/07/31/the-10-worst-mlb-trades-of-the-last-10-years/#comment-390263 Re: Schilling trade: Omar Daal was NOT a journeyman RELIEF PITCHER. He was a journeyman STARTING pitcher, mostly. He actually had two pretty good seasons in AZ with a 2.88 ERA and 3.65 ERA in the years before the Schilling trade. But he never posted those kinds of numbers again. Re: Schilling trade: Omar Daal was NOT a journeyman RELIEF PITCHER. He was a journeyman STARTING pitcher, mostly. He actually had two pretty good seasons in AZ with a 2.88 ERA and 3.65 ERA in the years before the Schilling trade. But he never posted those kinds of numbers again.

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