Worst trades

Texas Rangers trade pitcher Wilson Alvarez, outfielder Sammy Sosa and infielder Scott Fletcher to the Chicago White Sox for outfielder Harold Baines and infielder Fred Manrique.

Texas trades Ron Darling and Walt Terrell to the New York Mets for Lee Mazzilli.

Rick Wise (Phillies) for Steve Carlton (Cardinals).

Geof Geary and Micheal Bourne for Brad Lidge. Even after one year it ranks up there.

Some great ones listed so far....

I know it said no cash, but the worst trade of all time was Babe Ruth for cash.

Bartolo Colon to Expos from Indians for Cliff Lee (Cy Young winner last year), Grady Sizemore (All-Star, MVP candidate), and Brandon Phillips (decent player). At the time of the deal, Brandon Phillips was the most coveted player by the Indians. The future is often highly unpredictable when young players are involved.

I think that one of the worst trades in history was made by Baltimore when they traded:

P Curt Schilling
P Pete Harnish
OF Steve Finley

to Houston for


1B Glenn Davis


Schilling,Harnish and Finley all became all-stars and Davis was damaged goods with a bad back as soon as he got to Baltimore.


Banditsbb

Hands down: Phillies traded Ryne Sandberg and Larry Bowa to the Cubs for shortstop Ivan DeJesus.

2003

Aramis Ramirez and Kenny Lofton from the Pirates to the Cubs for Jose Hernandez, Bobby Hill, and Matt Bruback.

Speaking of the Cubs and the Braves, and this is not a trade, but as a life-long Cubs fan I have never forgiven them for not re-signing Greg Maddux after the 1992 season. He is still one of my favorite players of my lifetime, and one I always use as an example to my son.

I'll give you hands down! How about the Cubs trading a young Lou Brock to the Cards for Ernie Broligio?

Lee May, Tommy Helms, and others from Cinci to Houston for Joe Morgan and others.

Nolan Ryan to Cal. Angels for Jim Fregosi.

The Detroit Tigers trade pitcher John Smoltz to the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Doyle Alexander.

The Boston Red Sox trade first baseman Jeff Bagwell to the Houston Astros for pitcher Larry Andersen.

The Los Angeles Dodgers trade pitcher Pedro Martinez to the Montreal Expos for Delino DeShields.

Before the 1977 season the Milwaukee Brewers pulled a fast one by getting a young Cecil Cooper from Boston in exchange for an aging George Scott.

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Originally posted by rz1:
Before the 1977 season the Milwaukee Brewers pulled a fast one by getting a young Cecil Cooper from Boston in exchange for an aging George Scott.

Uh that was a bad one.

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The Detroit Tigers trade pitcher John Smoltz to the Atlanta Braves for pitcher Doyle Alexander.

At least the Tigers reaped incredible short term benefits in Alexander (11-0). That's selling out the future for the present.

Scott Kazmir (to the Rays) for Victor Zambrano and Bartolomé Fortunato (to the Mets)

These guys were so forgetable I had to look up the trade.

- Nolan Ryan traded by the Mets with Frank Estrada, Don Rose, and Leroy Stanton to the Angels for Jim Fregosi.

- Mets trade pitcher Scott Kazmir and infielder Jose Diaz to the Devil Rays for Bartolome Fortunato and Victor Zambrano.

- Tigers trade John Smoltz to the Braves for pitcher Doyle Alexander.

- Dodgers trade pitcher Pedro Martinez to the Expos for Delino DeShields.

- Expos trade Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips and Lee Stevens to the Cleveland Indians for Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew.

- Giants trade Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano and Boof Bonser to the Twins for A.J. Pierzynski.

- Cubs trade Lou Brock to the Cards for Ernie Broglio

- Red Sox send Jeff Bagwell to Houston for reliever Larry Andersen

- A's send Mark McGwire to Cardinals for pitchers T.J. Mathews, Eric Ludwick and Blake Stein

- Padres send Fred McGriff to Braves for OF Melvin Nieves and pitchers Donnie Elliott and Vince Moore

Just about anything the Orioles have done since Angelos took over starting with Albert bell from Cleveland.

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Giants trade Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano and Boof Bonser to the Twins for A.J. Pierzynski

Yeah that's one that Giants fans would love to forget , and Twins fans will always remember . Am I right MN Mom?

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What is now known as Alaska from Russia to the United States back in 1867.

I'd like to hear what a Giants fan thought about that, spizzle, but some of us Pierzynski watchers thought he just wanted away from the Giants. He showed he wasn't happy there at all. AJ can be...um...."different".

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Originally posted by banditsbb:
I think that one of the worst trades in history was made by Baltimore when they traded:

P Curt Schilling
P Pete Harnish
OF Steve Finley

to Houston for


1B Glenn Davis


Schilling,Harnish and Finley all became all-stars and Davis was damaged goods with a bad back as soon as he got to Baltimore.


Banditsbb

That's the one I was trying to remember for this thread. What a disappointment Davis turned out to be.

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Originally posted by Orlando:
I'd like to hear what a Giants fan thought about that, spizzle, but some of us Pierzynski watchers thought he just wanted away from the Giants. He showed he wasn't happy there at all. AJ can be...um...."different".

WARNING: NAME DROP ALERT

He used to work out at the same gym as my son in the off-season, probably still does. Jr. said he was nice.

I actually know his folks. They actually still soft toss into a net in the backyard. They speak very highly of him.

Did he ever show up at DPHS to kick it with the boys?

Orlando, as I Giants fan I have to say that is the worst trade of bad trades! Imagine what the Giants would be like if they had Joe Nathan and the other two these last four years. Piersynski was a very bad malignancy for the Giants, perhaps the worst trade the franchise has made in their time in San Francisco.

Now do you know what Giants fans think?

Well, I'm a Giants fan, and I think it looks like a bad trade more in hindsight than it appeared at the time.

Here's a good explanation: MLBtraderumors

My company had about equal numbers of employees in Minneapolis and San Francisco area at the time of the trade. Those who were familiar with Pierzynski predicted that his personality wouldn't fit the Giants. On the other hand, Twins fans weren't very excited with the incoming pitchers, and that the Twins paid cash in addition to Pierzynski.

Agree with 3FG, and add that in hindsight it can't possibly look much worse. I was among the hopeful when AJ came to SF, but it became apparent that the relationship was headed right down Lombard St. I wish we still had Liriano
Hey Mom, If your done with Nathan, you wanna trade straight up for Zito?

- Yankees get Rick Rhoden, Pat Clements and Cecilio Guante via trade with the Pirates for Brian Fisher, Logan Easley and somebody named Doug Drabek.

- Willie Randolph traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Ken Brett and Dock Ellis to the New York Yankees for Doc Medich.

As a Giants fan, the nathan, liriano for ol what's his name was bad... but here are two I hate even more:

Gaylord Perry for Sam McDowell
Orlando Cepeda for Ray Sadecki

The all time worst in my mind:

The Boston Red Sox trade Jeff Bagwell to the Houston Astros for pitcher Larry Andersen

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Originally posted by 06catcherdad:
Orlando, as I Giants fan I have to say that is the worst trade of bad trades! Imagine what the Giants would be like if they had Joe Nathan and the other two these last four years. Piersynski was a very bad malignancy for the Giants, perhaps the worst trade the franchise has made in their time in San Francisco.

Now do you know what Giants fans think?

Did you know how many innings that Joe Nathan pitched in College for Stony Brook? -

- about 2! - He was a shortstop here on LI when he played at Stony Brook U(when it was still D3) so even us locals that would attend a few games didnt get to see him pitch in college!