Worst trades

quote:

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!