I've decided to skip the White Sox dealing Carlos Lee because the biggest piece coming back from the Brewers was Scott Podsednik, a Major Leaguer, and the Phillies making room for Ryan Howard by dealing Jim Thome and a lot of money for Aaron Rowand, Gio Gonzalez, and Daniel Haigwood because I thought Thome was done at the time of the deal.
That brings us to a trade of an all-world player, an electrifying talent, for less than a bag of shells. I believe this deal hasn't gotten the attention it deserves because the star player didn't stay with his new team for very long, however, this is a doozy, and it must take its rightful place in the pantheon of bad trades.
Eyebrows in the baseball world were collectively raised when the lowly Nationals traded for Alfonso Soriano a year before he was set to make a huge payday. Soriano responded with a 40/40 campaign, in a terrible hitter's park, playing a new position, that would have been even more impressive if he hadn't faded down the stretch. The Tigers were believed to have a case of Kazmiritis when they were unwilling to part with elite prospect Cameron Maybin in a deal for Soriano (even though they would have been able to afford signing him to a long-term deal), so the Texas Rangers decided to pull the trigger on...
Brad Wilkerson, Termel Sledge, and Armando Galarraga.
Whoops. Wilkerson, the crown jewel in the Rangers haul, is now retired. Termel Sledge is Termel Sledge. And Galarraga, who was not all that well thought of, the Rangers would deal before blossoming.
That brings us to a trade of an all-world player, an electrifying talent, for less than a bag of shells. I believe this deal hasn't gotten the attention it deserves because the star player didn't stay with his new team for very long, however, this is a doozy, and it must take its rightful place in the pantheon of bad trades.
Eyebrows in the baseball world were collectively raised when the lowly Nationals traded for Alfonso Soriano a year before he was set to make a huge payday. Soriano responded with a 40/40 campaign, in a terrible hitter's park, playing a new position, that would have been even more impressive if he hadn't faded down the stretch. The Tigers were believed to have a case of Kazmiritis when they were unwilling to part with elite prospect Cameron Maybin in a deal for Soriano (even though they would have been able to afford signing him to a long-term deal), so the Texas Rangers decided to pull the trigger on...
Brad Wilkerson, Termel Sledge, and Armando Galarraga.
Whoops. Wilkerson, the crown jewel in the Rangers haul, is now retired. Termel Sledge is Termel Sledge. And Galarraga, who was not all that well thought of, the Rangers would deal before blossoming.
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