Greatest trade in MLB history??????

bigbet1234 · Feb 9, 2006

Getting close to the MLB season.

I nominate Joe Morgan from Houston before the 72' season. Reds gave up Lee May, Tommy Helms and Jimmy Stewart. Besides Morgan, they got Jack Billingham, Cesar Geronimo, Denis Menke and Ed Armbrister.

Great trade!!!

This year I see big changes for the "Big Red Machine!" with the new GM, the new owners are cleaning shop, I like it

BB

Journeyman · Feb 9, 2006

Would be nice to see the Reds get back to winning .

CHOPTALK · Feb 9, 2006

Doyle Alexander for a minor leaguer to be named later.

That minor leaguer turned out to be John Smoltz.

THANK YOU DETROIT!!!!!!!!!!!

RobFunk · Feb 9, 2006

Nomar trade. without it, you know who is probably the last in the rivalry to win the title and an 86 year old curse is 88

Journeyman · Feb 9, 2006

Well depends on what you mean by greatest trade.

Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas was a great trade for Baltimore

Orioles also traded away Eddie Murray for 3 stooges

Orioles also traded for Glenn Davis, sending to Houston, Steve Finley, Pete Harnisch and Curt Schilling

Kenny Lofton for Eddie Taubensee

bigbet1234 · Feb 9, 2006

True, maybe we should re-word that to the greatest trade off all time "per team" Hands down, Morgan, for the Reds

BB

Journeyman said:
Well depends on what you mean by greatest trade.

Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas was a great trade for Baltimore

Orioles also traded away Eddie Murray for 3 stooges

Orioles also traded for Glenn Davis, sending to Houston, Steve Finley, Pete Harnisch and Curt Schilling

Kenny Lofton for Eddie Taubensee

CHOPTALK · Feb 9, 2006

Ernie Banks for a bag of peanuts.

dmmd98 · Feb 10, 2006

Greatest team per team then for the Blue Jays

Joe Carter and Robby Alomar
for
Tony Fernandez and Fred McGriff

It wasn't like Fernandez and McGriff were stiffs either just that trade was the direct result of the toronto glory years or 92 and 93.

Dr.Pepper · Feb 10, 2006

Dodgers acquire Delino Deshields from Montreal for Pedro Martinez.

that one still stings.

dmmd98 · Feb 10, 2006

Ya gotta love Tommy saying that Perdo's tiny body couldn't hold up pitching 200 innings a year.

CHOPTALK · Feb 10, 2006

How about Houston trades Larry Anderson to the Redsox for Jeff Bagwell?

Dr.Pepper · Feb 10, 2006

dmmd98 said:
Ya gotta love Tommy saying that Perdo's tiny body couldn't hold up pitching 200 innings a year.

Tommys icing on the cake was when he was GM for a few months of a season, and traded Konerko for Jeff Shaw, then found out post trade that Shaw had an out clause in his contract. That was classic.

OAKAS · Feb 10, 2006

For all you old-timers out there the worst trade in history happened in 1964.

Lou Brock and 2 players
for
Ernie Broglio and 2 players

gijoe · Feb 10, 2006

6. Mike Kekich, Fritz Peterson swap lives
The big story of spring training, 1973, was that Yankee pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson, who had been teammates and friends since 1969, had gone the free-swinging '60s sexual revolution one better -- they had not only swapped wives, they had, as Kekich said, swapped lives.
It began in 1972, when the couples, on a double-date, joked about wife-swapping. A while later the joke became reality, as Marilyn Peterson and Susan Kekich sometimes switched beds. Finally, during the offseason, Mike moved in with Marilyn, and Fritz moved in with Susan. They had swapped it all -- wives, houses, cars and kids. "We didn't do anything sneaky or lecherous," explained Susan. "There isn't anything smutty about this."
Before long, Mike and Marilyn split, but Susan and Fritz got married in 1974.

blueedwards · Feb 10, 2006

ivan dejesus for larry bowa and ryne sandberg

docmercer--banned · Feb 10, 2006

Cubs trade Lou Brock to the Cards for Ernie Broglio (June 15, 1964)
When the Cubs traded away Brock, he was a 24-year-old with a .260 average in two big league seasons. "Brock struck out a lot and didn't know how to run the bases," said Bill White, who played first base for St. Louis in 1964. "We thought we had given up too much." Broglio was a good pitcher, winning 70 games in a little more than five seasons for the Cubs before being traded, and leading the NL in wins with his 21-9 record in 1960, but he had developed a sore arm and went only 7-19 in two-plus seasons with the Cubs. Brock helped the Cards take advantage of the 1964 Phils astounding collapse. St. Louis won the NL flag and beat the Yankees in the World Series. Brock hit .348, stole 33 bases ... and then went on to lead the NL in steals eight times and bat over .300 eight times. He became a Hall-of-Famer in 1985.
"That was the greatest deal made at the deadline," said Jerome Holtzman, MLB's official historian. "It was one of the worst trades in the history of the Cubs."
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</td></tr><tr><td width="195">[FONT=verdana, arial, geneva][/FONT]</td></tr></tbody></table> 2. Red Sox send Jeff Bagwell to Houston for reliever Larry Andersen (Aug. 31, 1990)
Bagwell was a Double-A third baseman in the Red Sox system when Boston sent him packing to the Astros in exchange for Andersen, a 37-year-old who Boston acquired for their stretch run. The Red Sox went on to finish first in the AL East in 1990 before losing the ALCS in four straight to Oakland. Andersen pitched only 22 innings for the Sox, and was only one-for-four in the save department. In 1991 he was off to San Diego. Bagwell's in his 12th season with the Astros; in his first 11 seasons, he had a .969 OPS. He was the 1994 NL MVP and is probably on his way to the Hall of Fame.

Blue Jays send David Cone to Yankees for pitchers Marty Janzsen, Jason Jarvis and Mike Gordon (July 28, 1995)
The Yankees most recent dynasty began in 1995, and Cone was a key ingredient in the Pinstripers 1995 playoff push, going 9-2. During the next five seasons, the aging right-hander was a team leader, was named to the All-Star team twice, led the AL in wins with 20 in 1998, and compiled a 55-38 record. Oh, and he pitched a perfect game. None of the pitchers the Blue Jays acquired played in the majors

MadCapper · Feb 10, 2006

Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi?

Kojak · Feb 10, 2006

All Cardinal Trades would be my choices!

1. Brock for Broglio

2. McGee for Bob Sykes.....Week before Sykes was traded, saw him pitch and give up 3 HR's on 3 straight pitches!

3. McGwire for several never would be pitchers

4. Edmonds for Bottenfeld and Kennedy

5. Rolen and Stephenson (pitched well for Cards) for Bud Smith, Polonco, and 1 other player

blueedwards · Feb 10, 2006

not baseball but, i always liked herschel walker for 3 draft picks...ended up being troy aikman, michael irvin and emmitt smith.

CHOPTALK · Feb 10, 2006

blue edwards said:
not baseball but, i always liked herschel walker for 3 draft picks...ended up being troy aikman, michael irvin and emmitt smith.

They already had Troy Aikman and Micheal Irving when they made that trade.
They did get Emmitt Smith however.

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