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Trade Retrospectives
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April 8
Trade Retrospective: Twins trade Justin Morneau to the Pirates
The Twins traded away one of their best players of the past decade.
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March 6
Trade Retrospective: Dodgers acquire Ricky Nolasco from the Marlins
Once again, the Marlins prioritized money over talent, and the Dodgers took advantage of that.
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February 28
Trade Retrospective: Red Sox get Jake Peavy from the White Sox in a three-team trade
It was a good trade for all teams involved, but unfortunately the White Sox didn’t get what they were hoping for.
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February 21
Trade Retrospective: Cubs trade Matt Garza to the Rangers
The Cubs got a great return for a pitcher in his contract year, but unfortunately the results did not pan out for either side.
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February 11
Trade Retrospective Special: Reds trade Frank Robinson to the Orioles
The late, great, Frank Robinson was involved in one of the worst trades of all time.
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February 4
Trade Retrospective: Orioles trade Jake Arrieta to the Cubs for Scott Feldman
In a further indictment of the Orioles’ ability to develop pitchers, the Cubs took Jake Arrieta and turned a lousy starter into a Cy Young award winner.
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January 30
Trade Retrospective: Mark Trumbo, Adam Eaton, Tyler Skaggs, and Héctor Santiago change teams in three-team deal
The Angels won the trade on paper, but the White Sox won the results by a mile.
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January 21
Trade Retrospective: Tigers trade Doug Fister to the Nationals
This is not one of Dombrowski’s better outcomes for a trade, but to be fair, that bar is pretty high.
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January 14
Trade Retrospective: Cardinals trade World Series MVP David Freese to the Angels
This was almost like last week’s challenge-trade, as two teams swap major leaguers to fill needs for each side.
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January 9
Trade Retrospective: Tigers trade Prince Fielder to the Rangers for Ian Kinsler
At last, a challenge trade!
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April 30, 2025
Trade Retrospective: Mets trade R.A. Dickey to the Blue Jays for Travis d’Arnaud and Noah Syndergaard
The Mets received an incredible haul for an aging knuckleballer.
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April 11, 2025
Trade Retrospective: Marlins trade Mark Buehrle, José Reyes, Josh Johnson, and others to the Blue Jays in salary dump
The year after fleecing taxpayers for a new stadium and pretending to go all-in, the Marlins continued to disgrace themselves and the game.
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March 29, 2025
Trade Retrospective: Red Sox send Adrián González, Josh Beckett, and Carl Crawford to the Dodgers
In possibly the most famous trade of the decade, the Red Sox unloaded a huge amount of salary and even got prospects in return.
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March 7, 2026
Trade Retrospective: Rangers acquire Ryan Dempster and Geovany Soto from the Cubs
The Rangers made a good trade, but the Cubs scored Kyle Hendricks in the deal.
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February 23, 2026
Trade Retrospective: Cubs trade Paul Maholm to the Braves
The Braves paid a high price for some rotation help.
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February 12, 2026
Trade Retrospective: Brewers trade Zack Greinke to the Angels
It looks like the Angels paid a high price, but they prospects they traded away were high-risk players.
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February 5, 2026
Trade Retrospective: Marlins trade Hanley Ramírez to the Dodgers
The Marlins got the salary dump they wanted, and the Dodgers got a huge upgrade at shortstop.
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January 31, 2026
Trade Retrospective: Mariners trade Ichiro Suzuki to the Yankees
The most interesting part of this trade is simply that it involved Ichiro Suzuki.
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January 19, 2026
Trade Retrospective: The Tigers acquire Omar Infante and Aníbal Sánchez from the Marlins
The Marlins got a good return for a departing free agent and a utility player.
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January 11, 2026
Trade Retrospective: Royals trade Wil Myers to the Rays for James Shields & Wade Davis
In one of the most famous trades of the decade, one would be hard-pressed to find a similar lopsided trade with such surprising results.
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January 3, 2026
Trade Retrospective: Blue Jays acquire J.A. Happ from Astros in massive 10-player deal
In a rare occurrence for a baseball trade, both sides paid fair prices and got the expected results.
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August 1, 2025
Trade Retrospective Special: Red Sox send Jeff Bagwell to the Astros for Larry Andersen
Unfortunately for Red Sox fans, the process was not much better than the results.
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March 29, 2025
Trade Retrospective: The New York Yankees trade A.J. Burnett to the Pirates
The Yankees were so tired of Burnett’s disappointing performance that they traded him for salary relief and lottery tickets.
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March 22, 2025
Trade Retrospective: The Red Sox send Jed Lowrie to the Astros for Mark Melancon
Yet another deal where overpaying for a reliever did not work out.
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March 15, 2026
Trade Retrospective: the Cubs send Sean Marshall to the Reds in exchange for Travis Wood
The most interesting outcome of this trade had little to do with the trade itself.