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February 11, 2019
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, 2019
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, 2019
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, 2019
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, 2019
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, 2019
Trade Retrospective: Tigers trade Prince Fielder to the Rangers for Ian Kinsler
At last, a challenge trade!
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April 30, 2018
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, 2018
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, 2018
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, 2018
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, 2018
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, 2018
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, 2018
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, 2018
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, 2018
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, 2018
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, 2018
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, 2017
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, 2017
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, 2017
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, 2017
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.
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March 8, 2017
Trade Retrospective: The A’s trade Gio González to the Nationals for A.J. Cole and prospects
The A’s got a great deal for González, but the results show how hard it can be to project pitcher performance.
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March 1, 2017
Trade Retrospective: the A’s trade Trevor Cahill to the Diamondbacks for Jarrod Parker
Billy Beane nailed the Andrew Bailey trade, but it’s tough to see his reasoning behind this transaction.
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February 22, 2017
Trade retrospective: the A’s send Andrew Bailey to the Red Sox for Josh Reddick
Overpaying for relievers was not a good idea back then either.
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February 15, 2017
Trade Retrospective: The Cubs acquire Anthony Rizzo from the Padres for Andrew Cashner
Theo Epstein’s first major move with the Cubs was especially impactful.