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• simplyhiredguy said July 10, 2008

  Liriano got injured so that trade should not be #1. And Nolan Ryan is not the best pitcher ever. But a pretty good list.

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  • oflarity replied July 10, 2008

    I still put that as #1. While Liriano is injured this year, he put up a spectacular year last year, and at 24, he still has a full career in front of him. Unless he goes Mark Prior on us.
    
    As far as Nolan - I said he's "arguably" the best pitcher ever because he has to be in the discussion, right?
  • HairyGuate replied July 11, 2008

    Since June 1st Liriano is 6-0 with a 3.37 ERA and 45:9 K:BB ratio in triple A. I'd say it's pretty reasonable to assume he's well on his way back from that injury and ready to be a solid pitcher in the majors again. Probably will be called up soon after the all-star break.
• Harvey_Bars said July 10, 2008

  Doyle Alexander for John Smoltz
  
  Larry Anderson for Jeff Bagwell
  
  Carl Pavano and Tony Armas Jr. for an about to enter his ridiculous prime Pedro.

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  • oflarity replied July 10, 2008

    I think I just got the douche chills thinking about those ones.
• GoesDownLookin said July 10, 2008

  The Zambrano-Kazmir trade might end up being one of the worst of all time. The best pitching prospect to come through the Mets system since the walking injury that was Paul Wilson and we gave him away. There was no logic to the trade whatsoever

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  • oflarity replied July 10, 2008

    Yeah, there is an argument for that being #1 right now the more I think about it. At least the Giants got one solid year out of Pierzynski. The Mets really got nothing out of that deal. Must suck for Mets fans to think you could have had Johan Santana-Pedro-Kazmir-Maine-Oliver Perez in your rotation, even if Pedro isn't Pedro anymore and Oliver Perez is a headcase.
• ShakespeareD said July 10, 2008

  David Cone has been involved in two terrible trades. First, the Mets acquire him and Chris Jelic for Ed Hearn, Mauro Gozzo and Rick Anderson. 8 years later, the Blue Jays traded Cone to the Yankees for Marty Janzen, Jason Jarvis and Mike Gordon.

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• nbhatia33 said July 11, 2008

  All-Star second baseman Alfonso Soriano was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night for Brad Wilkerson, Terrmel Sledge and a minor league pitcher.

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  • oflarity replied July 11, 2008

    Nice one - the Rangers didn't see a whole lot of returns there. That minor league pitcher was Armando Galarraga, who has actually had a pretty nice season so far (7-2, 3.27 ERA) - unfortunately for the Rangers, he's doing it for Detroit.
    
    Just further evidence that the Rangers are pretty good at spotting young pitching talent (Galarraga, Chris Young, John Danks, Edinson Volquez), but they're even better at giving it away.
    • nbhatia33 replied July 11, 2008

      Dude, they basically dealt AROD (not in a contract year) for Wilkerson. Thank you Jon Daniels for starting to wake up.
• deadred988 said July 25, 2008

  All bad trades and it seems that the Rangers lead the charge in the horrible trade department. Liriano trade is one that only time will tell but i think that that and the Kazmir trade will go down as HORRIBLE trades. Also i think that even though i am an A's fan and in Billy We Trust this trade is weak for what they should have been able to get.

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