Oriole Trade Monitors: End of 2010 Update

As part of my end of the year housekeeping, it's time to clean up the Oriole Trade Monitors and that includes retiring a couple of transactions that have run their course. Before I add the trades made this offseason, it's time to put a wrap on the Kris Benson and Rodrigo Lopez trades.Orioles Trade RP Jorge Julio and SP John Maine to the Mets for SP Kris Benson.Julio - 0 WARMaine - 5.0 WARBenson - 0.8 WARAdvantage - Mets (+4.2)Before the 2006 season, Baltimore sent Jorge Julio and minor league starter John Maine to New York for Kris Benson, a starting pitcher who was under contract for the next two seasons.At the time, I loved that deal. Trading a reliever for two seasons of a starter? Sure, why not? Maine was just a throw in. Benson underperformed in 2006 and he decided to have shoulder surgery in 2007. Julio only lasted 18 games (and was terrible) before being shipped to Arizona for Orlando Hernandez. John Maine was another story. He turned into a serviceable back of the ro...