On the heels of the news that the Florida Marlins have traded Cameron Maybin and Andrew Miller for three minor league relief pitchers in two separate deals, I had to post a comment.
This brings one of the worst trades I can remember full-circle: Miguel Cabrera (best Marlin ever) and Dontrelle Willis (one of the best Marlins pitchers ever) for Maybin and Miller.
For a fervent Marlins fan like me, this is the worst trade in the last 25 years.
So, knowing the boys over at the rotojunkie.com forums, I challenged them to come up with worse trades than this one in the last 25 years. I knew they would come up with some doozies:
My post: “So I'm gonna go ahead and call the Miggy Cabrera/Dontrelle Willis for Andrew Miller/Cameron Maybin the worst trade in the last 25 years in baseball.
Prove me wrong.”
The responses:
- Bobby Abreu for Kevin Stocker
- Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano
- A.J. Pierzynski for Joe Nathan, Boof Bonser and Francisco Liriano
- Jeff Bagwell for Larry Andersen
- Mark McGwire for Eric Ludwick, T.J. Mathews and Blake Stein
- Jay Buhner for Ken Phelps
- Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew for Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, Grady Sizemore and Lee Stevens
- Sammy Sosa, Scott Fletcher & Wilson Alvarez for Harold Baines
- Curt Schilling, Steve Finley & Pete Harnisch for Glenn Davis
- Curt Schilling for Jason Grimsley
Personally, I'd say #5 and #7 are the most egregious. Still, no trade breaks my heart more than the Miggy Cabrera deal.
So go ahead baseball fans.....PROVE ME WRONG!
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