Worst Deadline Trades in MLB History

[Shanemansj13]

Thought this was interesting.

30 teams, 30 bad deals: Revisiting the worst deadline trade your team ever made

 

[Shanemansj13]

Some of the ones that stand out.

Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos: Trade Cliff Lee, Grady Sizemore, Brandon Phillips and Lee Stevens to the Indians for Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew (June 27, 2002)

Future WAR traded away: 101.4

WAR acquired: 1.9


Philadelphia Phillies: Trade Curt Schilling to the Diamondbacks for Travis Lee, Vicente Padilla, Omar Daal and Nelson Figueroa (July 26, 2000)

Future WAR traded away: 43.6

WAR acquired: 22.0


Seattle Mariners: Trade Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek to the Red Sox for Heathcliff Slocumb (July 31, 1997)

Future WAR traded away: 58.1

WAR acquired: 0.4


Boston Red Sox: Trade Jeff Bagwell to the Astros for Larry Andersen (Aug. 30, 1990)

Future WAR traded away: 79.9

WAR acquired: 3.8


Detroit Tigers: Trade John Smoltz to the Braves for Doyle Alexander (Aug. 12, 1987)

Future WAR traded away: 66.4

WAR acquired: 6.3

 

[nynasty]

"What the hell did you trade Jay Buhner for? He had 30 home runs, over 100 RBIs last year, he's got a rocket for an arm, you don't know what the hell you're doing!"

 

[molsaniceman]

red sox bad trades begins and ends with the Babe

 

[navamind]

red sox bad trades begins and ends with the Babe

agreed, but that wasn't a deadline trade.

 

[Chewbaccer]

We traded Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz, Matt Harrison and Jarrod Saltalamacchia to the Rangers for Mark Teixeira. Tex played great as a Brave, but landing him didn't result in a playoff appearance, and he was traded at the next deadline for Casey Kotchman.

Also, we traded Charlie Morton, Gorkys Hernandez and Jeff Locke to the Pirates for Nate McLouth, who sucked as a Brave.

But we're more known for bad signings(Derek Lowe, BJ Upton, Dan Uggla extension, Mike Hampton)

 

[wazzu31]

agreed, but that wasn't a deadline trade.

I mean technically it was. The play was up against a deadline and was about to go under if the Red Sox didn’t make the deal.

 

[obxyankeefan]

Some of the ones that stand out.

Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos: Trade Cliff Lee, Grady Sizemore, Brandon Phillips and Lee Stevens to the Indians for Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew (June 27, 2002)

Future WAR traded away: 101.4

WAR acquired: 1.9


Philadelphia Phillies: Trade Curt Schilling to the Diamondbacks for Travis Lee, Vicente Padilla, Omar Daal and Nelson Figueroa (July 26, 2000)

Future WAR traded away: 43.6

WAR acquired: 22.0


Seattle Mariners: Trade Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek to the Red Sox for Heathcliff Slocumb (July 31, 1997)

Future WAR traded away: 58.1

WAR acquired: 0.4


Boston Red Sox: Trade Jeff Bagwell to the Astros for Larry Andersen (Aug. 30, 1990)

Future WAR traded away: 79.9

WAR acquired: 3.8


Detroit Tigers: Trade John Smoltz to the Braves for Doyle Alexander (Aug. 12, 1987)

Future WAR traded away: 66.4

WAR acquired: 6.3

The last two I don't agree with. I mean yes the player traded away went on to have a great career but both trades helped the team trying to make the postseason. I don't know what Andersen did off hand, but Doyle went 9-0 with a sub 2 era and an almost 300 era+ for the Tigers after the trade that year.

 

[richig07]

Some of the ones that stand out.

Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos: Trade Cliff Lee, Grady Sizemore, Brandon Phillips and Lee Stevens to the Indians for Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew (June 27, 2002)

Future WAR traded away: 101.4

WAR acquired: 1.9


Philadelphia Phillies: Trade Curt Schilling to the Diamondbacks for Travis Lee, Vicente Padilla, Omar Daal and Nelson Figueroa (July 26, 2000)

Future WAR traded away: 43.6

WAR acquired: 22.0


Seattle Mariners: Trade Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek to the Red Sox for Heathcliff Slocumb (July 31, 1997)

Future WAR traded away: 58.1

WAR acquired: 0.4


Boston Red Sox: Trade Jeff Bagwell to the Astros for Larry Andersen (Aug. 30, 1990)

Future WAR traded away: 79.9

WAR acquired: 3.8


Detroit Tigers: Trade John Smoltz to the Braves for Doyle Alexander (Aug. 12, 1987)

Future WAR traded away: 66.4

WAR acquired: 6.3

I feel like we can already put Fernando Tatis Jr for James Shields on this list.

Every time I watch that kid, it hurts.

 

[Shanemansj13]

The last two I don't agree with. I mean yes the player traded away went on to have a great career but both trades helped the team trying to make the postseason. I don't know what Andersen did off hand, but Doyle went 9-0 with a sub 2 era and an almost 300 era+ for the Tigers after the trade that year.

I'm not sure the goal was to lose in the ALCS though while Doyle had a great year to finish out, the next two years sub 4 era and he had the most losses in the majors two years later.

ATL acquired Smoltz who was just a minor league guy but he played 20 years for the Braves. Doyle played 2 years and then retired. Getting the right prospects in these deadline trades can help change a franchise.

 

[Hitman Hart]

We traded Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz, Matt Harrison and Jarrod Saltalamacchia to the Rangers for Mark Teixeira. Tex played great as a Brave, but landing him didn't result in a playoff appearance, and he was traded at the next deadline for Casey Kotchman.

Also, we traded Charlie Morton, Gorkys Hernandez and Jeff Locke to the Pirates for Nate McLouth, who sucked as a Brave.

But we're more known for bad signings(Derek Lowe, BJ Upton, Dan Uggla extension, Mike Hampton)

JD Drew was a beast in his one season as a Brave, but he wasn't worth Adam Wainwright

 

[Chewbaccer]

JD Drew was a beast in his one season as a Brave, but he wasn't worth Adam Wainwright

That was a shitty trade, but it was an offseason move, not a deadline move.

 

[Hitman Hart]

That was a shitty trade, but it was an offseason move, not a deadline move.

woops, reading is hard

 

[podsox]

Tatis for shields look like it will be on the list in 5-10 yrs

 

[Voltaire26]

I'm not sure the goal was to lose in the ALCS though while Doyle had a great year to finish out, the next two years sub 4 era and he had the most losses in the majors two years later.

ATL acquired Smoltz who was just a minor league guy but he played 20 years for the Braves. Doyle played 2 years and then retired. Getting the right prospects in these deadline trades can help change a franchise.

You can only look at a trade from that time ... great for both teams. Smoltz may have not been a Hall of Famer with the Tigers. Also, anything can happen in a 5 or 7 game series. No regrets and I have always been a Smoltz fan!!!