The worst trades in MLB history

[wounded mullet]

No link to provide, just thinking off the top of my head.

1987- Orioles send Pete Harnisch, Curt Schilling and Steve Finely to the Astros for Glen Davis.

 

[therealUT]

2001 - Royals trade Jermaine Dye to the Colorado Rockies for Neifi Perez

 

[7thgroupvolfan]

Babe Ruth

 

[MaehlMan]

Doyle Alexander for John Smoltz.
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[vols kick balls]

Bartolo Colon for Grady Sizemore, Brandon Phillips, and Cliff Lee.

 

[govols120]

Jeff Bagwell for Larry Anderson.

 

[vols kick balls]

Joe Morgan for Lee May.

 

[NYYVol]

Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg for Ivan DeJesus.
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[NYYVol]

Nolan Ryan and others for Jim Fregosi.
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[TennesseeOrange]

Sammy Sosa, Wilson Alvarez, Scott Fletcher for Harold Baines

 

[hatvol96]

Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio.

 

[NYYVol]

Any number of trades George M. Steinbrenner had a hand in.
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[emainvol]

Doyle Alexander for John Smoltz.
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Didn't Doyle Anderson pitch well for two years after that trade?
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[vols kick balls]

Edwin Jackson for Colby Rasmus.

 

[MaehlMan]

Didn't Doyle Anderson pitch well for two years after that trade?
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He went 29-29 with an ERA around 4 in 3.years with the Tigers.
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[emainvol]

He went 29-29 with an ERA around 4 in 3.years with the Tigers.
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He went 9-0 with a 1.82 ERA for the Tigers for the rest of the season after that trade, then he made the All Star team the next year. The Tigers got what they needed out of him, so I would struggle to call that a bad trade, unless you want to call it a bad trade every time someone trades a prospect that ends up thriving for a veteran that fills a need.

 

[MaehlMan]

Yeah, they gave up a hall of famer for a guy that was great for half a season. It was a bad trade.
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[emainvol]

Yeah, they gave up a hall of famer for a guy that was great for half a season. It was a bad trade.
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At the time it wasn't. I could say that about a lot of trades, too.

 

[Kingston Vol]

Mark McGwire for Stein and Matthews.

 

[emainvol]

Mark McGwire for Stein and Matthews.

Wouldn't have been nearly as bad if baseball had done something about steroids earlier.

 

[emainvol]

Wouldn't have been nearly as bad if baseball had done something about steroids earlier.

Actually it still would have been pretty bad

 

[JTrainDavis]

Yeah, they gave up a hall of famer for a guy that was great for half a season. It was a bad trade.
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See emains explanation. You're not going to get much without trading potential stars. That's how it works, if you haven't noticed.
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[emainvol]

See emains explanation. You're not going to get much without trading potential stars. That's how it works, if you haven't noticed.
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Trades like the Lou Brock trade were bad not because Brock ended up being a HoFer, but because Broglio was terrible for the Cubs.

 

[MaehlMan]

See emains explanation. You're not going to get much without trading potential stars. That's how it works, if you haven't noticed.
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In the short term, it wasn't bad for the Tigers. But in the long term? It was horrible.
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[bam15]

2001 - Royals trade Jermaine Dye to the Colorado Rockies for Neifi Perez

Babe Ruth

Agreed.

Robinson - Pappas
Ryan - Fregosi
Braves stole Fred McGriff too.