With the deadline approaching, thought it would be fun to talk about those we traded away or lost via free agency over the years that did not turn out so well. The big one of course was the Frank Robinson/Milt Pappas deal. I'll toss losing Claude Osteen and Hal McCrae in to the mix.
In more recent times, Paul Oneil comes to mind
Had he stayed with the Reds he would not have become what he was with the Yankees, the Reds wanted him to be a power hitter and the Yankees let him be who he was.Originally Posted by UPRedsFan
When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
Revering4Blue (07-25-2013)
the acquisition of marshall bridges was important
Jeff Montgomery for Van Snider, 1988
John Franco for Randy Myers & Kip Gross. Myers was here for only 2 seasons. And Gross was, well, gross.
Trading Christy Mathewson for Amos Rusie didn't turn out very well. Rusie won zero games for the Reds while Matty had 372 wins for the Giants.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
Giving away Hank Sauer in the 40s and Curt Flood in the 50s didn't work out very well.
Giving away Ross Grimsley after the 1973 season and giving away Mike Caldwell in 1977 cost the Reds a couple of division titles.
Trading Tony Perez for Woody Fryman didn't work.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
Mike Cuellar (released after pitching 2 games in 1959)
You could add Claude Osteen to that too. Imagine the mid-late 60s with Cuellar-Osteen-Maloney-Ellis-OToole and Palmer had the Reds insisted on him rather than Pappas for Robby.
the reds decided to keep Howie Nunn instead of Osteen, they also felt Curt Flood was expendable for Ted Weiand
The flood trade was purely bigotry...with Pinson and Robby the Reds were afraid 3 black OFers would hurt attendance!
Paul Konerko was a Red for about 12 minutes
Edwin Encarnacion?
Nice bat but no where to put him.
Posting Permissions
|
Board Moderators may, at their discretion and judgment, delete and/or edit any messages that violate any of the following guidelines: 1. Explicit references to alleged illegal or unlawful acts. 2. Graphic sexual descriptions. 3. Racial or ethnic slurs. 4. Use of edgy language (including masked profanity). 5. Direct personal attacks, flames, fights, trolling, baiting, name-calling, general nuisance, excessive player criticism or anything along those lines. 6. Posting spam. 7. Each person may have only one user account. It is fine to be critical here - that's what this board is for. But let's not beat a subject or a player to death, please. |
