The St. Louis Cardinals trade OF Steve Finley and C Damian Miller to the Milwaukee Creams for C Jorge Posada, OF Gerald Young, and INF Mike Lansing. Oh thank God. A real trade. Adults in the room. Actual stakes. No draft-pick vending machine. No “listed price, exact payment received.” Just two contenders looking at their roster and saying, “Yes. Now.” Let’s break it down. Milwaukee’s Side: Window? Open. Push. Historically, Milwaukee...
The Arizona Diamondbacks trade RP Billy Brewer and a 1998 4th-round pick to the Seattle Pilots for SP Eddie Guardado. God, I’m tired. But professionalism demands we continue. Let me know if this sounds familiar: Seattle publicly lists a player.Seattle publicly lists the asking price.Seattle receives exactly that price.Everyone nods seriously as if this was complex. Eddie Guardado was on the block for a 4th-round pick. Seattle received a...
The Toronto Blue Jays trade C Hector Villanueva, RP Kevin Wickander, and a 1999 5th-round pick to the Seattle Pilots for RF Dante Bichette, C Joe Girardi, and cash. There’s a lot happening here. None of it especially important. If you opened a dictionary and looked up “rearranging chairs on the deck of the Titanic,” this transaction might be cited as a visual aid. Let’s start with Seattle. Seattle’s Side: Price Listed, Price Paid The...