MLB: Five Most Lopsided Trade Deadline Deals Since 2000
By Jason Evans
What are the five most lopsided MLB trade deadline trades since 2000?
As we approach the MLB trade deadline, everyone’s stock is high. If you want Chris Sale, you better send the moon and the stars to Chicago. Want Andrew Miller or Aroldis Chapman? Make the Steinbrenner’s sell and then give the team’s prospects. Want Jonathan Lucroy behind the dish? Prepare to pay for it.
I’ve decided to take a look back at the deadline since 2000 and look at five of the most lopsided deadline deals since then.
As you’ll see in this piece there are players who are considered “top” prospects at the time that that didn’t exactly pan out. There are also deals that involved a top prospect where it worked out.
As teams go down the stretch, it’s not about buying or selling. It’s about what you are trying to give up to get something you need and far you are trying to push to get there.
Who will the Cubs give up who haven’t won a championship in over 100 years? Who will Cleveland give up as they try to win their first championship since 1948? Will Washington and San Francisco put all their chips to the middle of the table? Will these teams regret it? There are rumors of the Cubs possibly giving up top prospect Glyber Torres for Chapman. Who will that work out for?
Let’s take a look back at five of the most lopsided trade deadline deals since 2000. Hopefully your teams’ trade doesn’t turn out like some of these failed ones.
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