10-03-2020, 11:31 AM
(10-03-2020, 10:34 AM)lex24 Wrote: Nathan trade was probably Sabeans worst. Further, I always thought part of the reason he was traded is the Organization was pissed at his poor playoff performance. And perhaps attitude during that postseason
Agreed, in retrospect a very bad trade. I can imagine what Sabean was thinking: 26 year old former All Star catcher in his prime with three years of arbitration remaining and he'd hit .312 the year before. Giants had Torrealba, who was a mediocre player. Giants gave up Nathan who had a good '03 (12-4 as a middle reliever pitching 78 games, but was hurt and had a terrible '00, '01 and '02 and had never showed much promise in the minors), Boof Bonser was terrible and Liriano was a sub-.500 starter.
Pierzynski was a jerk. He punched a Giants staffer in the crotch. Ozzie Guillen said about him, when AJ was on the White Sox "If AJ's on the other team, you hate him. If he's on your team, you hate him a little less."
Two different views of the Pierzynski trade:
The Perfect Crime:
http://twinsdaily.com/_/minnesota-twins-...than-r6040
Still a good trade:
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2013/1...se-studies
My opinion, it was a terrible trade.
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