The Perfect Trade: How The Yankees, Tigers And Diamondbacks All Got A Steal

[Dback Jon]

When it comes to baseball trades, hindsight normally elicits glee and regret in equal portions. A winner and loser emerge. One team fleeces, the other gets fleeced. In a rare three-team deal, the winner and loser are usually joined by a team that accumulates minor league prospects, delaying their gratification or disappointment by several years.

The Perfect Trade -- one that benefits everyone involved -- is a rare occurrence. Yet the description might just fit a three-team swap completed in December, 2009.

The Detroit Tigers sent center fielder Curtis Granderson to the New York Yankees and starting pitcher Edwin Jackson to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Yankees sent center fielder Austin Jackson and reliever Phil Coke to the Detroit Tigers. The Yankees sent starter Ian Kennedy to the Diamondbacks. And the Diamondbacks sent starter Max Scherzer to the Tigers and reliever Daniel Schlereth to the Tigers

http://www.thepostgame.com/features...yankees-tigers-and-diamondbacks-all-got-steal

 

[crisper57]

I remember thinking when this trade went down, "Who the hell is Ian Kennedy and why are we giving up on Max so early?"

I love these types of articles that come at the game from a completely different perspective. Great writeup.

 

[Dback Jon]

Dbacks gave up:
Scherzer (boo)
Schlereth (in the minors, on 4th organization)

Dbacks got:

Ian Kennedy (traded to SD for Joe Thatcher and Matt Stites
Edwin Jackson (traded to CWS for Daniel Hudson and David Holmberg)

 

[82CardsGrad]

Dbacks gave up:
Scherzer (boo)
Schlereth (in the minors, on 4th organization)

Dbacks got:

Ian Kennedy (traded to SD for Joe Thatcher and Matt Stites
Edwin Jackson (traded to CWS for Daniel Hudson and David Holmberg)

Hudson had legit promise... can't count on TJ surgery...
But yea, we gave up Scherzer and then Kennedy, and got squat in return...though, Stites is showing serious promise down in AA....

 

[devilalum]

I bet I could put together a playoff quality team with players the Dbacks traded away.

 

[az240zz]

I bet I could put together a playoff quality team with players the Dbacks traded away.

You could do that with 28 other teams