Key Highlights
- Trades are a great resource. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn recent years, many MLB fans have some worry whenever their team does a trade with the Rays, as Tampa Bay's front office has done so well in most of their trades in recent years.
- But not all have gone well.
- In fact, there's one that has aged very poorly. As Tim Kelly of Bleacher Report writes, the "Rays trade future ace during roster crunch" was the big move that's aged poorly.
- That deal sent Cristopher Sanchez, now a Cy Young-caliber ace, to the Philadelphia Phillies for 111 games of Curtis Mead. Rays regretting trade blunder with Cristopher Sanchez"People used to say that if the Rays are interested in someone on your roster, you don't want to trade that player, because you're probably missing something that Tampa Bay will tap into," Kelly writes.
- "However, former Phillies general manager Matt Klentak struck gold on a trade with the Rays in November of 2019."AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThat trade, which has aged incredibly poorly for the Rays after initially looking like a steal, was a simple swap of Sanchez for Mead to resolve the Rays roster crunch. Mead was viewed as an intriguing prospect and had some promise before his eventual 2023 MLB debut.
