[Bleacher Report] Baseball's 12 Most Lopsided Trades of the 1990s

Shroopy2 · May 15, 2009

Sorry if it doesn't belong in here.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...e-12-most-lopsided-trades-of-the-1990s/page/2

Astros are involved in 5 of them directly & indirectly. The pic of Bagwell in the retro uni was an obvious attention getter

(though he technically did wear the version of the uniform that just had the rainbow on the sleeve, without the full-on rainbow)

Here's the first listing

12. Florida Marlins trade Moises Alou to the Houston Astros for Manuel Barrios, Oscar Henriquez, and Mark Johnson (Nov. '97)
You can guess that they put the Bagwell pic on there for a reason

After winning the World Series in 1997, the Marlins dramatically reduced payroll by trading away the team's leaders, including Moises Alou.

As a member of the Astros, Alou finished in the MVP Top 20 ballot three out of the four years. He probably would have done it in the fourth year if it weren’t for a season-ending injury that occurred on a treadmill.

The Astros featured a scary lineup with Alou on the roster, which included Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, and Derek Bell. With this offense, the Astros appeared in the playoffs three out of Alou's four years.

As for the counterparts in the trade, Barrios pitched in two games, Henriquez in 14 games, and Mark Johnson didn't get one at-bat as members of the Marlins. The Florida Marlins did not have a winning season until 2003, when they won the World Series again. Of course, history repeated itself, and the Marlins once again traded their team leaders to reduce their payroll.
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shsu33 · May 15, 2009

I remember back in 2002 I was the Astros on a playstation game and my friend always picked the Red Sox. Bagwell came to the plate and one of the video game announcers said, "the sox are still kicking themselves for giving this guy away to the Astros." Something to that extent at least. I was just so shocked that even the video game makers had remembered this trade and decided to include it for the few times gamers might actually pick the 'stros and sox to play each other.

The guy that made this list thinks Baggy will be a first ballot HOF. I would love to be a homer and agree but I think he should go in his second year, too many injuries at the end but wasn't that old yet. The plus side to that negative though is that Biggio (who has to be a 1st ballot) and Bagwell go into the Hall together

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