Sandoval wasn't even an elite hitter, so I don't get what the Sox saw in him to begin with. I can understand Hanley since he was actually solid as a hitter during his time there.
@@gnielsen07 problem was he wasnt a big regular season performer his last few years in SF, the numbers slowly started to dip and it waa obvious. You cant throw that type of money around based on a small sample size when there are multiple variables at play.
The 2002 Expos acquiring one year of Bartolo Colon for Grady Sizemore, Brandon Phillips, and Cliff Lee has to be one of the worst. They weren’t even close to the postseason that year.
They were also in danger of being contracted that year, so they made moves to try to bolster fan interest that had been lacking since the strike. It's only a garbage move in hindsight because the Expos dodged contraction
@@Unconsciouzone I'm from new jersey and the fact that the contract was so bad. Bobby Bonilla's performance was so bad. Then leading to situation where they pay him 1 million a year for 25 years. He hasn't played a game since 2001. That is why should be on here.
@@SuperMutant2099 Sure I get it ... However someone (presumably) outside of the NY area gave ten examples they thought were worse so...your comment is a case i in point.
Frank Robinson (Reds to Orioles) and Steve Carlton (Cardinals to Phillies), both of them immediately made history in their first season with the new team by winning Triple Crown, claiming MVP and CY respectively and became the key factor for the teams' first ever World Series title.
I'd totally forgotten about the absolute meme that was Hanley Ramirez playing left field. Laughing at his expense made up slightly for him blowing Kershaw's perfect game with an error.
I think in a few years, we're going to look back on the Mets-Mariners trade that sent Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz to New York as a contender for this list. If Jared Kelenic performs even half as much as advertised, it might go down as the fleece of the century. Ironic considering Jerry Dipoto is responsible for two entries on this list.
Edwin Diaz and Robinson Cano definitely back fired on the Mets in 2019, but in 2020 Cano was on fire and Edwin Diaz was actually good, but sadly we now know why Cano was on fire in 2020. Hopefully Edwin Diaz can perform like he did this year in 2021.
It’s important to keep in mind, Chris Davis was so good in 2013 due to having adhd and taking adderall, only for it to be banned for use (since it affected attention I guess. Not really sure why). So in 2014 he couldn’t take it and that’s why he struggled and I’m pretty sure that why he was suspended for amphetamines - whether it was adderall or some other adhd medicine. Not sure about ow but that’s why he hasn’t really replicated that 2013 magic
I still remember at the time, the Pedro for DeShields trade was considered a very fair, old school baseball trade and it was! Everyone knew Pedro could turn into his brother and DeShields filled a hole the dodgers had at second. So yeah, at the time it was hard to call it a bad trade. no one knew Pedro would turn into Pedro, they all just thought it would be another Ramon, which is still a good pitcher
2007 - Dodgers sign Andruw Jones. 2 years, 36 million. He essentially didn't play after May except in spot occasions. Hit .158 for the season and was released at the end of the season. 1998 - Dodgers trade Mike Piazza and Todd Ziele for Gary Sheffield, Bobby Bonilla, Charles Johnson, Jim Eisenreich and Manuel Barrios. The Dodger management was so bad, they didn't realize that Gary Sheffield had a "No Trade" clause in his contract and had to pay up another $10 million for him to agree to the trade.
I wish I had a job where I could be paid before I had to do anything. Always a lot hate against GM's and management, but its kind of crazy how the players get paid (in many cases).
As an angels fan you should know cj Wilson wasn't expected to be the ace of the staff. He was obviously expected to pitch better than he did but honestly he didn't pitch horribly. With the likes of weaver and dan haren cj was a number 3 in the rotation.
The Red Sox had two fears about Ruth. First, that he would self-destruct, as he was becoming increasingly difficult to handle. Second, that he would jump the team and “barnstorm”. Fans don’t often know that players could make very good money “barnstorming”, especially with a big name. Also leagues such as the Pacific Coast League paid salaries comparable to, or higher, than many big league teams. So Red Sox feared they would lose Ruth and receive nothing.
I repeat, the pandemic screwing up the season open messed up Davis, he would've been amazing with a full normal schedule, spring training was awesome for him.
David ortiz in Minnesota would've never become the player he became without Manny Ramirez. Manny taught him how to hit. Manny was a hitting-cage-rat! Ortiz stuck to him, learned his secrets and became a legend. There's also the PED factor (Ramirez and Ortiz) which I won't get into because Manny was a great hitter through and through.
You could argue the Mookie Betts trade as a move that backfired hard for the Red Sox. Trade him to the Dodgers for pennies on the dollar where he becomes a core contributor to a Dodgers World Series title the very next season. That just screams yikes right there
As a Cubs fan, I'm sorta perplexed by the Cubs cutting ties with Kyle Schrawber. The Cubs got money, so not taking another chance for ~8 million upsets me a bit. Last off-season the Cubs did much of nothing, so I wonder how "cheap" or "broke" the Ricketts are. I got a feeling a lot of other clubs are going to follow the Cubs and be stingy with the payroll. Every team is going to try to emulate the Rays. I still remember a certain off-season many years ago where the money was FLOWING. Free agents were coming off the board left and right. Mo Vaughn was signed for big money before Thanksgiving and Kevin Brown got a massive contract from the Dodgers. It probably wasn't the same off-season, but in the late 90s to mid 2000s, big money clubs were going hard in the paint after players. I get why some teams do and don't do it, especially with albatross contracts weighing teams down, but now I'm seeing people clamoring Philadelphia to unload Bryce Harper a mere few years after signing the biggest contract ever. Gives me a headache. Most owners are going to hold onto every nickel they can.
Some Orioles fans were desperate for davis to come back but no one except the owner wanted him to come back at that price. They were competing with themselves. No else was even thinking of paying that price. The same man that said "why should I pay a guy that plays every fifth day" (Referring to Mike Mussina during his free agency) and let Nelson Cruz and Andrew Miller walk during the small window of competiveness the Orioles had decided to pay Davis. Losing a player can suck but if there's no quality replacement that's the bigger problem. Davis could have left and anyone could have replaced him. He already showed he was trending down and the window was shut.
I love Pujols but his deal was incredibly stupid. Although he deserved every bit of that money he got since the cardinals fleeced him on money in St. Louis. Like how acuna is getting fleeced in Atlanta same thing going to happen there
Acuna isn’t getting fleeced though. He has gone from the insecurity of a year to year deal (career ending injury could happen any time), to having a long term contract, yes he’s potentially missing out on dollars but to him the insurance factor of it must have made sense, plus he will get extended anyway. So it’s not like he’s truly lost out
Braves trading David Justice and Marquis Grissom to Cleveland for Kenny Lofton and Alan Embree. Lofton played 1 whole season for the Braves before resigning with Cleveland, and Embree was nothing special. Trading Justice was a huge loss for the Braves, he was clutch in October and had quite a few good years in Cleveland and New York. Grissom was great in Atlanta too.
@@Hacksaw_HIM_Thuggin neshsek worked until game six I think of the 2014 NLCS when he gave up a walkoff to Travis Ishikawa which won the Giants the series and then the World Series. Berkman yes that worked, but Beltran was kinda average. We traded away Adam Ottavino, Dominic Leone, Luke Voit, Carson Kelly, Luke Weaver and more on top of that. And he’s made abhorrent signings, such as, Dexter Fowler, Matt Wieters, Seung Hwan-Ow. The only good decision he’s made that the fan base agrees on is Mike Shildt.
@@iamkonner4813 I will agree some of his trades have been bad lately. But to be honest the team has made the playoffs back to back years somehow so it’s working somehow lol
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What other MLB offseason moves massively backfired? 🤔
Ryan Howard
The A’s trade Josh Donaldson
chris davis is the only thing that i need to say...
@@radfromraddad7900 that was fantastic signing
Eric Lauer and Luis Urias for Trent Grisham and Zach Davies
"....the Angels learned that signing veterans on their wrong side of 30s is a bad idea."
*Rendon disliked this video*
So we are not going to mention how the Mets released Turner and he became a stud with the Dodgers?
Yankees signing Jacoby Ellsbury instantly came to mind after this was over.
Being a Cardinals fan, I would definitely put Brett Cecil on this
100%
Not a Cardinals fan but I feel for ya
cecil had a few hot streaks with us but rather than that he was pretty shit
Also I’m i jays fan and I’m glad you guys got him
Sandoval wasn't even an elite hitter, so I don't get what the Sox saw in him to begin with. I can understand Hanley since he was actually solid as a hitter during his time there.
I honestly think that if Sandoval didn't win World Series MVP in 2012 he would have never gotten that big of a contract.
Sandoval hit .340 in the playoffs winning 3 chips. He was really clutch for San Francisco
@@gnielsen07 problem was he wasnt a big regular season performer his last few years in SF, the numbers slowly started to dip and it waa obvious. You cant throw that type of money around based on a small sample size when there are multiple variables at play.
You should do a top ten offseasons moves that paid off .
Dodgers getting Mookie = Back to Back titles
@@coldfroze3778 who can stop those damn Dodgers 🤬
Max Scherzer gotta be up there.
@@coldfroze3778 The Dodgers will pay him more than a third of a billion dollars over the course of his contract.
They got a bargain.
@@David.lovesU the Padres.
The 2002 Expos acquiring one year of Bartolo Colon for Grady Sizemore, Brandon Phillips, and Cliff Lee has to be one of the worst. They weren’t even close to the postseason that year.
that was in season, this is offseason stuff
They were also in danger of being contracted that year, so they made moves to try to bolster fan interest that had been lacking since the strike. It's only a garbage move in hindsight because the Expos dodged contraction
The Bobby Bonilla deal where the Mets have to pay him $1 million a year for the rest of his life
I was going to say I was surprised it wasn't on the list
@@SuperMutant2099 That's because New Yorkers think the universe revolves around them...just sayin'....
@@Unconsciouzone I'm from new jersey and the fact that the contract was so bad. Bobby Bonilla's performance was so bad. Then leading to situation where they pay him 1 million a year for 25 years. He hasn't played a game since 2001. That is why should be on here.
@@SuperMutant2099 Sure I get it ...
However someone (presumably) outside of the NY area gave ten examples they thought were worse so...your comment is a case i in point.
@@Unconsciouzone Having to pay a player for 25 years after they stopped playing is worse everyone on this list then Babe Ruth.
Frank Robinson (Reds to Orioles) and Steve Carlton (Cardinals to Phillies), both of them immediately made history in their first season with the new team by winning Triple Crown, claiming MVP and CY respectively and became the key factor for the teams' first ever World Series title.
Also don’t forget the Mariners actually traded away David Ortiz
The editing on this vid tho 📈📈
Thanks im glad somebody noticed
I wish you can come back Dawson videos were great
I knew it was coming, but #2 still hurts so much. At least it wasn't number 1?
Pujols’ deal is actually 20 years long with ten coming after his playing years.
I'd totally forgotten about the absolute meme that was Hanley Ramirez playing left field.
Laughing at his expense made up slightly for him blowing Kershaw's perfect game with an error.
I think in a few years, we're going to look back on the Mets-Mariners trade that sent Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz to New York as a contender for this list.
If Jared Kelenic performs even half as much as advertised, it might go down as the fleece of the century. Ironic considering Jerry Dipoto is responsible for two entries on this list.
This aged interestingly
@@Karmy. and it still has
@@leifopstad2972 yeah
All of a sudden the Padres look like a championship caliber ball club.
Morneau was the 1st baseman the twins needs though, so to be fair they couldn't have predicted ortiz going off
I thought Jason Heyward & Jacoby Ellsbury would've been on this list but I still like this list.
Always happy hearin' from my Expos 💙 Forever in my heart
Nice video, as alway
I may be a Dodger | Angel fan, but #NosAmours have a special place in my heart. I'm still waiting for a triumphant return to MLB.
Frank Robinson trade has to be up there
HOW is Jason Bay not on here??
Edwin Diaz and Robinson Cano definitely back fired on the Mets in 2019, but in 2020 Cano was on fire and Edwin Diaz was actually good, but sadly we now know why Cano was on fire in 2020. Hopefully Edwin Diaz can perform like he did this year in 2021.
I am glad that there is someone else that likes the offseason just as much as I do. I guess the wilpons is not the worst owners in baseball lol
It’s important to keep in mind, Chris Davis was so good in 2013 due to having adhd and taking adderall, only for it to be banned for use (since it affected attention I guess. Not really sure why). So in 2014 he couldn’t take it and that’s why he struggled and I’m pretty sure that why he was suspended for amphetamines - whether it was adderall or some other adhd medicine. Not sure about ow but that’s why he hasn’t really replicated that 2013 magic
Jason bay could've been an honorable mention
Top 5 worst trades in the mlb
1. Dbacks trade trevor bauer
2. Dbacks trade max scherzer
3. Dbacks trade paul goldschmidt
4. Dbacks trade mike clevinger
5. Dbacks trade zack greinke
Jose Morban, man I feel old! Thanks Dawson!
Heyy love your content
6:39 Same Ruben Amaro Jr from the goldbergs
Yessir
Kind of a slap in the face for the angles is when Albert went back to st.louis he immediately became Albert of old sort of
Red Sox trading Mookie to the Dodgers! That trade paid off this year which lead to being a WS Champ!
Thanks Dawson.
I still remember at the time, the Pedro for DeShields trade was considered a very fair, old school baseball trade and it was! Everyone knew Pedro could turn into his brother and DeShields filled a hole the dodgers had at second. So yeah, at the time it was hard to call it a bad trade. no one knew Pedro would turn into Pedro, they all just thought it would be another Ramon, which is still a good pitcher
Also, that wasn't even the worst Pedro trade.
One name: Chris Davis
Mets signing Jed Lowrie oof nine games and also he is back in Oakland oof oof
Ruth was not a product of the change; the change was the product of Ruth
2007 - Dodgers sign Andruw Jones. 2 years, 36 million. He essentially didn't play after May except in spot occasions. Hit .158 for the season and was released at the end of the season.
1998 - Dodgers trade Mike Piazza and Todd Ziele for Gary Sheffield, Bobby Bonilla, Charles Johnson, Jim Eisenreich and Manuel Barrios. The Dodger management was so bad, they didn't realize that Gary Sheffield had a "No Trade" clause in his contract and had to pay up another $10 million for him to agree to the trade.
First thing that comes to mind is Robinson Cano
Yeah his is bad too but the Mariners at least got to ship him off to the Mets 💀
@@DawsonWright that trade alone should be the sole catalyst for Van Waganens firing
Jacoby Ellsbury tho -_-
I wish I had a job where I could be paid before I had to do anything. Always a lot hate against GM's and management, but its kind of crazy how the players get paid (in many cases).
Nice video!
Red Sox legend Pablo Sandoval.
The Cubs signing Alphonso Soriano to an 8 year deal.
David Ortiz best known to me for being one of a handful of people to break an FCC rule and not get fined.
"This is our fucking series."
Are we just not gonna talk about how slow this current offseason is
Its been like this the last few years, the way the market is I would've expected things to be worse than they are right now
Finally new vid. Day made!
Jacoby Ellsbury will be number 1
I said this before watching the video, and it turns out he is not even on the list. 🧐🤔🧐
Uh no
HI DAWSON
HI SADMAN
This feels like a real documentary
As an angels fan you should know cj Wilson wasn't expected to be the ace of the staff. He was obviously expected to pitch better than he did but honestly he didn't pitch horribly. With the likes of weaver and dan haren cj was a number 3 in the rotation.
A recent one looking like a major bust-White Sox trading Tatis Jr for James Shields
Wassup Dawson long time no see
What's good SoCal
Yessir new vid
Lmao fr
I miss these videos
Not a bad list, but I'm amazed how everyone forgets about the Yankees' signing of Carl Pavano. It was ridiculous.
never disappoint
The Red Sox had two fears about Ruth. First, that he would self-destruct, as he was becoming increasingly difficult to handle. Second, that he would jump the team and “barnstorm”. Fans don’t often know that players could make very good money “barnstorming”, especially with a big name. Also leagues such as the Pacific Coast League paid salaries comparable to, or higher, than many big league teams. So Red Sox feared they would lose Ruth and receive nothing.
I repeat, the pandemic screwing up the season open messed up Davis, he would've been amazing with a full normal schedule, spring training was awesome for him.
Kinda surprised you didn’t pick Elsbury
Yeah his contract was bad, but it didn't hold as much of a burden on the Yankees as I thought
@@DawsonWright fair enough
David ortiz in Minnesota would've never become the player he became without Manny Ramirez. Manny taught him how to hit. Manny was a hitting-cage-rat! Ortiz stuck to him, learned his secrets and became a legend. There's also the PED factor (Ramirez and Ortiz) which I won't get into because Manny was a great hitter through and through.
New vid lets goooooo!
I think the Mets take the prize for the most backfire decisions. Bonilla, Lowrie, Cespedes, Cano and a lot more have gone wrong for the team
The Marlins bringing in Mark Buehrle, Ozzie Guillen, Carlos Zambrano, Jose Reyes, etc only to dump them immediately
You could argue the Mookie Betts trade as a move that backfired hard for the Red Sox. Trade him to the Dodgers for pennies on the dollar where he becomes a core contributor to a Dodgers World Series title the very next season. That just screams yikes right there
As a Cubs fan, I'm sorta perplexed by the Cubs cutting ties with Kyle Schrawber. The Cubs got money, so not taking another chance for ~8 million upsets me a bit.
Last off-season the Cubs did much of nothing, so I wonder how "cheap" or "broke" the Ricketts are.
I got a feeling a lot of other clubs are going to follow the Cubs and be stingy with the payroll. Every team is going to try to emulate the Rays.
I still remember a certain off-season many years ago where the money was FLOWING. Free agents were coming off the board left and right. Mo Vaughn was signed for big money before Thanksgiving and Kevin Brown got a massive contract from the Dodgers. It probably wasn't the same off-season, but in the late 90s to mid 2000s, big money clubs were going hard in the paint after players.
I get why some teams do and don't do it, especially with albatross contracts weighing teams down, but now I'm seeing people clamoring Philadelphia to unload Bryce Harper a mere few years after signing the biggest contract ever.
Gives me a headache. Most owners are going to hold onto every nickel they can.
As a Braves fan I’d say the signing of BJ Surhoff should've been in the list.
i was like you showed panda barely tipping a knuckleball wtf then i saw the war 😂😂😂
Some Orioles fans were desperate for davis to come back but no one except the owner wanted him to come back at that price. They were competing with themselves. No else was even thinking of paying that price.
The same man that said "why should I pay a guy that plays every fifth day" (Referring to Mike Mussina during his free agency) and let Nelson Cruz and Andrew Miller walk during the small window of competiveness the Orioles had decided to pay Davis.
Losing a player can suck but if there's no quality replacement that's the bigger problem. Davis could have left and anyone could have replaced him. He already showed he was trending down and the window was shut.
As a Cubs fan, how did Jason Heyward not make this list? He’s the worst FA signing in the history of sports.
Dont forget San Francisco signed Barry Zito on a 7 years $126 mill in 2006!!
Keith Foulke for Billy Koch... That backfired for the White Sox
The Angels landing Pujols is not a failure. People came to games to see him. Probably made ownership a billion dollars.
ELLSBURY AND CARL PAVANO
Pavano is a good one
This hurts man
No way Albert and Wilson are in the top 10 worst.
Can you do a vid on best magical carpet ride teams ever
I love Pujols but his deal was incredibly stupid. Although he deserved every bit of that money he got since the cardinals fleeced him on money in St. Louis. Like how acuna is getting fleeced in Atlanta same thing going to happen there
Acuna isn’t getting fleeced though. He has gone from the insecurity of a year to year deal (career ending injury could happen any time), to having a long term contract, yes he’s potentially missing out on dollars but to him the insurance factor of it must have made sense, plus he will get extended anyway. So it’s not like he’s truly lost out
@@philthornton1382 the point being those years he could be even more but he got the assured route instead of the gambling on yourself
Jason Bay to the Mets
The story that is told in NY is that Frazee needed the money because he initially borrowed the money for the musical from the mob.
Oliver Perez with mets was atrocious.
Yelich to Milwaukee
Here's the thing:
I don't think you should be showing Dipoto more than Moreno.
Since 2010, general managers under Moreno have been puppets.
Hello... Jason Bay!!! What a bad deal!
How the F is Jacoby Ellsbury not on this list
Danny Baseball Yeah, I thought it would be on here.
Insert cardinals and left handed relievers lol
2014 Padres Off Season 🤦♂️
Before clicked play I bet Dodgers and Machado be on here
Angels signing Mo Vaughn in 1999. Angels letting Nolan Ryan leave in 1979
Jacoby Ellsbury
Braves trading David Justice and Marquis Grissom to Cleveland for Kenny Lofton and Alan Embree. Lofton played 1 whole season for the Braves before resigning with Cleveland, and Embree was nothing special. Trading Justice was a huge loss for the Braves, he was clutch in October and had quite a few good years in Cleveland and New York. Grissom was great in Atlanta too.
Baseball died in 1994, man what a sport it was.!.
Diamondbacks traded Dansby Swanson, Ender Inciarte, and Aaron Blair for Shelby Miller
Babe Ruth is a no brainer and being a Dodger fan I've always rued #2
#1 should be 90% of Padres deals
Robinson Cano to Seattle lol. As a Yankee fan, I'm happy it didn't work out, but the Mariners never won with him.
Paul Konerko trade was also bad on my dodgers behalf
Literally any big offseason signing and trade John Mozeliak makes.
I’ll give him his due some of his short term deals worked out like Neshek, Beltran and Berkman
@@Hacksaw_HIM_Thuggin neshsek worked until game six I think of the 2014 NLCS when he gave up a walkoff to Travis Ishikawa which won the Giants the series and then the World Series. Berkman yes that worked, but Beltran was kinda average. We traded away Adam Ottavino, Dominic Leone, Luke Voit, Carson Kelly, Luke Weaver and more on top of that. And he’s made abhorrent signings, such as, Dexter Fowler, Matt Wieters, Seung Hwan-Ow. The only good decision he’s made that the fan base agrees on is Mike Shildt.
@@iamkonner4813 Wacha gave up the ishikawa bomb
@@iamkonner4813 Beltran wasn’t average dude, he was an all star both seasons
@@iamkonner4813 I will agree some of his trades have been bad lately. But to be honest the team has made the playoffs back to back years somehow so it’s working somehow lol
Imagine being paid $95M to be a detriment to your employer. What a joke!!
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