Worst. Trade. Ever.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 05:40PM Aaron Gettings I came across a trade scenario on firejoemorgan.com (who found it from a blog who found it from...), but apparently the Minnesota Twins beat writer Bob Sansevere has proposed the following trade between the Red Sox and the Twins:
Red Sox receive:
Johan Santana
Joe Nathan
Carlos Silva
Twins receive:
Jacoby Ellsbury
Dustin Pedroia
Jonathan Papelbon
Jon Lester
Clay Buchholz
For those of you scoring at home, the Red Sox would only have to give up their future superstar CF Ellsbury, their Rookie of the Year 2B Pedroia, the (arguably) best closer in baseball Papelbon, and future pitching studs Lester and Buchholz so we can get the rights to Johan Santana (with 1 year left on his contract), Joe Nathan (an aging closer) and Carlos Silva who is actually a free-agent so he cannot be traded.
I don't know who this Bob Sansevere character is, but he should immediately have his ability to think, write and publish revoked. Not only is this the worst proposed trade in the history of trade proposals, but were Theo to accept it, well, I'll let Pee-Wee's Big Adventure handle the Bostonian Response:
Biker #2: I say we kill him!
Biker Gang: [shouts] Yeah!
Biker #3: I say we hang him, then we kill him!
Biker Gang: [shouts] Yeah!
Biker #4: I say we scalp him!
Biker Gang: [shouts] Yeah!
Biker #4: Then we tattoo him!
Biker Gang: [shouts] Yeah!
Biker #4: Then we hang him!
Biker Gang: [shouts] Yeah!
Biker #4: And then we kill him!
Biker Gang: [shouts] Yeah!
Pee-wee: [trying to throw voice without moving lips] I say we let him go.
Biker Gang: [shouts] No!
Now, I am ALL FOR trading for Santana. He's 28, left-handed and a 2-time CY Young award winner. 
Throwing a rotation of Beckett, Santana, Schilling, Matsuzaka and Marge Simpson would be enough to win us another World Series. I'd be willing to trade any of our prospects short of Ellsbury (and I don't consider Pedroia a prospect anymore - he's already arrived). Would the Twins be dumb enough to turn down Crisp, Buchholz and Lester for Santana? I'd hope not -- but they may be.
The media portrays the situation to appear as if Minnesota has the upperhand in the trade talks. They don't. They obviously can't afford to keep him, so he's either leaving via trade or walking next year. If the Yankees want to sell the farm to get him, let them -- I'd propose the more than compelling offer (mentioned above) and if the Twins refuse and would rather have Melky Cabrera roaming the field, let them. But, jeez, how does this Bob Sansevere guy have a job?
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