He came up big when Mullins was hurt. Glad to see them move on from him and Frazier, though. Good sign.

when he first arrived, he was awful in the field and then didn't hit much after those few weeks. It made me wonder how the Yankees stuck with him for so long.

Not really the ideal person I would want to have manning a corner OF slot in the playoffs, but as Cartwright said, he was serviceable filling in for Mullins. And he had a helluva day at the plate in Game 2 of the ALDS (yes, I know he was partly responsible for the Game 1 loss, although nobody hit that game).

Dan Connolly believes this is the biggest trade that the O's have done in over 30 years. I guess in terms of the pitcher they are getting, he's right. I also think of Bonilla in 96 (helped get them to ALCS). And certainly the Glenn Davis for Schilling/Harnisch/etc. is more famous but for the wrong reasons.

since Adam Jones is an Orioles Hall of Famer and Chris Tillman was very solid for several years. Though not if they win the Series this year and/or they’re able to sign Burnes longterm.

A lesser trade that I’ve always loved is when they got Melvin Mora from the Mets for Mike Bordick and then resigned Bordick that offseason.

are probably too young, but the 10 player deal with the Yankees in the mid 70s was pretty nice.

for the late-70’s-to-early-80’s run in that trade.

If his career hadn’t coincided with Vizquel’s fifty-odd consecutive Gold Gloves he might have won a few himself.