Continuing our series of daily questions from February, today’s conversation starts with the question: “Which trade still bothers you the most?”
The Brewers haven’t had many terrible transactions, at least in recent history. But every fan seems to have at least one lingering transaction that haunts them from time to time.
Whether it’s the Josh Hader trade (remember, though, it ultimately netted Milwaukee William Contreras), sending Nelson Cruz and Carlos Lee to the Rangers, or an outright trade from Kevin Reimer to Dante Bichette in 1993, there’s certainly at least one deal you’ll want to talk about.
My personal least favorite Brewer trade? Sending Khris Davis to Oakland for Jacob Nottingham and Bubba Derby. Davis would go on to put together consecutive solid seasons with the A’s, hitting 133 home runs over three seasons and 159 home runs over six seasons. The return on that deal? Derby reached Triple-A Nashville in 2021 but never made it to the Majors, while Nottingham appeared in 43 games over four seasons with Milwaukee and hit .205/.293/.477 with seven home runs, 21 RBIs and 13 runs scored, for a total of just 0.7 bWAR (Davis, by comparison, had 2.4 bWAR in his first season in Oakland and 7.4 over the six seasons). seasons).
Not as bleak as some other teams’ worst trades (looking at you, Miami Marlins), but you can’t win ’em all. So what’s your white whale? Is it a guy (or guys) who had a great career, or is it just a profession that left you with a bad taste?
Weigh in in the comments and join us all month long as we continue these conversations into spring training.
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