26 Years Ago Today: The Blue Jays traded 28-year-old John Olerud to the Mets for 27-year-old Robert Person. I don’t know if it is the worst trade in team history, but it is my least favourite...
I don’t know if it is the worst trade in team history, but it is my least favourite trade.in 1992 and 1993. Then 1994, 95 and 96 didn’t go as well. The Jays won with an older lineup, and that lineup seemed to age quickly after the second World Series year. Seeing how things were heading, our GMgot the job with the Jays. But, unfortunately, it wasn’t a good spot. There was only one way the team could go, which wasn’t up.. None of those are bad traits for a manager.
The intelligent thing for a team that should have been rebuilding would have been to keep the younger two and see if they could trade the older player. A strong GM might have stood up to his manager and said, ‘No, Carter’s time is done. We need to rebuild around the younger guys.’Robert PersonPerson, at 27, had pitched 101.2 innings for the Mets. He had a 4.07 ERA in 30 games, 14 starts, 86 strikeouts and 37 walks in those 101.2 innings. However, little in his minor-league history suggested he would become a star.
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