Continuing our February Daily Question series, we’re beginning today’s conversation with the question, “Which trade still bothers you the most?”
The Brewers haven’t had many terrible trades, at least in
recent memory. But every fan seems to have at least one lingering trade that haunts them from time to time.
Whether it be the Josh Hader trade (remember, though, it ultimately netted Milwaukee William Contreras), sending Nelson Cruz and Carlos Lee to the Rangers, or a straight-up Kevin Reimer-for-Dante Bichette swap back in 1993, there’s sure to be at least one deal you’d like 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, slugging 133 homers over three seasons and 159 homers over six seasons. The return in that deal? Derby reached Triple-A Nashville in 2021, but never made it to the majors, while Nottingham played in 43 games across four seasons with Milwaukee, hitting .205/.293/.477 with seven homers, 21 RBIs, and 13 runs scored to total just 0.7 bWAR (Davis, just for comparison, had 2.4 bWAR in his first season in Oakland and 7.4 over the six seasons).
Not as dismal as some other teams’ worst trades (looking at you, Miami Marlins), but you can’t win them all. So what’s your white whale? Is it a guy (or guys) who ended up with great careers, or just a trade that left you with a bad taste?
Weigh in in the comments, and join us throughout the month as we keep these conversations rolling into spring training.
