Transaction Quiz

[Guest Edgy DC]

Name the Mets most recent trade (trying to include all personnel included) with each team. Only count deals with at least one major leaguer involved.

Atlanta
Florida
Philadephia
Washington/Montreal

Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati
Houston
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
St. Louis

Arizona
Colorado
Los Anglees
San Diego
San Francisco

Baltimore
Boston
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay
Toronto

Chicago White Sox
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City
Minnesota

Anaheim
Oakland
Seattle
Texas

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I like this quiz but I don't have time for this!!!!

Atlanta
--Pete Smith?!?

Florida
-- Dennis Kook -- prolly not

Philadephia
--Gary Bennett

Washington/Montreal
--Scott Strickland?!?

Chicago Cubs
--no idea...

Cincinnati
--Estes for Feliciano, etc.

Houston
--Dan Wheeler

Milwaukee
-- the whole Burnitz thingy?

Pittsburgh
--Peterson/Wiggington-Benson

St. Louis
-- Cedeno for ??

Arizona
--Mark Little for some nobody

Colorado
--Jay Payton for Steve Reed (good move!)

Los Anglees
--Burnitz for Diaz, etc

San Diego
--???

San Francisco
--Shinjo for Estes?

Baltimore
--Mora-Bordick?!?

Boston
--Blade for Mientkiewicz

New York Yankees
--Stanton for Heredia

Tampa Bay
--Zambrano-Kazmir

Toronto
--Olerud-Person?!? prolly not

Chicago White Sox
--Perez-Ginter

Cleveland
--Alomar?!?

Detroit
--Ginter-Hernandez

Kansas City
--Graeme Lloyd for somebody

Minnesota
--Reed-Lawton?! Prolly not

Anaheim
--no idea

Oakland
--Billy taylor dammit?!?

Seattle
--Rey Sanchez for Kenny Kelly

Texas
--don't know

[seawolf17]

Atlanta - ?? for Steve Reed
Florida - Leiter for Yarnall et al?
Philadephia - Wendell & Cook for the ghost of Juan Samuel
Washington/Montreal - ?? for Strickland

Chicago Cubs - Brian McRae & Mel Rojas for ??
Cincinnati - Shawn Estes??
Houston - Hidalgo for Wheeler et al?
Milwaukee - ?? for Jeff D'Amico
Pittsburgh - Benson for Wigginton et al
St. Louis - Roger Cedeno for ??

Arizona -
Colorado - John Thomson for ??
Los Anglees - Phillips for Ishii
San Diego - Bobby Jones for ??
San Francisco - Shinjo for Relaford?

Baltimore - Karim Garcia for DeJean
Boston - Mientkiewicz for Ian Bladergroen
New York Yankees - Stanton for Heredia
Tampa Bay - Zambrano for Kazmir et al
Toronto - Olerud for Person

Chicago White Sox - Alomar for Almonte, Ring and Salvo
Cleveland - Alex Escobar et al for Alomar
Detroit - Ginter for Colyer
Kansas City - Cone for Hearn
Minnesota - Rick Reed?

Anaheim - Appier for Fat Mo
Oakland - Justice for Guthrie?
Seattle - ??
Texas - ??

Got at least one trade for everyone but ARI, SEA, and TEX (plus a whole lot of question marks). How'd I do?

[Benjamin Grimm]

For Anaheim I'll guess Appier for Vaughn.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Seawolf got the Baltimore and LA trades I forgot already.

I failed this qwiz I think.

[metirish]

San Diego - Steve Reed/Jason Bay

[Guest Edgy DC]

Dickshot:

Atlanta
--Pete Smith?!?

Wrong!

Florida
-- Dennis Kook -- prolly not

Wrong!

Philadephia
--Gary Bennett

Wrong! (But Close)

Washington/Montreal

Right, but I need more info.

Chicago Cubs
--no idea...

Wrong!

Cincinnati
--Estes for Feliciano, etc.

Right, now go the distance.

Houston
--Dan Wheeler

Stop playing with me. For whom!?

Milwaukee
-- the whole Burnitz thingy?

I WANT MORE!

Pittsburgh
--Peterson/Wiggington-Benson

Two peeps missing from this description and account.

St. Louis
-- Cedeño for ??

Cedeño for... Cedeño for... Cedeño for WHOM!?

Arizona
--Mark Little for some nobody

All God's ballplayers got names.

Colorado
--Jay Payton for Steve Reed (good move!)

(And one that didn't happen!)

Wrong!

Los Anglees
--Burnitz for Diaz, etc

Wrong!(Come now.1)

San Diego
--???

NOT RIGHT!

San Francisco
--Shinjo for Estes?

Incomplete!

Baltimore
--Mora-Bordick?!?

Wrong!.com

Boston
--Blade for Mientkiewicz

Bingo!

New York Yankees
--Stanton for Heredia

Bingo!

Tampa Bay
--Zambrano-Kazmir

Two other peoples.

Toronto
--Olerud-Person?!? prolly not

Wrong! (Very forgettable subsequent trade.)

Chicago White Sox
--Perez-Ginter

Bingo!

Cleveland
--Alomar?!?

..ish. Details

Detroit
--Ginter-Hernandez

Bingo!
(The most recent overall, also.)

Kansas City
--Graeme Lloyd for somebody

Wrong! (I think.)

Minnesota
--Reed-Lawton?! Prolly not

Bingo!

Anaheim
--no idea

Yes you do!

Oakland
--Billy taylor dammit?!?

Wrong!

Seattle
--Rey Sanchez for Kenny Kelly

Bingo!
(This trade is missing from the IMDB, which is why I think you may be right about Graeme Lloyd.)

Texas
--don't know

Wrong!

[Guest Edgy DC]

OK, before going on to CWolf, we'll show what we've got perfectly from Widey. In order of most recent partners to longest estranged partners:

Detroit: April 2, 2005, Mets traded Matt Ginter to the Detroit Tigers for Steve Colyer. (Dickshot)

Boston: January 26, 2005, New York Mets traded Ian Bladergroen to the Boston Red Sox for Doug Mientkiewicz. (Dickshot)

New York Yankees: December 3, 2004, New York Mets traded Mike Stanton to the New York Yankees for Felix Heredia.(Dickshot)

Chicago White Sox: March 27, 2004, New York Mets traded Timo Perez to the Chicago White Sox for Matt Ginter. (Dickshot)

Minnesota: July 30, 2001: New York Mets traded Rick Reed to the Minnesota Twins for Matt Lawton. (Dickshot)

Seattle: June 29, 2003: New York Mets traded Rey Sanchez to the Seattle Mariners for Kenny Kelly. (Dickshot)

[seawolf17]

I want to edit one:

KC - the McReynolds for Coleman deal

[Guest Edgy DC]

All wrong or beaten to the punch by Dickshot except

Chicago Cubs - Brian McRae & Mel Rojas for ?? Partial
Cincinnati - Shawn Estes?? Partial
Houston - Hidalgo for Wheeler et al? Right and wrong.
Milwaukee - ?? for Jeff D'Amico Partial
Pittsburgh - Benson for Wigginton et al Partial
St. Louis - Roger Cedeno for ?? Partial

Colorado - John Thomson for ?? Partial
Los Anglees - Phillips for Ishii Bingo!
San Diego - Bobby Jones for ?? Partial
San Francisco - Shinjo for Relaford? Confused

Baltimore - Karim Garcia for DeJean Bingo!
Tampa Bay - Zambrano for Kazmir et al Partial

Cleveland - Alex Escobar et al for Alomar Partial
Kansas City - Cone for Hearn -- Style points for a desperation heave.
Minnesota - Rick Reed? Partial.

Anaheim - Appier for Fat Mo Bingo!
Oakland - Justice for Guthrie? annnnd?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Detroit: April 2, 2005, Mets traded Matt Ginter to the Detroit Tigers for Steve Colyer. (Dickshot)

Los Angeles: March 20, 2005, New York Mets traded Jason Phillips to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Kaz Ishii. =darkred](Seawolf)

Boston: January 26, 2005, New York Mets traded Ian Bladergroen to the Boston Red Sox for Doug Mientkiewicz. (Dickshot)

New York Yankees: December 3, 2004, New York Mets traded Mike Stanton to the New York Yankees for Felix Heredia.(Dickshot)

Baltimore: July 19, 2004, New York Mets traded Karim Garcia to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike DeJean. =darkred](Seawolf)

Chicago White Sox: March 27, 2004, New York Mets traded Timo Perez to the Chicago White Sox for Matt Ginter. (Dickshot)

Minnesota: July 30, 2001: New York Mets traded Rick Reed to the Minnesota Twins for Matt Lawton. (Dickshot)

Seattle: June 29, 2003: New York Mets traded Rey Sanchez to the Seattle Mariners for Kenny Kelly. (Dickshot)

Anaheim: December 27, 2001, New York Mets traded Kevin Appier to the Anaheim Angels for Mo Vaughn. =darkred](Seawolf)

[duan]

ok:
San Fran: Shinjo & Desi for Shawn Estes
Pittsburgh: Wigginton, Huber [who then got traded for some dude who KC had claimed off waivers from Pittsburgh], Peterson for Keppinger & Benson
Tampa Bay: Kazmir, XXXXXXX for Zambrano & Fortunato
Miwaukee: Rusch + XXXXXXX for Burnitz, D'amico
Colorado: Jay Satan for John Thomson
Cleveland: Escobar, Lawton for Alomar + XXXXXXX

Philly: Kook, Wendell for Bruce Chen & Adam Walker

i'll have more in a minute

[duan]

philly might have been pratt for bennett either.

[duan]

oakland - was it t long for rogers or taylor for isringhousen?

[Guest SI Metman]

KC was the 3 way with the Bucs that sent Benson and Keppinger here and Huber there.

Oakland had to be Justice-Guthrie/Yates

Houston was Hidalgo for Weathers. I believe Wheeler was a waiver claim.

[seawolf17]

STL: Cedeno for Wilson Delgado

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm away from my work sheet but I'll endeavor to continue.

duan says:

]San Fran: Shinjo & Desi for Shawn Estes

Bingo!

]Pittsburgh: Wigginton, Huber [who then got traded for some dude who KC had claimed off waivers from Pittsburgh], Peterson for Keppinger & Benson

I ain't taking no partial answers.

]Tampa Bay: Kazmir, XXXXXXX for Zambrano & Fortunato

And I mean it.

]Miwaukee: Rusch + XXXXXXX for Burnitz, D'amico

Grrrr.

]Colorado: Jay Satan for John Thomson

But wait... there's more!

]Cleveland: Escobar, Lawton for Alomar + XXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXX gets traded a lot.

]Philly: Kook, Wendell for Bruce Chen & Adam Walker

Bingo! Sorry, Gary Bennett fans, but GB was acquired four days earlier.

]philly might have been pratt for bennett either.

This incorrect afterthought almost makes me want to discard your correct answer.

]oakland - was it t long for rogers or taylor for isringhousen?

Most certainly was NOT!!

Onto SI Metman

]KC was the 3 way with the Bucs that sent Benson and Keppinger here and Huber there.

The KC portion of that trade involved only minor-leaguers.

]Oakland had to be Justice-Guthrie/Yates

Bingo!

]Houston was Hidalgo for Weathers. I believe Wheeler was a waiver claim.

The Fonz says, "Incorrect-amundo!"

Back to seawolf17?

]STL: Cedeno for Wilson Delgado

Keep digging in your head there, you're onto something.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Current list:

Detroit: April 2, 2005, Mets traded Matt Ginter to the Detroit Tigers for Steve Colyer. (Dickshot)

Los Angeles: March 20, 2005, New York Mets traded Jason Phillips to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Kaz Ishii. =darkred](Seawolf)

Boston: January 26, 2005, New York Mets traded Ian Bladergroen to the Boston Red Sox for Doug Mientkiewicz. (Dickshot)

New York Yankees: December 3, 2004, New York Mets traded Mike Stanton to the New York Yankees for Felix Heredia.(Dickshot)

Baltimore: July 19, 2004, New York Mets traded Karim Garcia to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike DeJean. =darkred](Seawolf)

Chicago White Sox: March 27, 2004, New York Mets traded Timo Perez to the Chicago White Sox for Matt Ginter. (Dickshot)

Minnesota: July 30, 2001: New York Mets traded Rick Reed to the Minnesota Twins for Matt Lawton. (Dickshot)

Seattle: June 29, 2003: New York Mets traded Rey Sanchez to the Seattle Mariners for Kenny Kelly. (Dickshot)

Anaheim: December 27, 2001, New York Mets traded Kevin Appier to the Anaheim Angels for Mo Vaughn. =darkred](Seawolf)

San Francisco: December 16, 2001, New York Mets traded Tsuyoshi Shinjo and Desi Relaford to the San Francisco Giants for Shawn Estes. =green](duan)

December 14, 2001: New York Mets traded David Justice to the Oakland Athletics for Mark Guthrie and Tyler Yates. =orange](SI Metman)

Philadelphia: July 27, 2001, New York Mets traded Turk Wendell and Dennis Cook to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bruce Chen and Adam Walker. =green](duan) *

*UMDB doesn't say, but I also think that Phil Siebel came aboard in this trade.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

I thought that Phil Siebel came from Montreal in the trade that brought Strickland to New York.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yup, you're right.

A lot of launchers changed hands with that one.

[Guest SI Metman]

getting specific on the Kazmir trade:

Scott Kazmir and Joselo Diaz for Victor Zambrano and Bartolomo Fortunato

I wanna take a shot at the Alomar trade and say:

Matt Lawton, Billy Traber, Jerrod Riggan, Alex Escobar and Snyder for Alomar, Peoples and Bacsik

Florida: Piazza trade for Ed Yarnall, Geoff Goetz and Preston Wilson?

Toronto: Mookie for Musselman?

San Diego: Bobby M. Jones and Jason Bay for Steve Reed and Jason Middlebrook?

[Guest SI Metman]

The Cedeno trade also brought back Chris Widger along with Wilson Delgado

Colorado: I'm thinking Mark Little came back with Thompson for Satan

Arizona: I'm thinking that same Mark Little was involved in the last D-backs trade.

Cinci: Estes for Raul Gonzalez and 3 others if anyone else can remember them.

Cubbies: Brian McRae, Smell Blojas and Turk Wendell for Lance Johnson, Manny Alexander and Mark Clark

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Sorry for the incompletes. I was in a rush this afternoon and figured you only wanted to ID the trades.

The missing guy in the KC deal was Jose Bautista

The deal with Houston was Wheeler for roided up outfielder Adam Suess

The SI Metman ided Joselo Diaz as the missing guy in the TB trade; the same Jo Diaz came along with Vic Diaz in the Burnitz to LA trade (which was trumped this spring by Ishii-Phillips as noted).

Oakland: Justice for Guthrie and (edit) Yates (SI MM got that above)

The Estes-to-Cincy deal was Feliciano, Gonzalez and Brady Clark

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Was Atlanta Paul Byrd for McMichael?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Now we're playing with wood bats. Starting with the Metman.

]Scott Kazmir and Joselo Diaz for Victor Zambrano and Bartolomo Fortunato

Bingo! This was also the greatest trade the Mets have ever made

]Matt Lawton, Billy Traber, Jerrod Riggan, Alex Escobar and Snyder for Alomar, Peoples and Bacsik

Bingo!

]Florida: Piazza trade for Ed Yarnall, Geoff Goetz and Preston Wilson?

And thus ends the winning streak.

]Toronto: Mookie for Musselman?

Now we know that's not true.

]San Diego: Bobby M. Jones and Jason Bay for Steve Reed and Jason Middlebrook?

Not quite there.

]The Cedeno trade also brought back Chris Widger along with Wilson Delgado

Bingo!

]Colorado: I'm thinking Mark Little came back with Thompson for Satan

I still need more.

]Arizona: I'm thinking that same Mark Little was involved in the last D-backs trade.

One package does not a trade make.

]Cinci: Estes for Raul Gonzalez and 3 others if anyone else can remember them.

Somebody can.

]Cubbies: Brian McRae, Smell Blojas and Turk Wendell for Lance Johnson, Manny Alexander and Mark Clark

Bingo! But the Blojas thing wasn't that funny. This trade is still very interesting to me.

Back to Johnny Dickshot

]The missing guy in the KC deal was Jose Bautista

I'll give you a Bingo!, as he was the missing guy in the Pittsburgh trade after being acquired from Kansas City, and I think that's what you meant. KC is still on the board, though.

]The deal with Houston was Wheeler for roided up outfielder Adam Suess

Bingo!

]The Estes-to-Cincy deal was Feliciano, Gonzalez and Brady Clark

Still another guy out there, Bishop.

]Was Atlanta Paul Byrd for McMichael?

Bingo!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Congratulations to Dickshot and Metman for taking us well back into the last century.

Detroit: April 2, 2005, Mets traded Matt Ginter to the Detroit Tigers for Steve Colyer. (Dickshot)

Los Angeles: March 20, 2005, New York Mets traded Jason Phillips to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Kaz Ishii. =darkred](Seawolf)

Boston: January 26, 2005, New York Mets traded Ian Bladergroen to the Boston Red Sox for Doug Mientkiewicz. (Dickshot)

New York Yankees: December 3, 2004, New York Mets traded Mike Stanton to the New York Yankees for Felix Heredia. (Dickshot)

Houston: August 27, 2004, New York Mets traded Dan Wheeler to the Houston Astros for Adam Seuss. (Dickshot)

Tampa Bay: July 30, 2004, New York Mets traded Scott Kazmir and Joselo Diaz to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Victor Zambrano and Bartolome Fortunato. =orange](SI Metman)

Pittsburgh: July 30, 2004, New York Mets traded Ty Wigginton, Jose Bautista and Matt Peterson to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Kris Benson and Jeff Keppinger. (Dickshot)

Baltimore: July 19, 2004, New York Mets traded Karim Garcia to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike DeJean. =darkred](Seawolf)

St. Louis: April 3, 2004, New York Mets traded Roger Cedeño to the St. Louis Cardinals for Wilson Delgado and Chris Widger. =orange](SI Metman)

Chicago White Sox: March 27, 2004, New York Mets traded Timo Perez to the Chicago White Sox for Matt Ginter. (Dickshot)

Minnesota: July 30, 2001: New York Mets traded Rick Reed to the Minnesota Twins for Matt Lawton. (Dickshot)

Seattle: June 29, 2003: New York Mets traded Rey Sanchez to the Seattle Mariners for Kenny Kelly. (Dickshot)

Anaheim: December 27, 2001, New York Mets traded Kevin Appier to the Anaheim Angels for Mo Vaughn. =darkred](Seawolf)

San Francisco: December 16, 2001, New York Mets traded Tsuyoshi Shinjo and Desi Relaford to the San Francisco Giants for Shawn Estes. =green](duan)

Oakland: December 14, 2001, New York Mets traded David Justice to the Oakland Athletics for Mark Guthrie and Tyler Yates. =orange](SI Metman)

Cleveland: December 11, 2001, New York Mets traded Alex Escobar, Jerrod Riggan, Matt Lawton, Earl Snyder and Billy Traber to the Cleveland Indians for Roberto Alomar, Mike Bacsik and Danny Peoples. =orange](SI Metman)

Philadelphia: July 27, 2001, New York Mets traded Turk Wendell and Dennis Cook to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bruce Chen and Adam Walker. =green](duan)

Chicago: August 8, 1997, New York Mets traded Lance Johnson, Mark Clark and Manny Alexander to the Chicago Cubs for Turk Wendell, Mel Rojas and Brian McRae. =orange](SI Metman)

Atlanta: November 25, 1996: New York Mets traded Paul Byrd to the Atlanta Braves for Greg McMichael. (Dickshot)

[Guest Edgy DC]

Still on the board:

Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Toronto, Kansas City, Texas, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, San Diego, and I think two others.

[duan]

hang on I demand a recount; Jose Bautista was NEVER involved with the mets, what the Pirates did with Huber when they got him is NOTHING to do with us ;)

[Guest sharpie]

Cincy I'm going with Shaun Estes for Pedro Feliciano and Elvin Anderson and (later) Raul Gonzalez and Brady Clark.

[Guest sharpie]

And Pods I'm going with Bubba Trammell for Donne Walle.