Transaction Quiz

[metsmarathon]

did we trade scott erickson to texas, or did they pick him up after he was released? or did he not go to texas last year after we were through with him, and i'm smoking crack?

and on another "i'm not really sure..." didnt we get brady clark from colorado in recent years? (edit: yeah, i really wasn't sure. cincy from above. damn. i suck)

[metsmarathon]

i've given up trying to guess, and have decided to see if i could root out the answers before others actally guessed them.

in doing so, i've come to question the answer for Cleveland:

[url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gutieri01.shtml]Ricky Gutierrez:[/url]
March 29, 2004: Sent to the New York Mets by the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.

[Frayed Knot]

duan wrote: 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 ;)

Except you got it backwards. We sent Huber to KC for Bautista, then sent Bautista, Wiggy & Peterson to Pittsburgh for Benson/Keppinger.

[Guest sharpie]

For both Milwaukee and Colorado:

Mets send Benny Agbayani to the Rox.
Mets send Lenny Harris & Glendon Rusch to the Brewers.
Rox send Craig House & Russ Gload to the Mets.
Brewers send Jeff D'Amico, Lou (calling all) Collier, Jeromy Burnitz and Mark Sweeney to the Mets.

Not that we care but the Rox send Alex Ochoa to the Brewers.

[Guest sharpie]

Hey Edgy, you give up on being the gameshow host here?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Gimme a bit.

[Valadius]

Arizona... would that be the Mark Little for PJ Bevis deal?

Come on guys- Florida- Preston Wilson, Ed Yarnall, Geoff Goetz for Mike Piazza

And I think that Toronto was the Tony Phillips trade, can't remember who they got though...

[Elster88]

Bump.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, sorry.

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

Bingo! Abso-feakin’-lutely correct

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

That ends your winning streak.

metsmarathon: did we trade scott erickson to texas, or did they pick him up after he was released? or did he not go to texas last year after we were through with him, and i'm smoking crack?

Are you asking or are you answering?

metsmarathon: and on another "i'm not really sure..." didnt we get brady clark from colorado in recent years? (edit: yeah, i really wasn't sure. cincy from above. damn. i suck)

I need two packages to make a trade.

metsmarathon: i've given up trying to guess, and have decided to see if i could root out the answers before others actally guessed them.

in doing so, i've come to question the answer for Cleveland:

Great.

Ricky Gutierrez: March 29, 2004: Sent to the New York Mets by the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.

This is a closed book test.

I have mixed information here, but I understand Goots as having been released.

Sharpie: For both Milwaukee and Colorado

Mets send Benny Agbayani to the Rox.
Mets send Lenny Harris & Glendon Rusch to the Brewers.
Rox send Craig House & Russ Gload to the Mets.
Brewers send Jeff D'Amico, Lou (calling all) Collier, Jeromy Burnitz and Mark Sweeney to the Mets.

Not that we care but the Rox send Alex Ochoa to the Brewers. :

No on Colorado Bingo! on Milwaukee.

Valadius: Arizona... would that be the Mark Little for PJ Bevis deal?

Bingo! for the new guy.

Come on guys- Florida- Preston Wilson, Ed Yarnall, Geoff Goetz for Mike Piazza

Nopey nopey.

And I think that Toronto was the Tony Phillips trade, can't remember who they got though...

Partial answers will count against your final score.

[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)

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)

Arizona: August 16, 2002, New York Mets traded Mark Little to the Arizona Diamondbacks for P. J. Bevis. =olive](Valadius)

Cincinnati: August 15, 2002, New York Mets traded Shawn Estes to the Cincinnati Reds for Raul Gonzalez, Brady Clark, Pedro Feliciano and Elvin Andujar. =indigo](sharpie)

Milwaukee: January 21, 2002, New York Mets traded Alex Ochoa, Glendon Rusch and Lenny Harris to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jeromy Burnitz, Jeff D'Amico, Mark Sweeney and Lou Collier. =indigo](sharpie)

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)

Still on the Board: Colorado, Florida, Kansas City, San Diego, Texas, Toronto, and Washington/Montreal

[seawolf17]

San Diego was Bobby Jones and Jason Bay for Steve Reed and Jason "Middlerbook".

[Guest Edgy DC]

Not quite.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hint: the remaining teams go in this order, from most recent trading partners to most distant:

Kansas City
Colorado
San Diego
Washington/Montreal
Florida
Toronto
Texas

Hint II: Two of the trades were on the same day.
Hint III: Three of them were deadline deals.
HInt IV: A few have been guessed, but the guesses didn't include all the personnel.

[seawolf17]

I cheated and looked the rest of them up, and there's no way people are guessing some of these. Because I've looked at the answers, I'll respectfully remove myself from the game the rest of the way.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Don't be discouraging.

KC is so do-able. Let's start there.

[Guest sharpie]

KC: Cerda for Sedlacek?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bingo!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kansas City: January 26, 2004, New York Mets traded Jaime Cerda to the Kansas City Royals for Shawn Sedlacek. =indigo](sharpie)

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

Arizona: August 16, 2002, New York Mets traded Mark Little to the Arizona Diamondbacks for P. J. Bevis. =olive](Valadius)

Cincinnati: August 15, 2002, New York Mets traded Shawn Estes to the Cincinnati Reds for Raul Gonzalez, Brady Clark, Pedro Feliciano and Elvin Andujar. =indigo](sharpie)

Milwaukee: January 21, 2002, New York Mets traded Alex Ochoa, Glendon Rusch and Lenny Harris to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jeromy Burnitz, Jeff D'Amico, Mark Sweeney and Lou Collier. =indigo](sharpie)

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

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

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. =blue](Dickshot)

Still on the Board: Colorado, Florida, San Diego, Texas, Toronto, and Washington/Montreal

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I thought we had Colorado already -- Payton and Mark Stoner Corey for John Thomson and Mark "I Suck Not A" Little. Little was then moved to Arizona for Bevis Butthead. What happened to that guy?

[seawolf17]

Heh-heh. You said "suck."

[Guest Edgy DC]

You're missing somebody in that Colorado deal. Think tattoos.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Rob Stratton. Had his family name tattooed down his spine - that had to hurt!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bingo!

And another trade hap'd that same day...

Bingo!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kansas City: January 26, 2004, New York Mets traded Jaime Cerda to the Kansas City Royals for Shawn Sedlacek. =indigo](sharpie)

Colorado: July 31, 2002, New York Mets traded Jay Payton, Mark Corey and Robert Stratton to the Colorado Rockies for John Thomson and Mark Little. =red](ScarletKnight)Seattle: June 29, 2003, New York Mets traded Rey Sanchez to the Seattle Mariners for Kenny Kelly. =blue](Dickshot)

Arizona: August 16, 2002, New York Mets traded Mark Little to the Arizona Diamondbacks for P. J. Bevis. =olive](Valadius)

Cincinnati: August 15, 2002, New York Mets traded Shawn Estes to the Cincinnati Reds for Raul Gonzalez, Brady Clark, Pedro Feliciano and Elvin Andujar. =indigo](sharpie)

Milwaukee: January 21, 2002, New York Mets traded Alex Ochoa, Glendon Rusch and Lenny Harris to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jeromy Burnitz, Jeff D'Amico, Mark Sweeney and Lou Collier. =indigo](sharpie)

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

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

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. =blue](Dickshot)

Still on the Board: Florida, San Diego, Texas, Toronto, and Washington/Montreal

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hints

Florida: Think first-at-bat home runs.

San Diego: Peeps have gotten pieces of this, but there are a few leftover details that they haven’t been able to wrap up.

Texas: The trade involved a solid journeyman fourth outfielder, who only got a partial season with us after being acquired in a high-profile trade.

Toronto: The Mets trade for a veteran bat off the bench.

Washington/Montreal: Parts of this trade have been suggested, but not the whole enchilada. It’s part of the great Rick Anderson/Ed Hearn trade chain.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Florida: Think catchers but don't think about Piazza.

[Guest Jman12]

Dicky Roberts Bruce Chen and Luis Figeroa for Scott Strickland Matt Watson and Phil Seibel

[Guest Jman12]

Jorge Fabergas for Oscar Henriquez

[Guest Edgy DC]

Jman12: Dicky Roberts Bruce Chen and Luis Figeroa for Scott Strickland Matt Watson and Phil Seibel

Bingo!

Jorge Fabergas for Oscar Henriquez

Bingo!

Welcome, Jman.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kansas City: January 26, 2004, New York Mets traded Jaime Cerda to the Kansas City Royals for Shawn Sedlacek. =indigo](sharpie)

Colorado: July 31, 2002, New York Mets traded Jay Payton, Mark Corey and Robert Stratton to the Colorado Rockies for John Thomson and Mark Little. =red](ScarletKnight)Seattle: June 29, 2003, New York Mets traded Rey Sanchez to the Seattle Mariners for Kenny Kelly. =blue](Dickshot)

Arizona: August 16, 2002, New York Mets traded Mark Little to the Arizona Diamondbacks for P. J. Bevis. =olive](Valadius)

Cincinnati: August 15, 2002, New York Mets traded Shawn Estes to the Cincinnati Reds for Raul Gonzalez, Brady Clark, Pedro Feliciano and Elvin Andujar. =indigo](sharpie)

Washington/Montreal: April 5, 2002, New York Mets traded Bruce Chen, Dicky Gonzalez and Luis Figueroa to the Montreal Expos for Scott Strickland, Matt Watson and Philip Seibel. =brown](Jman12)

Milwaukee: January 21, 2002, New York Mets traded Alex Ochoa, Glendon Rusch and Lenny Harris to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jeromy Burnitz, Jeff D'Amico, Mark Sweeney and Lou Collier. =indigo](sharpie)

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

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

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)

Florida: November 20, 1998, New York Mets traded Jorge Fabregas to the Florida Marlins for Oscar Henriquez. =brown](Jman12)

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. =blue](Dickshot)

Still on the Board: San Diego, Texas, and Toronto

[Guest Jman12]

Is Josh Reynolds the missing guy in the San Diego Trade

[Guest Jman12]

Leoncio Estrella for Tony Phillips.

[Guest Jman12]

Damon Buford for Terrell Lowery.

BOOM
looks like were done