10 GREATEST MLB TRADES THAT ALMOST HAPPENED

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  • Ranking the GREATEST MLB Trades that almost happened...including Ken Griffey Jr to the New York Mets, Alex Rodriguez to the Red Sox, Ted Williams to the Yankees, and more players from the best MLB Teams in the league!
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  • @muhammadbarokah81
    @muhammadbarokah81 Před 3 lety +132

    Funny enough, Dontrelle Willis actually got traded to Tigers from Marlins as a part of Miggy trade

    • @colethomas1994
      @colethomas1994 Před 3 lety

      Yeah and Willis had a few good seasons with the Tigers. I’m a Tigers fan and I’m pretty sure that was a good trade.

    • @DownriverRick
      @DownriverRick Před 3 lety +7

      @@colethomas1994 Willis was 2-8 with a 6.86 ERA in 3 seasons in Detroit. Not good.

    • @Jx2sick
      @Jx2sick Před 3 lety

      Trevor Lain I’m gonna need those chief

    • @jboogie681
      @jboogie681 Před 3 lety

      the Marlins traded away Miguel Cabrera before his monster seasons in 2012, 2013 and 2014 lmfao.

    • @YankeesFan0620
      @YankeesFan0620 Před 3 lety

      Supprised that Marc omitted that

  • @zachduke5995
    @zachduke5995 Před 3 lety +38

    As a jays fan this may sound insane but I’m almost glad that the David Wright trade didn’t happen because then we probably wouldn’t have traded for josh Donaldson

    • @yeminadiv
      @yeminadiv Před 3 lety +7

      Zach Duke I’m a jays fan the fact they almost traded Joey bats scares me

  • @pizzacatyt
    @pizzacatyt Před 3 lety +87

    Marc, I know it's a bit late but could you do a All Star team lineup for the AL and the NL because it's technically the midpoint of the season?

  • @kevingohdcantgo12-09
    @kevingohdcantgo12-09 Před 3 lety +33

    Marc you need that handlebar mustache

  • @idontdeservethis1979
    @idontdeservethis1979 Před 3 lety +27

    That DiMaggio ,William's trade would have gotten a nickname

    • @randomdude3059
      @randomdude3059 Před 3 lety +3

      Yeah the drunk trade

    • @idontdeservethis1979
      @idontdeservethis1979 Před 3 lety

      Lol

    • @invincibleraid
      @invincibleraid Před 3 lety +1

      To be honest, I can still see DiMaggio in a Red Sox uniform and Williams in a NYY uniform.

    • @demonkingbadger6689
      @demonkingbadger6689 Před 3 lety

      Given how their career paths went afterward, the Yankees would have gotten the better deal in most ways.
      DiMaggio body started breaking down not long after, and would retire in 1951. While Williams played till 1960.
      Some other thoughts:
      Joe could have played with brother Dom (and maybe vould have transitioned to a corner OF spot) and his old Yankee manager Joe McCarthy.
      Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle back to back in the lineup through the 1950s!
      And finally, quite possibly, Ted Williams last play of his career could have been watching the famous Mazeroski HR go over his head and the fence 8n 1960 World Series. (In place of Yogi in LF)

  • @C4PTAINBUGGY_.
    @C4PTAINBUGGY_. Před 3 lety +58

    I’m surprised he didn’t make a video about the Mets sweeping the double header against the Yankees😮

    • @d0dge.609
      @d0dge.609 Před 3 lety +2

      SAMUEL JACOBOWITZ yes it was

    • @dorianb1877
      @dorianb1877 Před 3 lety +2

      D0DGE. Technically they are the Yankees but their roster was horendous

    • @stevensami1886
      @stevensami1886 Před 3 lety +1

      I think he understands that everyone good is on the IL besides Voit.

    • @nysportsfan31
      @nysportsfan31 Před 3 lety

      SAMUEL JACOBOWITZ well it’s the Yankees so you’re just salty that your whole team is injury prone

    • @stevensami1886
      @stevensami1886 Před 3 lety

      QuackedDaniel he’s not salty. Just because it’s the Yankees doesn’t mean he can’t be right. Look at our box lineup against the Mets on that double header day.

  • @johnduffy9088
    @johnduffy9088 Před 3 lety +19

    I think it would be so cool to wear the Jackie Robinson number during regular games

  • @nf._.prodss6329
    @nf._.prodss6329 Před 3 lety

    I love the videos. Keep up the great work

  • @andrewbrower2499
    @andrewbrower2499 Před 3 lety +36

    I couldn't imagine Rivera on a different team

  • @Seamhead1967
    @Seamhead1967 Před 3 lety +3

    Great list! If you're planning on doing another I have a suggestion. In 1925 the Yankees offered the Red Sox Lou Gehrig for Phil Todt, but Boston turned them down. We all know that Gehrig went on to greatness while Todt finished his 8-year career with an 82 OPS+. That was 42 years before I was born, but it still hurts.

  • @jonbolin344
    @jonbolin344 Před 3 lety

    such a great vid Marc keep going off man. #SpursUp 🤙🏻

  • @trentwilkes4293
    @trentwilkes4293 Před 3 lety +15

    Before you drop a part 2 of this can you drop the most disappointing player from ever team

  • @eantom1096
    @eantom1096 Před 3 lety +3

    7:20 marc calling himself a Loser for being a Met fan is the best! 🤣🤣🤣😭

  • @zanecherniak8431
    @zanecherniak8431 Před 3 lety +5

    Wait..... you’re telling me we could’ve had David WRIGHT?? My heart.....

  • @patrickwerner4723
    @patrickwerner4723 Před 3 lety +3

    Going off of the Dimaggio Williams trade you should do a "Biggest trades where no teams lost" video, going over superstars being traded for other superstars

    • @invincibleraid
      @invincibleraid Před 3 lety

      Not sur eif there are better trades with superstars than that. There are probably only like 3-4 trades with superstars on both teams.

  • @rogregg29445
    @rogregg29445 Před 3 lety +5

    That bonds deal would have been such a lopsided deal though Pena was one hell of pitcher

    • @rogregg29445
      @rogregg29445 Před 2 lety

      @Lighthouse in the Storm the players the braves would have traded weren’t the caliber of player bonds was Peña was a great pitcher though

  • @tripdeck5698
    @tripdeck5698 Před 3 lety +48

    Just imagine ted Williams on the yankees

  • @li_yankeeking5478
    @li_yankeeking5478 Před 3 lety +1

    Yes part 2 please

  • @trevorschmitt-ernst4813
    @trevorschmitt-ernst4813 Před 3 lety +2

    The even more crazy part of the Williams-DiMaggio trade was Joe just won '47 MVP and Ted just got second in voting and won in '46, so these were to player at the absolute top of the game

    • @demonkingbadger6689
      @demonkingbadger6689 Před 3 lety

      DiMaggio's body did start breaking down soon after. Missed the first half of 1949 with a bad heel. And dealt with some nagging stuff in 1951, where he finally retired.

  • @devinward7865
    @devinward7865 Před 3 lety +1

    Marc really likes the word penultimate

  • @juShiesty99
    @juShiesty99 Před 3 lety

    Just won a game of fall guys watching this. LOL. Love the vids mark

  • @epict1337
    @epict1337 Před 10 měsíci

    Tigers fan here. I find it hilarious that we tried to give up Grandy and JV for Dontrelle, they refused, and we STILL ended up getting Dontrelle later on.

  • @Jx2sick
    @Jx2sick Před 3 lety +1

    Another interesting what if trade is before the Tigers officially acquired Miggy, the Angels were the front runners but apparently they didn't want Dontrelle... Just imagine the Angels during 2012-2014 with Trout and prime Miggy... They would be a disgusting duo

  • @johnduffy9088
    @johnduffy9088 Před 3 lety +1

    We WANT that part 2

  • @ATCguy1973
    @ATCguy1973 Před 3 lety +1

    You should do a video on trades the Mets almost made. There was talk in the 1970s that Seaver was going to be traded to the Dodgers for Don Sutton. The Mets almost traded Ray Knight to the Pirates for Lee Mazzili prior to the 1986 season. I remember prior to the 1989 season, the Mets almost traded Howard Johnson, Sid Fernandez, Lenny Dykstra and Top prospect David West to the Braves for Dale Murphy and Paul Assemacher. The same quartet of Mets was offered to the Mariners for Mark Langston and Jay Buhner. And how about the Mets not wanting to give up Victor Diaz for Manny Ramirez in 2005?

  • @nathangursky4628
    @nathangursky4628 Před 3 lety +1

    Also, me being a Mets fan as well, the Griffey trade would have killed them in my opinion. Not even bringing up injuries, because, who knows, maybe he could have gotten better care in NY. But giving up Cedeno and Dotel wouldn’t have gotten the Mets Hampton. I doubt they make the Series without him (and Bell.. very underrated). Like him or not, Benitez was a strong closer from 98-01. Payton was a solid player but they traded him anyway for almost nothing. The finances would have been an issue. KGJr. was a soon to be free agent. I’m guessing they would have stretched the budget to sign him which, most likely, wouldn’t have worked out well. But the main thing is due to Hampton rejecting arbitration and being a type A, the Mets drafted Wright with that comp pick. So if it wasn’t for Cedeno and Dotel, David Wright would have played elsewhere. I’m good for not getting Griffey haha.
    Barry Larkin in 2000 would have been interesting, though.. maybe playing for a contender on the big stage would have woken him.

  • @travisrowe7697
    @travisrowe7697 Před 3 lety

    Need part 2!!!

  • @showtimenick824
    @showtimenick824 Před 3 lety

    Don Zimmer was the year before A-Rod was traded to the Yankees. I remember watching both Don Zimmer vs Pedro and A-Rod vs Varitek live. I was in 4th grade for Pedro vs Don Zimmer and going into 5th grade when A-Rod vs Varitek happened.

  • @mysticalmurray6373
    @mysticalmurray6373 Před 3 lety +1

    Back in 2001, the Reds and Padres agreed to trade Ken Griffey Jr. for Phil Nevin. But Nevin had a no trade clause and didn’t want to waive it. So the deal never happened

  • @oshjoshbgosh3354
    @oshjoshbgosh3354 Před 3 lety

    Marc are you going to be streaming the trade deadline on the 31st? Much love

  • @SmoothCriminal12
    @SmoothCriminal12 Před 3 lety

    Rivera also almost got sent to Detroit in 95 for David Wells, who ended up with the Yanks a year and a half later anyway.

  • @chaz764
    @chaz764 Před 3 lety +10

    9:33 try being a mariner fan never made the playoffs in my lifetime and i have to here that our football team should have ran the ball over and over again

    • @reversecard8196
      @reversecard8196 Před 3 lety

      And the fact ur basketball team got relocated to Oklahoma City, I’m really sorry I had to say it

    • @im_waffles2920
      @im_waffles2920 Před 3 lety

      I am so, so sorry.

    • @petbull7038
      @petbull7038 Před 3 lety

      You really should have run the ball. You had beast mode for gods sake

    • @reversecard8196
      @reversecard8196 Před 3 lety +1

      The wxw-lonewolf-wxw I’m not a Seahawks fan I’m an eagles fan my team can actually beat the patriots in the super bowl

    • @lilahjohnson4070
      @lilahjohnson4070 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah try being a Twins fan! They've made the playoffs a bunch of times in my lifetime but EVERY SINGLE TIME they get swept by the Yankees, and that's even worse than not getting into the playoffs.

  • @brandonstevens36
    @brandonstevens36 Před 3 lety

    Those Pedro pitches were unreal

  • @josuerodriguez3869
    @josuerodriguez3869 Před 3 lety +2

    For the Mets trade, Octavio Dotel was one of the best closers

  • @bradypolk7416
    @bradypolk7416 Před 3 lety

    We need more parts please

  • @owenhutchison4295
    @owenhutchison4295 Před 3 lety

    Jay Bruce was saposed to go to Toronto for Micheal Saunders and a couple prospects in 2016. The trade fell through unfortunately because a player involved was injured. I would have loved to see Bruce on that '16 Blue Jay's team.

  • @ctcards2636
    @ctcards2636 Před 2 lety +2

    I remember Bonds almost going to Braves, it seemed like it was gonna happen. I gotta agree Bonds is one of the best players (Steroids or not). He already had a HOF career before all the negative shit.

  • @nathangursky4628
    @nathangursky4628 Před 3 lety

    I’m a pretty knowledgeable baseball fan so I knew all of these already. Any shot you could compile a list of more obscure almost trades/free agent signings?

  • @bambamthecloutgod8193
    @bambamthecloutgod8193 Před 3 lety +1

    You should make a video on baseball the best players that almost chose a different sport

  • @nickwillisjr.5887
    @nickwillisjr.5887 Před 3 lety

    I remember reading about the Williams DiMaggio trade. It was actually DiMaggio and a few other guys, because at that point was already 32, and Williams was 28. Williams went on to produce about 77 Wins for the remainder of his career, while DiMaggio only about 29. Incredibly lopsided.

  • @will-eh3qt
    @will-eh3qt Před 3 lety

    What makes the Arod Red Sox trade even crazier is that Boston planned on trading Nomar Garciaparra (their former star shortstop) to the White Sox in exchange for their all star outfielder Magglio Ordóñez

  • @charlieradant
    @charlieradant Před 3 lety

    Fun video RIP black panther

  • @Nathan7510
    @Nathan7510 Před 3 lety

    Please do a part 2

  • @wizardofodd1103
    @wizardofodd1103 Před 3 lety +1

    What about the 1993 Bluejays almost getting Randy Johnson for Steve Karsay and Mike Timlin.

  • @chrisa.1153
    @chrisa.1153 Před 3 lety

    Could you do a last minute/day of trades that could happen by tomorrow!

  • @kingbaseball883
    @kingbaseball883 Před 3 lety

    Your a Mets fan ayyyy I’m Mets fan too

  • @79ca97
    @79ca97 Před 3 lety

    Could you do a trade deadline recap?

  • @marcus3704able
    @marcus3704able Před 3 lety

    Do a what if series on the channel

  • @petergriffin8745
    @petergriffin8745 Před 3 lety +23

    Marc the Mets lost on a wild pitch. Being a Mets’ fan is the worst pain to experience.

    • @gothard5
      @gothard5 Před 3 lety

      Nope. Reds.

    • @petergriffin8745
      @petergriffin8745 Před 3 lety +1

      gothard5 But at least you guys have had really big success in the past. The Mets have been terrible and blowing very important games since ‘62.

    • @WinslowForPrez
      @WinslowForPrez Před 3 lety +3

      Long Jimmies obviously you don’t know what being a mariners fan is like. Still been 20 years since we’ve been in the playoffs

    • @MorgenBaird_888
      @MorgenBaird_888 Před 3 lety

      actually the cubs did

    • @Mhmhm-uz8xv
      @Mhmhm-uz8xv Před 3 lety

      They just blew a 7-2 lead

  • @daveythegambler6312
    @daveythegambler6312 Před 3 lety +6

    Reaction/opinion on new Texas Rangers stadium and Blues jays buffalo stadium.

  • @johnnycastillo7701
    @johnnycastillo7701 Před 3 lety

    You got 3000 likes, part 2 now please.

  • @nysportsfan31
    @nysportsfan31 Před 3 lety

    As a met fan, who grew up the biggest David Wright fan you’d meet, I always wore number 5 in little league, thinking that he may have ended up a blue jay, it baffles me.

  • @jesses-m
    @jesses-m Před 3 lety +3

    Randy Johnson was almost traded to the Blue Jays in 1993

  • @ballz013
    @ballz013 Před 3 lety

    That side trade with the White Sox would have been Nomar for Magglio Ordonez. The 2003 Red Sox would have looked so much different

  • @owengraven4875
    @owengraven4875 Před 3 lety

    U doing a trade deadline stream?

  • @travisrowe7697
    @travisrowe7697 Před 3 lety

    As a Sox fan I’m glad the trade didn’t happen but imagine DiMaggio with the monster and Williams with the short porch in Yankee stadium... interesting to say the least

  • @mattschultzfinkler
    @mattschultzfinkler Před 3 lety

    Do the manager rankings please

  • @nickmarek5332
    @nickmarek5332 Před 3 lety +1

    How did you not mention how Willis went to the Tigers anyway with MIGUEL CABRERA a few years later??

  • @rsuriyop
    @rsuriyop Před 3 lety +1

    Now, let's talking about crazy trades that actually _did_ happen. Let's first start off with trading Mookie Betts of the Red Sox for Alex Verdugo of the Dodgers.

  • @rafikatz4069
    @rafikatz4069 Před 3 lety

    Ik there’s not a lot of big trades this year probably but can you still do a prediction video

  • @jokersdeadlygaming8801

    With Williams and DiMaggio they also thought Joe would be better off in Boston being a righty and Williams a Lefty on NY and the "short" porch

  • @redsox1156
    @redsox1156 Před 3 lety

    Cleveland also blew a 3-1 lead in the 2007 ALCS to the Sox

  • @bakermob29
    @bakermob29 Před 3 lety

    Being a Tigers fan I surprised we dodge trading JV then. We’ve made so many bad trades in the last 6-7 years.

  • @MIKELIN8
    @MIKELIN8 Před 3 lety

    Marc, you may be too young to remember this, but Pedro Martinez was not originally an Expo. He came up with the Dodgers, and he was traded for Delino DeShields. He was traded because Tommy LaSorda was not a big fan of his. I believe I remember Tommy being quoted as saying Pedro 'had no guts'.
    And Dodgers fans wonder why I post hate notes about their beloved Tommy.

  • @bensteinberg2154
    @bensteinberg2154 Před 3 lety

    What Marc doesn’t mention is that the gm that refused and insulted David Wright ended up joining the Mets front office a few years later

  • @bakermob29
    @bakermob29 Před 3 lety

    I was looking through my old baseball cards and I have a minor league card of Bobby Bonds Jr. I had no idea he had a brother that player professionally.

  • @Ricsuave
    @Ricsuave Před rokem

    Griffey would have actually come to the Mets but Steve Phillips gave him a time limit for his answer and Griffey told him to kick rocks.

  • @robertgenovese2229
    @robertgenovese2229 Před 3 lety

    Are u doing a trade deadline video

  • @stevegallo8483
    @stevegallo8483 Před 3 lety

    As a Red Sox fan, I'm glad the A-Roid trade didn't happen. By the way, the incident between Pedro and Zimmer happened in the 2003 ALCS, so that was before the proposed trade that would have sent Manny to Texas and A-Roid to Boston.

  • @peterzavala8322
    @peterzavala8322 Před 3 lety

    Do a part 2 mlb trades that almost happened

  • @andrewc.4471
    @andrewc.4471 Před 3 lety

    Oh here's a great one for part 2, the Yankees offered Lou Gehrig to the Red Sox straight up for Phil Todt. The Yankees pretty much wanted to thank the Red Sox for the Ruth trade but the Red Sox turned it down.

  • @isaacsmith3671
    @isaacsmith3671 Před 3 lety +6

    Lets be honest if verlander went to the marlins he wouldve been traded away a few years ago

  • @dylanzamperin6506
    @dylanzamperin6506 Před 3 lety

    Do a trade deadline predictions video

    • @Evanchappell796
      @Evanchappell796 Před 3 lety

      That’s my best video on my channel with 500 views!!!

  • @howsyamomma2673
    @howsyamomma2673 Před 3 lety

    Padres were gonna trade for Ken Griffey Jr. in 2001, but Phil Nevin declined to waive his no trade clause. :(

  • @ItsSolo
    @ItsSolo Před 3 lety +4

    W

  • @ajhernandez27
    @ajhernandez27 Před 3 lety

    Do a trade deadline prediction

  • @showtimenick824
    @showtimenick824 Před 3 lety

    I sure am glad Steinbrenner didn't get to have complete control of the team. If he did, he would've run that team into the ground and not even just with that Mariano Rivera trade you mentioned.

  • @KardiFan2000
    @KardiFan2000 Před 3 lety +1

    Randy Johnson almost got traded to the Jays at the 1993 trade deadline.

  • @blmjusa
    @blmjusa Před 3 lety

    I can't believe you didn't mention the trade that almost happened between The Mets and Red Sox involving Manny Ramirez for Mike Cameron and Lastings Milledge.

  • @quietstromakajah5085
    @quietstromakajah5085 Před 3 lety

    What up dude

  • @veermarwah6052
    @veermarwah6052 Před 3 lety +4

    Yo Marc can you do a video on will the Dodgers ever win the world series

  • @quantumfootball
    @quantumfootball Před 3 lety

    One of the Rivera trade concepts that didn't happen was that the Yankees were going to give Rivera and Jorge Posada (who was in AA at the time) to the Reds for outfielder Curtis Goodwin, and Jim Bowden turned it down because he always overvalued outfielders.

  • @geminijets33
    @geminijets33 Před 3 lety

    2:30 Felix Fermin who is shortstop only hit 4 career home runs and Dontrelle Willis who is pitcher hit 9 career homers. Wow lol

  • @dague2731
    @dague2731 Před 3 lety

    can we see trade deadline predictions, buyer or sellers .

  • @ryanbaker7434
    @ryanbaker7434 Před 3 lety

    for the barry bonds to the braves trade it might have costed the braves getting maddux so that was best for ATL

  • @darkshadow8886
    @darkshadow8886 Před 3 lety

    Not to disrespect mark but I watched a video from stark raving sports on how Steinbrenners ban caused the 90s dynasty

  • @gbuz5789
    @gbuz5789 Před 3 lety

    I love how you filter everything through the eye of a Mets fan.

  • @mariobonilla2352
    @mariobonilla2352 Před 3 lety +1

    I haven't even finished the video yet I barely started and you already have a thumbs up/like from me for a part 2. Who is with me???

  • @sethkettel263
    @sethkettel263 Před 3 lety +1

    Why wouldn’t the Expos accept that trade? They could’ve gotten Bartolo for Pedro? Pedro is just a mimic of the unmeasurable power of Bartolo.

  • @thefilthychi7149
    @thefilthychi7149 Před 3 lety

    Do what the all star teams would be

  • @brendan6817
    @brendan6817 Před 3 lety

    The Expos & Cards trade is the most expos thing ever

  • @peterextreme4234
    @peterextreme4234 Před rokem

    Give part two

  • @ATCguy1973
    @ATCguy1973 Před 3 lety

    I remember the Jay Buhner for Ken Phelps trade. What a disaster for the Yankees. Rivera for Felix Fermin would have been unforgivable. Thank the Yankee Gods that George Steinbrenner finally showed some restraint in the 1990s and was able to put together a dynasty

  • @martiinezjordann
    @martiinezjordann Před 3 lety +1

    For part 2 add Aroldis Chapman to the Dodgers back in 2016, deal was done but Chapman got into legal trouble. Dodgers would’ve had Kenley Jansen and Chapman, Yankees trade would’ve never happened and Cubs would’ve never had Chapman for their WS team

  • @ryanschield975
    @ryanschield975 Před 3 lety +1

    Would the Expos have stayed in Montreal if they had Pujols?

  • @gus3574
    @gus3574 Před rokem

    I like people like Marc, some people like other teams because their the best in the league, for example dodgers have the best season in history,my friend originally liked the marlins but now all of the sudden he likes dodgers now…but Marc has been a Mets fan since he was born.

  • @tumtumtakesover3544
    @tumtumtakesover3544 Před 3 lety +1

    Zack Hample caught a rod 3000 hit

  • @PoeticProphetic
    @PoeticProphetic Před 3 lety

    As a Mets fan I too share your pain. I know the Mets could‘ve signed Vladimir Guerrero, but they weren’t willing to sign 9+ year contract

  • @thejerryouknow
    @thejerryouknow Před 3 lety

    Jose Fernandez was almost traded to the diamondbacks for AJ Pollock and Patrick Corbin

  • @ericmonaco4509
    @ericmonaco4509 Před rokem

    Also another you could add to this list Aaron Judge to the Giants