Dan O'Dowd - GM Trade History

I still think the Jason Jennings was one of the more brilliant trades in my recent memory. Buccholz is a stud set up man, Hirsh is a servicable swing man, and even though Tavares is gone, he was a decent leadoff man for them. It also helps that Jennings is nowhere to be seen these days.

"I love these. This should be a GM's resume. My favorite is Minaya's. Man the talent he has traded away during his days with the Expos."

You can't fault Minaya for what happened with the Expos. His job was to keep the franchise in Montreal and try to "save" the franchise by getting in the playoffs/winning a pennant. The Expos had NO future at the time; what's the point of keeping a farm system when the team is about to be contracted anyways?

On O'Dowd: The Hampton and Helton signings were bad, but the others are decent.