Jim Bowden Trade Profile (Nationals)

A week ago, Mike Glab weighed in on Jim Bowden's tenure as Reds' GM. Today, he takes on Bowden's trade work with the Nationals below. At last, Jim Bowden will be working in a relatively stable environment in Washington. Ownership issues are settled, his title is no longer qualified by the interim tag and the Nats open their new ballpark in March. Bowden’s taking a different tack in opening a stadium this time around. Last time, when the Reds were gearing up to open Great American Ballpark, Bowden shot for the moon in 2000 and traded for Ken Griffey, Jr....

Jim Bowden Trade Profile (Reds)

If James Gordon Bowden III knows how to do anything, it’s working under circumstances that would make most people run, screaming, for the door. From the time the mercurial Marge Schott hired him to run the Cincinnati Reds to the start of his current term as GM of the orphaned Washington Nationals, he has been able to remain focused on wheeling and dealing. We’ll split Bowden’s tenures with the two teams into separate posts, starting today with his Cincinnati tenure. Download reds_trades_under_bowden_iii.xls here - a spreadsheet listing all of Bowden's trades as the Reds' GM. For a guy who eventually...

Omar Minaya Trade Profile (Mets)

Omar Minaya's made so many trades in recent years that I decided to break up his trade profile into two posts. I covered his 25 deals as the Expos' GM here. Minaya jumped to the large-market Mets in 2004, and by my count has made another 25 trades. Download new_york_mets_minaya.xls; it should be Minaya's entire trade record. Minaya kicked off the new year in 2005 by sending backup catcher Vance Wilson to the Tigers for infielder Anderson Hernandez. The Mets already had Mike Piazza and Ramon Castro on hand to catch that year. Wilson went on to become a 150...