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GM Initiation: Josh Byrnes

By Tim Dierkes | April 13, 2010 at 11:09am CDT

We're kicking off a new series here at MLBTR called GM Initiation.  Each post in the series will look at a general manager's first trade.

Josh Byrnes was hired as Diamondbacks GM on October 28th, 2005.  His first deal came on December 7th at the Winter Meetings.  Byrnes and Braves GM John Schuerholz agreed on a deal to send catcher Johnny Estrada to Arizona for relievers Oscar Villarreal and Lance Cormier.  Estrada went on to have a solid '06 campaign for the D'Backs and was used in a trade to acquire Doug Davis after the season.  Both relievers pitched two seasons for Atlanta, with Villarreal posting better numbers.

Byrnes was kind enough to answer a few questions about his first trade.

MLB Trade Rumors: 2005 marked your first Winter Meetings as a general manager.  How would you describe the experience?

Josh Byrnes: The 2005 Winter Meetings were busy. We were exploring many trades to reshape the roster. It was our first time together as a larger group in that type of setting.

MLBTR: Did you enter the '05 Meetings intent on acquiring a starting catcher?  About how many different catchers were you seriously considering?

Byrnes: We were trying to improve in the middle of the field. Later that month, we acquired Orlando Hudson, Eric Byrnes and Chris Young. Estrada was the catcher who made the most sense at the time.

MLBTR: What kind of relationship did you have with Braves GM John Schuerholz prior to the Estrada deal?  How long did it take to put the trade together?

Byrnes: I knew John a little bit. The trade came together fairly quickly. We had a few discussions at the meetings and agreed after a few conversations.

MLBTR: Does the Estrada trade hold significance for you, since it was your first acquisition?  Is the significance diminished because you were such an active trader that month?

Byrnes: I said at the time that the deal carried some significance to me because we did it with John. Certainly, he is one the best (if not the best) GM’s of all time. He is also very passionate about the game and the industry, so it is memorable to have made my first trade with John.

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  1. Brandon Woodworth

    13 years ago

    I remember this trade: Brian McCann was forming into a superstar so Estrada became expendable. I liked Estrada, but his lack of power I hated. This trade didn’t make sense to me at the time, but that was before I knew of Mr. McCann. And Villarreal pitched amazing for us; I never got why we traded him to Houston.

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    • Tim Dierkes

      13 years ago

      That’s right…I forgot to originally put this in this post, but here’s our post from the day of that deal.

      http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2005/12/braves-deal-est.html

      Reply
      • stl_cards16

        13 years ago

        We can’t look at old comments anymore? Whenever you would post something like this citing an old trade, I really enjoyed reading what people said about the trade at the time it happened. I don’t like the new commenting system. I comment much less because I have to log in everytime I do. I’m not sure why but I never had this problem with the old one

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        • venn177

          13 years ago

          Not since he switched to the Disqus comment system.

        • venn177

          13 years ago

          Not since he switched to the Disqus comment system.

      • stl_cards16

        13 years ago

        We can’t look at old comments anymore? Whenever you would post something like this citing an old trade, I really enjoyed reading what people said about the trade at the time it happened. I don’t like the new commenting system. I comment much less because I have to log in everytime I do. I’m not sure why but I never had this problem with the old one

        Reply
  2. ps314

    13 years ago

    nice idea Tim, cool concept

    Reply
  3. RiverKKiller999

    13 years ago

    Estrada done good for us leading the team in Avg and hitting great with RISP if I’m not mistaking.But he is no McCann with the bat ,Villarreal done good for us expecially when we needed it the most.

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