Reds Trivia 5/9/08
July 4, 1998: The Reds deal pitcher Jeff Shaw to the Dodgers for Dennys Reyes and Paul Konerko.
Shaw, who had been selected as the Reds only representative to the All-Star game, appeared in teh game on July 7 at Coors Field in a Dodgers uniform. This was was the first time that a player had made his first appearance for a team at an All-Star game. The Reds wound up with a player in the game when Bret Boone was named to replace an injured Sammy Sosa.
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May 9th, 2008 at 11:30 am
What a great trade that would have been if they’d kept Konerko instead of Casey. They probably couldn’t afford him now, but he has had some great years.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Maybe the White Sox didn’t want Casey? The question of who to move (Konerko or Casey) is always posed as if the Reds had an option to move them for equal value.
And just because Konerko was traded shortly after being acquired, doesn’t mean is can’t be classified as a great trade. Think the White Sox trade Mike Cameron for Jeff Shaw? Flipping Shaw for Konerko for Cameron (then as the main part of the deal for Griffey at Griffey’s peak) seems like a series of upgrades to me.
Konerko vs. Casey after the trade. (Casey was with the Reds through 2005)
Konerko
Age, Year, Salary, OPS+
23, 1999, $215K, 116
24, 2000, $305K, 111
25, 2001, $2.3M, 119
26, 2002, $3.8M, 124
27, 2003, $6.25M, 83
28, 2004, $8M, 127
29, 2005, $8.75M, 136
30, 2006, $12M, 134
31, 2007, $12M, 116
Casey
Age, Year, Salary, OPS+
24, 1999, $220K, 132
25, 2000, $400K, 124
26, 2001, $3M, 108
27, 2002, $4M, 81
28, 2003, $5.6M, 102
29, 2004, $6.8M, 136
30, 2005, $7.8M, 109
31, 2006, $8.5M, 87
32, 2007, $4M, 96