Thursday Trade Tree – Bill Madlock

In honor of the Pirates’ first time in 2nd place in who knows how long, a trade tree that spans from their last World Series winning team to their last division winning team. Two-time Pirates All-Star and batting champion, Bill Madlock. (click to embiggen) Mad Dog’s rate stats during his seven seasons with the Pirates [...]

Trimming the trees

I’ve gone back and edited the Jason Bay and Freddy Sanchez trade tree posts, adding color and adjusting the format to match later posts. Also, many thanks to The Common Man of The Platoon Advantage, who told me where to easily get draft pick compensation information for free agents that leave the organization. With that, [...]

Trade Tree Thursday – Milt May

I’m going to try to make this a regular feature here so it seems like a good time to lay out a basic explanation of the charts. First, a key: Each chart is built around the perspective of a single player, for a specific franchise. The last chart was Freddy Sanchez as seen from the [...]

Freddy Sanchez Trade Chart

Last week’s Jason Bay trade chart was so popular I decided to make another one. Here’s the breakdown of the Freddy Sanchez trade. Click to embiggen: Not nearly as productive as the last chart. The Pirates did well to get Freddy Sanchez and cash for what ended up being Scott Sauerbeck and Jeff Suppan, but [...]