8. 3B Keith Ginter, A's: In 2002, sent from Houston to Milwaukee along with another player to be named later (Wayne Franklin) in exchange for Mark Loretta and cash. (Named 5 days later)
9. C Miguel Olivo, Mariners: In 2000, sent from Oakland to Chicago in exchange for Chad Bradford. (Named 6 days later)
Rotation:
Jason Schmidt, Giants: In 1996, traded from Atlanta to Pittsburgh along with Ron Wright in exchange for Denny Neagle. (Named two days later)
Jeremy Bonderman, Tigers: In 2002, sent to Detroit from Oakland in the three-team deal that sent Jeff Weaver from Detroit to New York, Ted Lilly from New York to Oakland and Carlos Pena, Franklyn German and Bonderman from Oakland to Detroit. (Named 50 days later)
Tony Armas, Jr., Nationals: In 1997, traded from Boston to Montreal along with Carl Pavano in exchange for Pedro Martinez. (Named a month later)
Kevin Brown, Yankees: In 1990, traded from New York Mets to Milwaukee along with PNL Julio Machado in exchange for PNL Kevin Carmody and Charlie O'Brien. (Named eight days later). He was also a PNL in 1987 when Atlanta sent him to New York in exchange for Terry Blocker.
Ted Lilly, Blue Jays: In 1999-2000, sent from Montreal to New York Yankees along with another PNL (Christian Parker) in exchange for Hideki Irabu. (Named 3 months later)
Bullpen:
Jose Mesa, Pirates: In 1987, traded from Toronto to Baltimore along with Oswaldo Peraza in exchange for Mike Flanagan. (Named 4 days later)
Ray King, Cardinals: In 1996, traded from Cincinnati to Atlanta along with Chad Fox in exchange for Mike Kelly.
Matt Belisle, Reds: In 2003, sent from Atlanta to Cincinnati in exchange for Kent Mercker. (Named two days later)
Elizardo Ramirez, Reds: In 2003, sent from Philadelphia along with other prospects to Cincinnati in exchange for Cory Lidle. (Named two days later).
John Halama, Red Sox: In 1998, sent from Houston to Seattle along with Freddy Garcia and Carlos Guillen in exchange for Randy Johnson.
Article comments
1 - Tan The Man
Yeah, the scouting for those teams must have sucked in order to miss some of those guys. But no one doubted Jason Schmidt's talent, it was just a matter of patience in waiting for him to blossom. If the Braves gave him away, then they sure did doubt how long it would take.
2 - spycake
A couple notes:
1) That was a different Kevin Brown (a catcher, I believe). The starting pitcher Kevin Brown was a #1 pick of the Rangers and came up in their organization.
2) Some of these are PTBNL's in only the technical sense, and not in the "minor-league-filler", diamond-in-the-rough spirit of this list. For example, Jason Schmidt and Jeremy Bonderman were both key components of the their respective trades; I suspect their inclusion as a PTBNL was for procedural reasons (i.e. letting them finish with the same minor league team, waiting to see results of a physical or recovery from injury, etc.).
3 - spycake
Correction: the Kevin Brown you reference was a pitcher, but he was out of the league by 1992. (The catcher Kevin Brown came a few years later)