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- Eugene Kingsale

- Rocky Cherry

- Eric DuBose

- Sal Fasano

- Geronimo Gil

- Omar Daal

- Ryan Minor

- Calvin Pickering

- Lenny Webster

- Walter Young

- Kurt Ainsworth

What is your problem with Sal Fasano and Geronimo Gil?!

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As much as I liked Roland Hemond for his work with the '89 team, the Robinson-for-Tettleton deal showed a stunning lack of understanding of value. He felt he had to dump Tettleton because he was a low-average hitter who struck out a lot, ignoring or completely missing the fact he had plus power and plate discipline at a premium defensive position that more than overcame those weaknesses.

Robinson, 28, was coming off two years where he had a 76 ERA+ and a negative K:BB ratio. Terrible pitcher.

Just to prolong the agony over that awful awful trade, Hemond traded Fruit Loops after season OPS+'s of 150 (!) and 116, after which he went on to have HR totals of 31, 32, 32, 17, 32, and 34, and OPS+'s of 140, 137, 132, 128, 132, and 102. Robinson was released outright by the O's after one season (5.18 ERA / 104.1 IP). He lasted just one more year in the majors.

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- Damian Moss

- Robert Machado

- Tim Raines Jr

- Gary Mathews Jr

- Jose Leon

- Rick Bauer

- Travis Driskell

- John Maine

- Darnell McDonald

- Jayson Werth

- Karim Garcia

- Chad Mueller

- Kerry Lightenberg

- Pedro Swann

- Josh Towers

- Ed Rogers

- Chris Britton

- Hayden Penn

- Chris Widger

- Jeff Fiorentino

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Not Alan Wiggans!!!

It's "Wiggins" (not "Wiggans"), may that tortured soul rest in peace. I wish his children continued success in their b-ball careers; from Wikipedia:

His daughter, Candice Wiggins, is a star basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. Before joining the Lynx as the third overall pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft, she had been an All-American performer at Stanford University. On January 31, 2008, in a game against USC, she scored 18 points to pass Kate Starbird as the all-time Stanford women's basketball scoring leader. His son, Alan Wiggins, Jr., is also playing professional basketball; he signed a one-year contract with German club Eisb?ren Bremerhaven in July 2007.

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