A trade involving Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez would rank among MLB’s biggest deals
(1) Tigers-Indians
April 17, 1960
Detroit traded Harvey Kuenn, who had hit over .300 in seven of his first eight seasons, to Cleveland for Rocky Colavito, who totaled 129 home runs and 373 runs batted in, in four seasons.
(2) Reds-Orioles
Dec. 9, 1965
Cincinnati traded Frank Robinson to Baltimore for Milt Pappas, Jack Baldschun and Dick Simpson. All Robinson did was win the Triple Crown in 1966.
(3) Athletics-Orioles
April 2, 1976
Oakland traded Reggie Jackson, Ken Holtzman and Bill VanBommell to Baltimore for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell.
(4) Marlins-Dodgers
May 15, 1998
Florida broke up its World Series championship team by trading Gary Sheffield, Bobby Bonilla, Charles Johnson, Jim Eisenreich and Manuel Barrios to Los Angeles for Mike Piazza and Todd Zeile.
(5) Blue Jays-Yankees
Feb. 18, 1999
Toronto sent Roger Clemens to New York for David Wells, Graeme Lloyd and Homer Bush.
(6) Reds-Astros
Nov. 29, 1971
Cincinnati acquired Joe Morgan, Jack Billingham, Denis Menke, Cesar Geronimo and Ed Armbrister from Houston for Lee May, Tommy Helms and Jimmy Stewart
And don’t forget . . .
– Dec. 5, 1990: Toronto’s Fred McGriff and Tony Fernandez for San Diego’s Joe Carter and Roberto Alomar
– Feb. 10, 2000: Ken Griffey Jr. goes from Seattle to Cincinnati for Brett Tomko, Mike Cameron, Antonio Perez and Jake Meyer.
– April 21, 1966: Cubs get Ferguson Jenkins, Adolfo Phillips and John Herrnstein from Philadelphia for Larry Jackson and Bob Buhl.
– Jan. 14, 1963: White Sox trade Luis Aparicio and Al Smith to Baltimore for Hoyt Wilhelm, Pete Ward, Ron Hansen and Dave Nicholson.
