Comments on: David Cone and the Trade that Sunk the ’92 Brewers http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/08/10/david-cone-and-the-trade-that-sunk-the-92-brewers/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:53:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Jamie http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/08/10/david-cone-and-the-trade-that-sunk-the-92-brewers/#comment-1140 Mon, 10 Aug 2015 23:45:08 +0000 http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=1336#comment-1140 Saying that “any other team in the American League could have claimed Cone on waivers in order to block the trade” is misleading. According to this piece from the LA Times, Cone was placed on waivers at the beginning of August, and no one — not the Brewers, not the O’s, not the Jays — claimed him. That left the Mets free to deal Cone to whichever team they wanted; it’s not like the Brewers or O’s could’ve tried to retroactively claim Cone on August 27 to block the trade.

http://articles.latimes.com/1992-08-28/sports/sp-5988_1_blue-jays

]]> By: Andy http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/08/10/david-cone-and-the-trade-that-sunk-the-92-brewers/#comment-1137 Mon, 10 Aug 2015 16:20:36 +0000 http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=1336#comment-1137 The 92 Brewers played some of their best baseball of the year post-Cone trade, finishing the season on a 24-10 run after August 27th, with the pitching staff putting up a 2.71 ERA in Sept/October. There may have been some value in keeping him off the Jays, but the Brewers played really, really well after the trade that wasn’t made.

The 1992 outfield of Yount, Bichette, Vaughn and Hamilton, with Molitor as the DH was the strong part of the offense and makes trading for Canseco or Bass a minimal upgrade in a month sample. Bill Krueger was at the end of his career and largely inneffective in 1992.

Of course every team that is close but doesn’t make it can look at the moves not made, but I’m not seeing a whole lot to back up the article’s premise.

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