March 17, 201016 yr Added the of Players so we don't get any Morganna references. Okay, we have the thread on greatest Reds but who were the biggest busts? 3B Brandon Larson OF Paul Householder SP Brandon Claussen
March 17, 201016 yr I am only 21 so I have a limited choice, but with all the hypea around both my list has to start with Brandon Larson.
March 17, 201016 yr Brandon Claussen, wow. Larson has to be the #1 choice. Austin Kearns was a bust as well. In recent memory, I'd also add Gookie Dawkins & Ryan Wagner.
March 17, 201016 yr Bruce Bereyni Frank Pastore Paul Hoseholder Duanne Walker Nick Esasky Just a few :cry:
March 17, 201016 yr The Reds gave up Frank Robinson as the Management felt he was getting old, so old in fact that he won the triple crown a year later in the AL. And what outstanding player did the Reds get in return? The biggest bust in the Red history Milt Papas
March 17, 201016 yr Do they have to have come through the farm system? If not, Eric Milton has taken years off my life.
March 17, 201016 yr Kirk Stillwell. They almost traded Barry Larkin to Keep stillwell At S.S Also Kal Daniels
March 17, 201016 yr Would Roberto Kelly be considered a bust? We got him in the trade with the Yankees for Paul O'Neil.
March 17, 201016 yr Brandon Claussen, wow. Larson has to be the #1 choice. Austin Kearns was a bust as well. In recent memory, I'd also add Gookie Dawkins & Ryan Wagner. Given what was expected of Kearns and what he ended up producing, he has to rank pretty high in the "bust" category. My brother had a friend that was close friends with Kearns who said that Mr. Kearns very much enjoyed his liquor and frequently played with a hangover.
March 18, 201016 yr Ancient history, but BY FAR, the biggest bust was Amos Rusie. Reds traded Christy Mathewson, who went on to win 352 games before returning to the Reds sixteen years later to win one game for Cincinnati, for Rusie, who went 0-1 for Cincinnati. Many like to talk about the Robinson-Pappas trade, and rightly so, but this deal, made in 1900, may have been the worst of all time for ANY team. Only Babe Ruth for cash rivals it. http://redlegnation.com/2009/07/09/redleg-trade-review-christy-mathewson-and-babe-ruth/ PS - read deep into the story and find that the Reds had a shot at The Babe, but missed out.
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