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Originally Posted by slotdirt

Thinking of old Indians outfielders...I can't remember the circumstances of the offseason trade that sent Brian Giles to the Pirates for Ricardo Rincon. I'd have to say based on post-Cleveland careers that the Pirates (and later the Padres) got the better of that deal.

The circumstances were we had Manny, Lofton, and Justice and he was the 4th outfielder and we thought all we needed was a bad lefty specialist to put us over the top!! We were wrong. We also had Robbie Alomar, Travis Fryman, Sandy Alomar...so Giles' offense was certainly not an overwhelming need at that time. Rincon just wasn't that missing piece however!