AA made the worst trade of the year in all of mlb

[kwamebargnani]

hindsight is always a bitch isn't it...?

lol hindsight.. I'm pretty sure there were significant amount of people who were agains the trade. The trade sucked back then, and it still sucks now.

Well what are the chances of something being said by Napoli like "I don't wanna be 2nd banana" or "I don't like Toronto"...

Why would you even say this? unless there's any legit source that claims Napoli might have suggested something similar, it's pointless to even talk about. Anybody could've said those things before they were traded.

Frank Francisco isn't a bad reliever and Napoli wasn't much at the time

I'm not giving up anything that isn't Vernon Wells, Barry Zito, Alfonso Soriano etc.. for an okay reliever.

[Michael Bradley]

According to Baseball-Reference, Napoli played 61 games at catcher, 35 at 1B, and 18 at DH in 2011 for Texas. That doesn't appear to be a "play me at one position or I want to be traded" type of split to me. If Napoli had stayed in Toronto, he could have started at DH with EE at 3B, and also had some time at 1B and CA depending on the situation. They decided that saving $2M by trading for Francisco and playing Rivera everyday was more valuable than spending money on Napoli and letting him hit 30 bombs for the Jays. It is that simple. Napoli was not blocking Arencibia, and that could have been established early on by simply not playing Napoli at catcher unless in an emergency situation. They decided against it.

It was buying low on a power hitter and then selling low almost immediately afterwards. No one expected Napoli to have a 1.046 OPS, but 30 home runs was definitely talked about. It was a mistake. A big one? No. In the long run this move won't make or break the franchise, but still a bad use of an asset.