Carlos Peña has been a familiar face to MLB Network viewers as a vivacious in-studio analyst for more than a decade. But the slugging first baseman was also well known to an inordinate number of fan bases, having played on eight different teams over a 14-year career. On this day in béisbol, December 9, 2010
It was one of the best birthdays ever for Tino Martinez: On the day he turned 28, the Seattle Mariners traded the slugging first baseman to the Yankees, who promptly signed him to a five-year, $20.25 million contract on this day in béisbol, December 7, 1995. He and his wife also welcomed their third child
Mike Cuellar was a 31-year-old middle of the rotation starter for the Houston Astros when a trade to the Baltimore Orioles on this day in béisbol, December 4, 1968 transformed him into a Cy Young winner. The Cuban native was a barely .500 pitcher with a 42-41 record and decent 2.90 ERA over his first
Robinson Cano was five seasons into his 10-year, $240,000,000 contract when the Seattle Mariners’ second baseman was traded to the Mets in a salary dump deal that had closer Edwin Diaz also going to New York on this day in béisbol, December 3, 2018. Cano, 35, had some enjoyed some good years in Seattle after
Keith Hernandez was a batting champion, an NL MVP, a clubhouse leader, and a two-time World Series winner with the Cardinals and Mets during his 17-year career. But while he wasn’t a traditional slugging first baseman — he never hit more than 16 homers in a season, and only had more than 100 RBI once
After six years in the majors, Giants outfielder Matty Alou had long shown he was hardly the hitter his older brother Felipe was. So when Matty was traded to the Pirates on this day in béisbol, December 1, 1965, for a losing pitcher and a weak-hitting infielder, Pittsburgh was hardly expecting the deal to turn
