If five years is the standard time needed to evaluate a trade, now is the perfect time to look back at the trades made while Mark Shapiro was general manager of the Cleveland Indians. Shapiro, who will be taking over as Toronto Blue Jays president following the 2015 season, was the Tribe’s GM from 2001 to 2009. In that span, he won Executive of the Year twice in 2005 and 2007 and made several trades that shaped the Indians during that time. Trades that still have ripples to this day.
These deals are organized solely in ascending chronological order.