Following a disappointing 67–95 season in 2010 in which manager Trey Hillman was replaced on the bench by Ned Yost, Kansas City pulled off one of the most memorable trades in franchise history. It happened six years ago today.
THE TRADE: Kansas City acquired Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain, Jake Odorizzi and Jeremy Jeffress from Milwaukee in exchange for Zack Greinke and Yuniesky Betancourt.
Greinke was just one year removed from winning the American League Cy Young Award in 2009. He went 25–9 with a 3.