Last summer, the Philadelphia Phillies traded Connor Seabold to the Boston Red Sox as part of a deal that landed them relievers Brandon Workman and Heath Hembree. Both acquisitions greatly struggled, leading to neither returning for a second season in red pinstripes.
In a desperate offseason move to upgrade one of the worst all-time bullpens, the Phillies traded another young pitching prospect, Carson Ragsdale, to the San Francisco Giants to acquire the hard-throwing Sam Coonrod.
To put these trades in baseball terms, the Phillies swung and missed both and are quickly down in the count, 0-2.