Every once in a while, there are baseball trades that are truly shocking. Sometimes they aren’t even blockbusters, but they still can come out of left field. In 2014, the St. Louis Cardinals shocked a lot of fans when they traded away Allen Craig and Joe Kelly.
If you’ll remember, Craig broke into the league in 2010 at the age of 25 after being a mid-teir prospect his whole minor league career. From there, he helped in a huge way during the 2011 World Series run, putting up a wRC+ of 154 on the year over just 219 at-bats.