Think The Nats Miss These Guys?

After watching the Washington Nationals get beat last night by a former farmhand, I wondered how many other players are out there and performing well that we got rid of for nothing in return when MLB gutted the less than beloved Montreal Expos. Turns out, it was a lot. My conclusion, Omar Minaya is a scumbag...and MLB should be ashamed they did this to the franchise. Oh how things coulda been different (good players we lost in bold).

March 12, 2002 - Traded Geoff Blum to the Houston Astros. Received Chris Truby.
March 23, 2002 - Traded Guillermo Mota and Wilkin Ruan to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Matt Herges and Jorge Nunez (minors).
March 24, 2002 - Traded Jason Bay and Jimmy Serrano to the New York Mets. Received Lou Collier.
May 16, 2002 - Traded Chris Truby to the Detroit Tigers. Received Jose Macias.
June 14, 2002 - Traded Bruce Chen to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Jim Brower.
June 27, 2002 - Traded Lee Stevens, Brandon Phillips, Cliff Lee, and Grady Sizemore to the Cleveland Indians. Received Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew.
July 11, 2002 - Traded a Donald Levinski, Graeme Lloyd, Mike Mordecai, Carl Pavano, and Justin Wayne to the Florida Marlins. Received Cliff Floyd, Wilton Guerrero, Claudio Vargas, and cash.
July 30, 2002 - Traded Cliff Floyd to the Boston Red Sox. Received Sun-Woo Kim and Seung Song (minors).
December 20, 2002 - Traded Matt Herges to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Chris Young and Jon Searles (minors).
October 27, 2003 - Vladimir Guerrero granted Free Agency.
December 15, 2003 - Traded Michael Barrett to the Oakland Athletics for Bret Price.
April 3, 2004 - Traded Chris Young and Josh McKinley (minors) to the Texas Rangers. Received Einar Diaz and Justin Echols (minors).
July 31, 2004 - Traded Orlando Cabrera to the Boston Red Sox. Received Brendan Harris, Alex Gonzalez, and Francis Beltran from the Chicago Cubs.
September 16, 2004 - Sent Alex Gonzalez to the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.
November 19, 2004 - Traded Maicer Izturis and Juan Rivera to the Anaheim Angels. Received Jose Guillen.

Ok, well the last few are Jim Bowden's fault...but at least he's done more good than bad to the organization over the last few years, despite his love of "toolsy" outfielders and old, weak hitting, poor defensive infielders.

Nevertheless, I feel cheated.