PAGE 2B THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10. 2013 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN QUOTE OF THE DAY "[Glants general manager Brian Sabean] got the result that he wanted, not the year I got traded, obviously, but the next year. And that's the game of baseball. You trade people away and try to make deals happen so you can win. No hard feelings or anything, it's probably going to happen again sometime. Like I said, it's the game of baseball." Zack Wheeler FACT OF THE DAY Seven former New York Mets have thrown no-hitters after being traded away from the Mets. The Mets had zero no-hitters in their existence until Johan Santana tasted the first last season ESPN TRIVIA OF THE DAY Q. Who did the Rangers receive in 2000 for Esteban Loaiza A: Michael Young ESPN THE MORNING BREW MLB managers always one step ahead One of the most difficult jobs in the world of professional sports is being a general manager in the MLB. It's not quite like being a general manager of any other sport. Major League Baseball is so much more than just the teams in the league. Each one of the 30 MLB teams in the league have an expansive farm system with hundreds of players trying to make their way to the top. One right move and you could be headed to the World Series; one wrong move and you could send your team into a downward spiral for years to come. In organizations like the NFL and the NBA, a general manager is usually expected to produce a winning team immediately. In baseball, they can buy themselves time producing a strong, deep farm system. The trading of prospects in baseball is far more prevalent than in other sports. When prospects are drafted, they immediately report to the minor leagues for at least a season or two. For some players, it can take more than five years to reach the pinnacle of their profession. Prospects are often the kingpins of extensive player trades. General managers in baseball always have to be thinking at least two years ahead. A major strategy amongst general managers is to trade old, aging, and hopefully declining talent for fresh, young talent. Playoff contenders are often one player away from making a run. In 2011, the San Francisco Giants had a record of 60-44 going into the trading deadline. The Giants had always been known for having a dominant pitching staff and a rather weak offense. The New York Mets had just the player that the Giants needed to solidify their offense. On July 28, 2011, the Mets sent 34-year-old outfielder Carlos Beltran to San Francisco for Zack Wheeler, a 21-year-old pitching prospect ranked number one in the Giants organization. The Giants wound up going 25-32 down the stretch and lost Beltran to free agency the next offseason. The Mets now have a young, healthy and powerful arm to go along with Matt Harvey at the top of the rotation. In this case, the Mets came out on top. They now have an amazing prospect to start rebuilding around. There are also cases in which the team acquires the veteran and comes out on top. In 2008, CC Sabathia was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for four prospects. Sabathia spent half a season in Milwaukee. CC managed to pitch 130.2 innings, recorded an ERA of 1.65 and a record of 11-2. He helped the Brewers get back to the playoffs. In 2013, the trading deadline was not as hectic as it usually is. Three starting pitchers were traded to different teams: Jake Peavy was sent to the Red Sox, Bud Norris to the Orioles and Ian Kennedy to the Padres. These were the lone blockbuster deals of the deadline this year. However, after the trading deadline the Mets and Pirates were able to get a deal done sending two veterans to Pittsburgh in return for three prospects. The Mets sent Marlon Byrd and John Buck to the Pirates. Marlon Byrd is having a career season and has added a tremendous amount to the Pirates lineup. There are some teams that just seem to be able to do it right. The Boston Red Sox are the main team that comes to mind when talking about consistency and smart general managing, making the playoffs seven times in the last 10 years. The Red Sox are always in the thick of things on the free agent market, but it's on the trade market where they really do their damage. In 2003, the Sox traded four prospects to the Diamondbacks for Curt Schilling. At the time, this was thought to be way too high of a price for the aging right-hander. What did Schilling go on to do? He went 21-6 in his first season in Boston, helped the Sox win two World Series and gave one of the most memorable postseason performances in history, "The Bloody Sock Game." After the Sox won it all in '04 (their first World Series win in 86 years), the 2005 season came around and it was time to make another move. The Sox sent prospect Hanley Ramirez and two other prospects to the Marlins for Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell and journeyman, Guillermo Mota. Yes, Hanley went on to become an elite power-hiting shortstop, but Beckett and Lowell gave the Sox the immediate stability they needed at the time. Beckett went 20-7 while Lowell hit .320/21/120 in 2007 and helped lead the Sox to another Fall Classic victory. The Red Sox are a team to be modeled (Bobby Valentine notwithstanding). They get the job done year in and year out. They make the right moves for the right players at the right times. It's no wonder that teams like the New York Mets are taking plays from the hypothetical Red Sox general manager playbook. The Mets have made a number of moves recently starting with the Wheeler deal attempting to build a young core around veterans the likes of David Wright and John Niese. The art of trading veterans for prospects has been going on for years and years, and it's a gamble that general managers have to make sometimes. If they're on the winning side of that gamble, their organization might only be one trade away from winning it all. 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