Chuck Knoblauch Trade 1998

Thanks to Jan and his where are they now post below, he got me thinking about the chain reaction of the Knoblauch trade in 1998. Here is the trickle down effect:

Phase 1- The Twins traded Knoblauch for Milton, Guzman, Buck Buchanan and Danny Mota. Mota played 4 games for the Twins in 2000 and that was it. Guzman started for 6 seasons at SS and eventually left as a free agent. Milton became the badly needed arm behind Radke, after a few good years he was traded to the Phillies. Buck was the odd man out in a crowded outfield and traded to the Padres.

Phase 2- Milton was traded for Carlos Silva and Nick Punto. Buck was traded for Jason Bartlett.

Phase 3 Bartlett and Garza were traded for Delmon Young and Harris (I would say Harris and Bartlett were swapped and Young and Garza were swapped).

Present Day- We still have Punto and Harris. Where would we be without them? This has to be the second greatest trade in the history of the organization next to AJ for Liriano, Nathan and Boof.