During the 2005-2006 off-season, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were looking to part ways with two expensive relievers, Danys Baez and Lance Carter, as they deemed their club ‘Under Construction.’
They found a match on January 14th, 2006 as they agreed to trade Baez and Carter to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for two pitchers, Chuck Tiffany and Edwin Jackson.
This seemingly small deal would serve as the seed for a trade tree that has grown wildly out of control and is continuously growing to this date.