Your Random D-Back: Trade Partner Toronto Blue Jays

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty ImagesWhen the Diamondbacks and Blue Jays agreed on a trade involving Daulton Varsho, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Gabriel Moreno right before Christmas 2022, it was the 13th time in baseball history that a trade involved both teams.

What were those other trades and how do they balance out? And what memories do you have?

First trade, in 1999, Dan Plesac for Tony Batista.

Dan Plesac, uncle of current MLB-player Zach Plesac, was already in his 14th season in the MLB when he got traded mid-season to Arizona. At that moment the lefty, of whom there is an interesting biography available on sabr, was having the worst season of his career but the Diamondbacks were in dire need…