The San Francisco Giants acquired outfielder Hunter Pence from the Philadelphia Phillies in a blockbuster trade at the 2012 MLB trade deadline.
He was 29 years old at the time of the trade with an additional year of team control remaining before he reached free agency, so he didn’t come cheap.
The two-time All-Star had a 109 OPS+ with 17 home runs in 101 games when he was shipped from Philadelphia to San Francisco in exchange for MLB outfielder Nate Schierholtz and prospects Tommy Joseph (No. 2 SF prospect via Baseball America) and Seth Rosin.