How A Single Trade Defined an Entire Franchise

This is why you never trade with the Rays...

The Delmon Young trade is still paying dividends for the Rays 17 years later. They have a first overall pick bust into generations of talent for their franchise. This is how the Rays have been one of the best teams in the league despite having one of the lowest payrolls in the league year after year. The Delmon Young trade tree is a perfect example to explain the Rays success in Major League Baseball.

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0:00 Intro
1:01 Defining Success
2:36 The Beginning
3:44 The Trade Tree
7:53 Analyzing the trade value
9:36 Balling on a budget
11:43 The future of the tree
13:15 Outro

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