February 17: Acquired Wade Rowdon from the Reds for Guy Hoffman Quinones was a typical good-field, no-hit infielder of the time, he played one mediocre year for the Cubs (.566 OPS) and then was traded in a deal we’ll cover in the next installment. He played 45 games for the A’s, then retired. January 30: Acquired Luis Quinones from the Athletics for Ron CeyĬey had actually had a decent year as a part-time player in ‘86 (.273./384/.508, 13 home runs in 97 games, 1.8 bWAR) but at 38 he was considered done. And his replacement, former manager Jim Frey, made another one after the season ended. Green was fired at the end of the season, but before that he made one truly bad trade. The Cubs got a bargain for that era, an MVP season from Dawson for $500,000.
Famously, Dawson presented a blank contract to Dallas Green in Mesa and essentially dared Green to sign him.
The Cubs’ biggest move in 1987 was, of course, the signing of Andre Dawson.
