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MLB Trade Deadline: 5 best players to be named later

By Phil Watson

The Cleveland Indians were the latest team to commit a player to be named later after acquiring Nick Maronde from the Los Angeles Angels earlier this month. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
The Cleveland Indians were the latest team to commit a player to be named later after acquiring Nick Maronde from the Los Angeles Angels earlier this month. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /
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Andy Ashby was a PTBNL with an ERA north of 8 in Colorado who became a two-time All-Star in San Diego. (Image source 1996 Topps Card)
Andy Ashby was a PTBNL with an ERA north of 8 in Colorado who became a two-time All-Star in San Diego. (Image source 1996 Topps Card) /

1. Andy Ashby, San Diego Padres

The Deal: On July 26, 1993, the expansion Colorado Rockies acquired pitchers Bruce Hurst and Greg Harris from the San Diego Padres for catcher Brad Ausmus, pitcher Doug Bochtler and a PTBNL.

The PTBNL: Right-hander Andy Ashby, who had been an undrafted free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1986 before being snapped up by the Rockies in the expansion draft, was sent to San Diego on July 27, 1993.

Ashby, who had gone 0-4 with an 8.50 ERA and 2.241 WHIP in 20 appearances—nine of them starts—and 54 innings for Colorado, didn’t fare much better upon arriving at sea level in San Diego.

He was just 3-6 with a 5.48 ERA and 1.493 WHIP in 12 starts and 69 innings.

Ashby got better, much better in fact. He became a stalwart in the Padres rotation throughout much of the 1990s, earning All-Star bids in 1998 and 1999.

He’s fifth all-time for the Padres with 70 wins and ranks in the franchise’s top 10 in innings, strikeouts, starts, complete games and shutouts.

Ashby helped the Padres to division titles in 1996 and 1998 and had two terrific starts, both ending with no decision, in the NLCS against the Atlanta Braves in 1998 as San Diego advanced to just its second World Series.

Ashby spent parts of eight seasons in San Diego, leaving in November 1999 when he was traded to the Phillies and returning in 2004 as he tried to come back from Tommy John surgery at age 36.

He also pitched for the Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers in a 14-year career.

Here’s what Ashby did in San Diego:

Year W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
1993 3 6 5.48 12 12 0 0 0 69.0 79 46 42 14 24 44
1994 6 11 3.40 24 24 4 0 0 164.1 145 75 62 16 43 121
1995 12 10 2.94 31 31 2 2 0 192.2 180 79 63 17 62 150
1996 9 5 3.23 24 24 1 0 0 150.2 147 60 54 17 34 85
1997 9 11 4.13 30 30 2 0 0 200.2 207 108 92 17 49 144
1998 ★ 17 9 3.34 33 33 5 1 0 226.2 223 90 84 23 58 151
1999 ★ 14 10 3.80 31 31 4 3 0 206.0 204 95 87 26 54 132
2004 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2
SDP (8 yrs) 70 62 3.59 187 185 18 6 0 1212.0 1186 553 484 130 324 829

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/28/2014.

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