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Colorado Rockies: Looking at some of the trades from the Dan O’Dowd era

By Noah Yingling

DENVER, CO - APRIL 13: (L-R) Dick Monfort, Owner/Chairman and CEO of the Colorado Rockies and Dan O'Dowd, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Colorado Rockies watch pregame festivities as the Rockies host the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field on April 13, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - APRIL 13: (L-R) Dick Monfort, Owner/Chairman and CEO of the Colorado Rockies and Dan O'Dowd, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Colorado Rockies watch pregame festivities as the Rockies host the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field on April 13, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) /
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Carlos Gonzalez of the Colorado Rockies
DENVER, CO – APRIL 09: Carlos Gonzalez #5 of the Colorado Rockies circles the bases after hitting a 2 RBI home run in the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres at Coors Field on April 9, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /

11/1/08–Traded Matt Holliday to the Oakland Athletics. Received Carlos Gonzalez, Greg Smith and Huston Street.

Now, this one is a doozy and a great trade for O’Dowd–perhaps the best in his tenure with the Rockies.

Obviously, Matt Holliday was one of, if not, the best Rockies players at the time. He averaged 32 home runs and 113 RBI between 2006 and 2008 and he was an All-Star in all three seasons as well as winning Silver Slugger Awards in all three seasons and getting MVP votes in all three seasons (including a second place finish to Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins by a point total of 353-336).

Holliday only spent half of a season with Oakland before being traded again, this time to St. Louis for Clayton Mortensen, Brett Wallace, and Shane Petersen (all three busts). The Rockies got a proven closer in Street and their franchise player to succeed Todd Helton in Carlos Gonzalez.

Street had 84 saves with the Rockies in three seasons and helped them reach the postseason again in 2009.

Gonzalez only played 89 games with the Rockies in 2009 but had a breakout year in 2010 when he had 34 HR, 117 RBI, a .336/.376/.598 slash line (the .336 average led the NL), and a league leading 197 hits. He came in third in the NL MVP voting, won a Gold Glove Award, and a Silver Slugger Award.

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