The Blue Jays traded Michael Young and Darwin Cubillan to the Texas Rangers for Esteban Loaiza on July 19, 2000, widely recognized as one of their worst trades. At that moment, the Jays were competitive, sitting tied for 2nd in the AL East. They had an offense led by Shannon Stewart and Carlos Delgado but needed pitching reinforcements. Roy Halladay struggled with a 10.90 ERA, and both Chris Carpenter and Kelvim Escobar underperformed. Loaiza had moderate success after the trade, but the team ultimately finished third in the division without making the playoffs.
On July 19, 2000, the Blue Jays traded Michael Young and Darwin Cubillan to the Texas Rangers for Esteban Loaiza, marking one of their worst trades in history.
At the time of the trade, the Blue Jays were tied for 2nd place in the AL East, just 1.5 games back from the division-leading New York Yankees.
Esteban Loaiza pitched well for the Jays in the second half of 2000, going 5-7 with a 3.62 ERA in 14 starts, but the team did not score enough runs for him.
After the trade, the Jays finished the 2000 season with an overall record of 83-79, but missed the playoffs, finishing 4.5 games back.
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