Traded for nobodies by teams that quit: Price, Cespedes, Cueto, Hamels, Kazmir.

About one third of the teams have quit with one third of the season remaining.  They chose to trade key players in exchange for unproven players almost all of whom have never played in the Major Baseball League (MBL).  Below are five of the established players who were recently traded.  Fans in Detroit, Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Oakland could not name the players received nor pick them out of a police style lineup.  Right now those players are nobodies to those fans.  This system is a disgrace, which undermines the basic integrity of the baseball season.

The first three established players below are strictly two month rentals.  Their contracts expire after the 2015 season when they become free agents and can sign with any team.

Any fans who bought tickets for games after July 31 should get a full refund.  If they were so entitled, maybe this practice would diminish.

David Price 2012 Cy Young award; free agent after 2015

• July 30, 2015: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jairo Labourt (minors), Matt Boyd and Daniel Norris.

Yoenis Cespedes 2014 All Star; free agent after 2015

• July 31, 2015: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Mets for Luis Cessa (minors) and Michael Fulmer (minors).

Johnny Cueto CY 4,2; free agent after 2015

• July 26, 2015: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with cash to the Kansas City Royals for John Lamb (minors), Cody Reed (minors) and Brandon Finnegan.

Cole Hamels CY 6,5,8,6; free agent after 2019

• July 31, 2015: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Jake Diekman and cash to the Texas Rangers for Jorge Alfaro (minors), Alec Asher (minors), Jerad Eickhoff (minors), Jake Thompson (minors), Nick Williams (minors) and Matt Harrison.

Matt Harrison is 29 years old and has pitched 668 innings for Texas since 2008; he's the only major league player Philadelphia received for Hamels.

Scott Kazmir three time All Star; free agent after 2016

• July 23, 2015: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Houston Astros for Daniel Mengden (minors) and Jacob Nottingham (minors).

Never trade a somebody for a bunch of nobodies. Saturday, August 1, 2015 8:55 AM