Bad Decisions: Trading Nolan Ryan

There was a time when Jim Fregosi was an absolute star. Whatever you read in the rest of this newsletter, don’t lose track of that fact.

He broke into the big leagues in 1961 at just 19-years old, then came back as a 20-year old and hit .291, which convinced the Angels to give him their full-time shortstop job in 1963. For the next eight seasons, he mad…