Since 2000, the Cincinnati Reds' best-known "one that got away" is, of course, Josh Hamilton. Many Reds fans still won't shut up about him. And indeed, he has provided the most total value to his teams since, among all players the Reds lost to trade or free agency in that time period. Take a look at the list below. Some of the names might really surprise you.
Notes: Players appearing on this list must have appeared in at least one MLB game for the Reds in the 2000 season or more recently. Totals are based on baseball-reference.com's wins above replacement.
Top WAR (wins above replacement) accumulators after leaving the Reds:
1) Josh Hamilton (21.7)
2) Ryan Dempster (20.4)
3) Cody Ross (12.0)
4) Edwin Encarnacion (9.1)
5) Bruce Chen (8.3)
6) Russell Branyan (8.2)
7) Kyle Lohse (7.7)
8) Chris Denorfia (7.1)
9) Jose Guillen (6.7)
10) Dmitri Young (6.3)
11) David Ross (5.7)
12) Brady Clark (5.3)
13) Matt Belisle (5.1)
14) Jerry Hairston (5.0)
15) Dennys Reyes (4.6)
I think most Reds fans have been surprised by the performance of Encarnacion, Denorfia and others since their departure - heck, even Chris Dickerson and Adam Rosales have performed decently for their teams, although not well enough to make the list.
Needless to say, this list is skewed toward players who left a handful (or more) of seasons ago. Here are three players who, given more time, will probably accumulate some strong numbers:
Travis Wood (2.9 total WAR after leaving the Reds)
Yonder Alonso (1.9)
Didi Gregorius (1.7)
Notice that you didn't see some rather famous players listed? The Reds didn't miss out on much value by letting these guys go:
Sean Casey (-0.2 total WAR after leaving the Reds)
Adam Dunn (-0.7)
Ken Griffey, Jr. (0.2)
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