One of the joys of baseball: pretty much anyone can have a good few weeks. Travis Demeritte was living the dream early in the 2022 season while much of the rest of the team scuffled, but when he crashed back down to earth, he crashed hard.
How Acquired
Originally a compensation-round pick by the Rangers out of a Georgia high school (30th overall out of Winder-Barrow) in the 2013 MLB Draft, the Braves scooped up Demeritte by trading pitchers Dario Alvarez and Lucas Harrell for him in July 2016. Three years later, he was sent to Detroit along with Joey Wentz in the Shane Greene deal.