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How Charlie Clutch found his touch

Never in a million years could you have convinced me that there were any players of value involved in the Braves trade of a struggling Matt Kemp to the Dodgers for Brandon McCarthy, Scott Kazmir, Adrian Gonzalez and Charlie Culberson. At first glance back in 2017 anybody with the slightest grasp on baseball saw that trade as a bad money for bad money deal.

Well here we are in 2019, and in a true weirdness that only the unpredictability of baseball can provide, Charlie Culberson is the only player involved in that trade that is still on a Major League roster.