Starlin Castro was a Chicago Cubs fixture during the lean years of the early 2010s, a rare bright spot in an otherwise forgettable era of Cubs baseball. He made a big splash right away in 2010, homering and driving in six runs in his big league debut on May 7. He would go on to hit .300, and in 2011 he would lead the National League with 207 hits.
With Addison Russell and Javier Baez available up the middle, plus the acquisition of Ben Zobrist? The Cubs decided they didn’t need Castro anymore after the 2015 season and traded him to the New York Yankees.