Dec. 15, 2019, will go down in history as the day the Guardians robbed the Rangers.
That day, Cleveland traded starting pitcher Corey Kluber to Texas in exchange for outfielder Delino DeShields Jr. and relief pitcher Emmanuel Clase.
The trade was a complete bust for the Rangers, as Kluber pitched only one inning for them before being sidelined for the rest of the season with a tear in his right shoulder. DeShields didn’t amount to much in one pandemic-shortened season with the Guardians, and Clase was suspended for the 2020 season after testing positive for a banned substance.