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For all the mistakes made by previous Rockies general manager Dan O’Dowd, the man actually made some pretty decent trades. Case in point: The trade in 2011 that sent Ian Stewart and Casey Weathers to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for LeMahieu and Tyler Colvin. Three of the four players involved in that trade were non-factors, but LeMahieu has blossomed in a way no one expected.
DJ had an incredibly productive college career at LSU, but he wasn’t a particularly highly regarded prospect. He got drafted 79th-overall in the 2009 MLB draft.