DJ LeMahieu came into the league after playing his college baseball for LSU and was taken by the Cubs in the second-round of the 2009 draft. He made his major league debut for Chicago in 2011 and was traded to the Rockies that offseason. The trade will go down as one of the best the Rockies have made recently acquiring LeMahieu and Tyler Colvin for Ian Stewart and Casey Weathers. I want to look into DJ’s progression each year for the Rockies following his debut in 2012.
In 2012 he played in 81 games and it was one of his better seasons in terms of hitting.