Jairo Labourt has long been the forgotten man in the trade that sent David Price to Toronto in 2015. A live left arm with excellent stuff but poor ability to locate it, Labourt seemed a lottery ticket thrown in alongside Matthew Boyd and Daniel Norris. That lottery ticket came close to cashing in during the 2017 season.
Labourt entered his first full season as a reliever, made a few adjustments to help command his power arsenal, and jumped three levels to the major leagues. While his first 6 1⁄3 innings in the bigs were rocky ones, Labourt clearly has the stuff to stick there.