Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila’s predecessor, Dave Dombrowski, made a brilliant trade in 2008, sending young outfielder Matt Joyce to the Tampa Bay Rays for starting pitcher Edwin Jackson. Joyce would go on to post solid numbers with the Rays, even making the All-Star team in 2011, but Jackson turned out to be a much better asset for Detroit.
Dombrowski would later include him in the now-famous three-team deal that saw the Tigers acquire Max Scherzer, Austin Jackson and Phil Coke for Jackson and Curtis Granderson.