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In their championship season of 2017 Marwin Gonzalez set the offensive standard for Houston Astros utility players, slashing .303/.377/530, blasting 23 home runs and knocking in 90, while starting at least 17 games at 5 positions and seeing playing time at 6.
Gonzalez was good enough that year to garner a few MVP votes. The Astros lost Gonzalez to free agency after the 2018 season and within three weeks traded pitching prospect Trent Thornton to the Blue Jays for Aledmys Diaz, who had spent that season manning shortstop and third base for the Blue Jays after dabbling in several positions with the Cardinals in 2016 and 2017.