Back in 2016, the Dodgers had basically given up on former first-round pick Zach Lee, who had a 4.89 ERA in Triple-A at the time and had been blown up for seven runs in 4.2 innings in his only big-league start the year before. The Mariners had a minor-league shortstop who didn’t have the prospect pedigree but was batting .312 with an .845 OPS in Triple-A, and Los Angeles swung a trade that seemed pretty inconsequential at the time but has since become either famous or infamous, depending on your point of view.
The next offseason, Chris Taylor revamped his swing and turned himself into a totally different player, and in his first full season in L.