Gavin Lux has become a household name among Los Angeles Dodgers fans before he has played a full, heck, even half-of-a-season with his big league club. That is because he is one of the most hyped prospects in all of baseball. Baseball America ranked him the number four overall prospect after the 2019 season; he is the top prospect in the Dodgers rich farm system; and Vegas odds have him as the prohibitive favorite to win Rookie of the Year if baseball returns in 2020.
But Lux wasn’t always considered a sure-thing Major Leaguer.