Despite common perception, Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman has parted with some of the organization’s more notable prospects over recent seasons. In 2017, that entailed packaging Willie Calhoun in a trade with the Texas Rangers to acquire Yu Darvish.
While Calhoun was one of the Dodgers’ top ranked prospects at the time, he profiled as a better fit for the American League. Plus, Darvish was viewed as a key piece to help the Dodgers end the franchise’s World Series drought.
How that ultimately unfolded of course is marred by the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal, and Calhoun has yet to establish himself as an everyday player in the Majors.