It was a week of roster trimming for the Dodgers, who cleared a pair of players — Carl Crawford and Alex Guerrero — off their books who are still under contract through 2017. Both were inevitable and bound to happen at some point, but the two transactions just happened to help clear the stage for Corey Seager.
The Dodgers shortstop isn't exactly an unknown in baseball circles, a highly-regarded prospect for years who was the consensus top prospect in the sport heading into 2016. Seager has tasted success pretty much from the moment he stepped on a major league field last September, but his ascension to the top of the Dodgers' food chain and into stardom became complete this week with a nearly unprecedented power display.