Paul Goldschmidt has arguably been the best player in the NL for the last six seasons, and the Los Angeles Dodgers have had to contend with him being in their division that entire time.
It made any showdown with the Arizona Diamondbacks potentially problematic, as he was talented enough to single-handedly shift the momentum of a game with one big swing.
The good news for the Dodgers, and really all the other teams in the NL West, is that they’ll no longer have to face Goldschmidt as often.
The Diamonds traded Goldschmidt to the St.