Somebody, some scout, somewhere with the Dodgers really liked Alex Guerrero. When you saw him get off to a blazing start at the plate last season, it was easy to understand. When you saw him the rest of the season, you wondered what that somebody was thinking.
Fresh off their then-success of having signed Yasiel Puig, the Dodgers gave fellow Cuban Guerrero a four-year, $28-million contract. He was 26 and a shortstop, though no one projected him as one in the majors.
The Dodgers thought they could convert him to second base, but one season of trying to convert him and they bailed.