One day after the Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox completed a nine-player blockbuster trade that saw more than $250 million in salary exchanged, Adrian Gonzalez delivered one of the franchise’s top moments — ranked No. 10 by DodgerBlue.com — from the past decade.
The Guggenheim Baseball Management Group was not long into their tenure as owner of the Dodgers, and adding that much salary in one fell swoop was a welcomed change from the tumultuous ending to the Frank McCourt era.
Of course, despite the Dodgers receiving the best player(s) in the trade, it was the Red Sox who first won a World Series (2013) — and another in 2018 when they defeated the Dodgers.