Before the Los Angeles Dodgers traded Yordan Alvarez to the Houston Astros, Alvarez didn’t even know what a trade was. He learned quickly.
Alvarez signed with the Dodgers as an international free agent out of Haiti in June 2016, however, he did not last long with the team. Two months later, Alvarez was traded to the Astros for Josh Fields. Alvarez had not played a game yet in the Dodgers’ minor league system, but the Dodgers traded him because they needed help in the bullpen.
Alvarez recalled the hilarious story on an episode of La Vida Mas Fina, per MLB.