The butterfly effect: the theory that posits a small change having larger effects long after the initial event transpires.
While we may not recognize the significance of something in the moment, with time comes reflection and consequences that we would have never originally forecasted. In sports, to win and win at the highest level, it requires a series of successful offseason and in-season transactions to assemble a group of players who are talented and complementary enough to form a cohesive team.
In keeping with our butterfly effect theme and applying its concepts to the game of baseball, we have Trevor Hoffman and his time as a Florida Marlin.