Before the 2016 season, the Yankees traded John Ryan Murphy to the Twins for Aaron Hicks. The swap looked like a wash on both sides early on. Murphy was demoted to Triple-A during his first season in Minnesota, and Hicks struggled mightily with injuries and ineffectiveness.
Hicks started to turn things around midway through the 2016 season, though. He finished well enough for the Yankees to give him another chance in 2017, and it was a chance he made the most of. He started 2018 off strong as well, prompting me to ask if he was turning into a star.