Never forget the date August 7, 2014.
That was the day the Cleveland Indians traded right-handed reliever Vinnie Pestano to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for a then Class-A pitcher named Mike Clevinger. The Angels released Pestano less than a year later, and he announced his retirement in the summer of 2018 after bouncing from the majors to the minors to the Atlantic League.
But the story here is Clevinger. In the five years since that trade, he has worked his way into becoming one of the best pitchers in the game, with 2019 representing a huge leap forward for the 28-year-old right-hander.