This time of the season brings back memories for a lot of players who have been traded. Cubs infielder Matt Duffy is among them.
Duffy didn’t expect the Giants to trade him on Aug. 1, 2016. But by the end of the day, he had been sent to the Rays as part of a deal built around lefty Matt Moore.
The Giants were contending - and ended up winning the NL wild card before losing to the Cubs in the NLDS - and Duffy expected to be part of a team adding pieces.