As you surely know, Jeimer Candelario was signed out of the Dominican Republic by the Cubs’ Jim Hendry regime, came though the Cubs system and played briefly for them in 2016 and 2017 before being traded to the Tigers in the deal that brought Alex Avila and Justin Wilson to Chicago. (The five games he played for the 2016 Cubs got him a World Series ring.)
He had some good years in Detroit but declined in 2022, which allowed the Nationals to sign him for just $5 million for one year. The Cubs then sent Kevin Made and DJ Herz to Washington for Candelario at this year’s trade deadline.