When Chicago Cubs fans hear the name ' Eloy Jimenez', only one thing comes to mind: the infamous 2017 trade that sent Jimenez and Dylan Cease to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for left-hander Jose Quintana.
Quintana was solid, but unspectacular, during his time on the North Side and soon after, it looked like Cease and Jimenez would be at the center of a budding dynasty on the South Side. That's not how things played out, with the Sox' plan quickly unraveling, Cease getting traded to San Diego in 2024 and Jimenez heading to Baltimore.
Last winter, Jimenez signed a minor-league deal with the Tampa Bay Rays in hopes of getting his career back on track in his age-28 season.