In 2017, the Detroit Tigers acquired IF Isaac Paredes from the Chicago Cubs along with Jeimer Candelario in exchange for Alex Avila and Justin Wilson.
Isaac Paredes was signed out of Mexico in 2015 by the Cubs before being traded to the Detroit Tigers in 2017 at the deadline. Since then, Paredes has climbed his way up the prospect rankings currently sitting at number 93 in MLB.com’s top 100 prospects list.
While, at first, it seemed like Candelario was going to be the main piece of that deal, it is Paredes who has made bigger strides over the past season and a half.