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Tigers’ Jeimer Candelario showed progress despite a bumpy 2018

On July 31, 2017, the Detroit Tigers, in the midst of a fire sale, shipped closer Justin Wilson and catcher Alex Avila to the win-now Chicago Cubs for two of their top prospects: Jeimer Candelario and Isaac Paredes.

Spoiler Alert: The Tigers won the trade.

Isaac Paredes was one of four teenagers to play in the Eastern League in 2018 (two of the others being breakout star Juan Soto and uber-prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr.), while Jeimer Candelario played 144 games en route to a respectable 2.