One of the biggest trades in Los Angeles Dodgers history was a waiver deal on Aug. 25, 2012, when the team acquired Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett and Nick Punto from the Boston Red Sox.
The Dodgers had some solid players at the time, but that trade turned them into a perennial National League West favorite as they have gone on to win eight straight division championships beginning the following season in 2013.
Gonzalez was the headliner of the deal, becoming one of the Dodgers’ best hitters and faces of the franchise until he departed at the end of the 2017 season.