In his first offseason as Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations nearly four years ago, Andrew Friedman created shockwaves by orchestrating an intra-division trade with the San Diego Padres that saw Matt Kemp and Yasmani Grandal swap uniforms.
The transaction garnered scrutiny at the time, but it was the Dodgers who got the better part of the deal. Kemp lasted all of one and a half seasons with San Diego while Grandal has helped stabilize the catcher position for Los Angeles ever since his arrival.
The switch-hitting backstop has provided power at the position, slugging 89 home runs in his first four seasons with the Dodgers.