After multiple hamstring injuries limited Yasiel Puig to a career-worst 79 games in 2015, he was instructed by Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman to lose weight as a preventative measure to avoiding the recurring soft-tissue injury.
Couple with that was the organization hoping to reinvigorate their polarizing outfielder, who reportedly did not mesh well with former manager Don Mattingly. Dave Roberts helped mend the fences, and Puig drew rave reviews during Spring Training.
A strained left hamstring forced Puig to the DL in early June, but more prominently, he was demoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City after the Dodgers failed to trade the 25-year-old.