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Stanton Splash Turned Clint Frazier from Future Yankees Star to Castoff

This time last year, it was hard to imagine a New York Yankees future that didn't include Clint Frazier.

But now the future has become the present, and he's practically invisible.

When the Yankees entered the 2017-18 offseason fresh off a run to Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, general manager Brian Cashman viewed Frazier, a 23-year-old outfielder, as depth behind reigning AL Rookie of the Year Aaron Judge, fellow 2017 breakout star Aaron Hicks, ol' standby Brett Gardner and ol' albatross Jacoby Ellsbury.

Then in December, another roadblock was put in Frazier's way when the Yankees shocked the baseball world with a blockbuster trade for Giancarlo Stanton.