Just before last Christmas, the Philadelphia Phillies dealt rising young prospect Starlyn Caba (and outfielder Emaarion Boyd) to the Miami Marlins for the talented yet injury-prone Jesús Luzardo. It was a calculated gamble for Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski, as he attempted to strengthen the team's rotation with a potential long-term asset at the expense of surrendering one of the team's better prospects.
Now, a year later, Caba has made steady progress in the Marlins' system and has looked good in his regular shortstop stint while playing for the Mesa Solar Sox in this year's Arizona Fall League (AFL).