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From trades to chemotherapy to big league success; Connor Joe on his journey

Related Topics: Sean Rodriguez, Connor Joe

You’d be forgiven for having a hard time keeping track of Connor Joe once he left the organization that drafted him in 2014. Between numerous trades, a Rule 5 draft selection, being designated for assignment and free agency, his journey was somewhat less than conventional.

After being traded to the Atlanta Braves for Sean Rodriguez in August of 2017, it quickly becomes a veritable laundry list of transactions. Less than two months later, he was traded again to the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he had his best MiLB season to date, earning a promotion to AAA hitting .