Trading Mitch Haniger may be one of the most complicated tasks Jerry Dipoto could have this off-season, should he choose to go that route.
Last off-season, it was far more straightforward. Haniger was coming off a breakout campaign in which he slashed .285/.366/.493. He smoked 26 home runs, drove in nearly 100 RBIs, and posted a bWAR of 6.1. MLB.com ranked him as one of the four best right fielders in all of baseball. It was Mookie Betts, Christian Yelich, Aaron Judge and Haniger. He was, for all intents and purposes, blossoming into a star.