Four years ago, the Marlins had the best young outfield in baseball, and they knew they couldn’t win with the three of them on their roster. So, after the 2017 season, Miami traded them all. That winter, the team sent reigning NL MVP Giancarlo Stanton to the Yankees for salary relief, and then dealt the other two—Marcell Ozuna, who’d just hit 37 home runs and made the All-Star team, and Christian Yelich, who’d win the 2018 MVP—for prospects.
The Yelich move was a notable flop, but in exchange for Ozuna, the Marlins received right-hander Sandy Alcantara, with whom they are nearing a five-year extension worth more than $55 million, according to The Miami Herald’s Craig Mish.