Teoscar Hernandez was at one point one of the best players GM Ross Atkins ever brought to Toronto. Acquired in a 2017 deadline day trade with the Houston Astros, the Blue Jays received a relatively unknown 24 year-old outfielder in exchange for an aging pitcher in Francisco Liriano.
Down the stretch, Liriano pitched 14 innings of unspectacular baseball for a Houston team that ended up as *World Series champions, while the Blue Jays liked what they saw in Hernandez's potential power.
He hit eight home runs in 88 at-bats for Toronto and it felt like the Blue Jays may have found a diamond in the rough.