MLB stars found the “true love” when they left their first team

On Valentine’s Day, AM850 Digital makes a tour of the history of some of the greatest major league stars to find the place they belong to, after leaving their first team behind.

Finding love is one of the goals through which human beings have always worked hard, taking into account the emotional and sentimental meaning that it has to find something that feels unique and proper. That same feeling is one that all, at some point, we have felt with respect to being able to find a place to which we belong, when we are in a situation or place that for some reason does not feel like ours.

This last reality perfectly applies to professional sports, which are full of stories of iconic players for some franchises, which, from their first day as professionals, reach the perfect position at the most appropriate time and have symbolic careers that are subsequently recognized for the contributions that these athletes built within that organization. However, the sport has even more stories of matches between teams and players that simply did not work and that forced one of the parties to have to move forward without the other.

This is the case of several major league stars, which began their way in one place, but found where they really belonged when they arrived at another. Pedro Martínez, David Ortiz and Manny Ramírezthere are three great examples, in recent history, of players who saw their best years after leaving the organizations where they were initially. That is why, in honor of Valentine’s Day, we have recounted some of the most important stars of today in MLB They found “their new love” with a new team.

Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Dodgers

What can love say in the stronger leagues than to sign an agreement for 10 years with a team and win a world series in your first season with it? The arrival of Shohei Ohtani to Los Angeles Dodgers It feels like something right.

Regardless of their numbers next to Los Angeles Angelsthe relationship between team and player never felt as a lasting and more because of the fact that the organization did not show a real impulse to compete during the Japanese stay in the franchise. With the Dodgers It is quite the opposite, so there is a sense of security that the next nine years can be of many successes for both parties.

Trea Turner – Philadelphia Phillies

Turner was essential in the acquisition of the title of the World Series 2019 for Washington Nationalsbut the relationship with the team did not culminate with the happy ending that both parties stay together for a long time. The Nationals They decided to change to Turner towards the Dodgerswhen they initiated their reconstruction process and subsequently, the campocorto chose the Phillies Like your home in the long term.

What better city than the so -called ‘fraternal love city’ to meet with its great friend, Bryce Harper and pursue excellence together? The Phillies They have given him Turner The opportunity to stay relevant in a highly competitive team, while the player has given the franchise security to surrender completely to the cause and has been part of the engine for two trips to the postseason.

Bryce Harper – Philadelphia Phillies

Harper It was seen in a moment in the conversation of the best player of Major Leaguesas well as the face of the Nationals. Although together with his first team he had several individual successes, the ultimate goal of winning in the postseason and commitment of the team to win, they were not present until his departure.

It was then that the player decided to try his luck with the Philliesteam in which it has become the franchise and face player, probably having the best moments of his post -seasoned career next to them, after several failures with the Nationals.

Chris Sale – Atlanta Braves

It comes out It was considered by many as one of the best pitchers of last decade and after its arrival in Boston, from Chicago White Soxit seemed that I had found the promised land. It comes out He succeeded at the beginning of his stay with the Red Soxbut after a massive contractual extension, things simply did not work and the team decided to change it towards Atlanta Braves Where it comes out.

Chris comes out comes from winning a prize Cy Young of the National League And everything indicates that he has been completely in love with the city of Atlanta and the team with which he militates. The Bravesone of the great favorites to go far in the postseason, now they have a veteran who knows all the scenarios that the baseball of MLB It can offer, so it will be interesting to see what happens to him in the coming years, but we are facing the beginning of what could be a beautiful relationship between team and pitcher.

Marcell Ozuna – Atlanta Braves

Sometimes, in life you have to walk much before finding the place to which it belongs. Upon arriving in 2020 to the Braves, Ozuna I had already made a career in Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinalsbut he didn’t stay with either team, after passing through them.

However, in Atlanta, although he has made mistakes and indelicades, Ozuna He has found his best version as a player and has given him a constant high -level offensive to the Braves, while keeping them highly competitive in the National League.

The team gave him Ozuna His trust and believed in him, even at times where everything seemed to end.

Juan Soto – New York Mets

We do not know what the future holds to the Mets already Juan Sotoafter signing an agreement for 15 years and 765 million dollars, but after the convulso that was closing with the Nationalshis rapid passage through San Diego, the hearts he broke into New York Yankeesit seems that the one considered the best hitter of our era, has finally decided to sit his head.

The Mets They gave everything to Sotowho corresponded to them when choosing them, we just have to wait and see how this story will end between two parts that were sought for a long time could finally find themselves.

Mookie Betts – Los Angeles Dodgers

One of the most important heartbreak stories of the last decade in MLB It was the one Mookie Betts and Boston, which ended the player being sent to the Dodgers And in the process, he left countless broken hearts among the fanatic Red Sox.

For Betts and the Dodgersthings have gone wonders. Not only did they reach an agreement for a contractual extension, but after the arrival of Bettshe has won two championships with Los Angeles and is one of the most visible and important faces in the modern history of the franchise.

The Moreleja is that the end of a story can be the beginning of a better.