Postseason Star Tommy Pham Tried to Join the Dodgers Multiple Times Over the Last 12 Months

The Dodgers went in other directions at the trade deadline.

Tommy Pham gave up a chance to become the first player in the history of the World Series to possibly have 5 hits in one game in the Diamondbacks' blowout win over the Texas Rangers in Game 2 of the Fall Classic.

After the game, Pham explained that he wanted his teammate Jace Peterson, who had only one postseason at-bat in his ten-year career, to have his first World Series at-bat.

Not only has Pham proven to be a valuable trade acquisition on the field for the D-backs as the veteran outfielder has hit three home runs this postseason and scored 10 runs. But he's secured his standing as a good teammate.

A teammate that the Dodgers could have used this postseason when their offense couldn't produce much of anything at the plate.

According to a recent report, Pham revealed he pushed hard to become a Dodger over the last 12 months. Per Jorge Castillo of the LA Times, twice he asked his agent to call Andrew Friedman and the Dodgers last offseason to see about coming together on a free agent contract.

The Dodgers weren't interested either time. They were in pursuit of a left-handed hitting outfielder. Pham eventually settled on a $6 million deal with the Mets who were one of the biggest disappointments in baseball leading to the trade deadline. Castillo said in his Times column that both Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez "vouched for him" but the timing didn't lineup to make a deal happen. 

Instead the Dodgers acquired Amed Rosario and Kiké Hernandez and their bench was set.

"I don't have any hard feelings toward it," Pham said. "I look at it like I need to play better. They don't think I'm a fit, then so be it. I have no feelings."

(Via Jorge Castillo,

Los Angeles Times

)

Today, Pham is in the World Series. The Dodgers are watching him. On just a one-year, $6 million deal, Pham is showing the baseball world just how valuable he can be.