PEORIA, Ariz. -- Justin Chambers thought he was being pranked.

One day back from the dead period of the offseason, and less than six months after he was selected in the 20th round of the 2023 MLB Draft by the Brewers, he got a text -- and then a call -- from an unknown number letting him know he had been traded to the Dodgers.

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Sitting in a hot tub at Milwaukee's complex, he shrugged and called his agent to see if this was legit. He hadn't heard anything, either.

But shortly thereafter, the news came out: southpaw Bryan Hudson was dealt from the Dodgers to the Brewers, and Chambers -- who had signed for a significantly over-slot $547,500 out of Basha HS in Chandler, Ariz. -- was the piece going back in the other direction. It was time to hop out of t

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