Did ex-Dodgers two-time World Series champion just throw shade at LA?

The Los Angeles Dodgers had too many good players on the roster before the season, and they traded away their former number-one prospect as a result.

Gavin Lux was the Dodgers' first-round pick in the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft, and he was a part of both of LA's World Series wins this decade. But after up-and-down numbers in parts of five seasons, he was shipped to the Cincinnati Reds this winter.

The Dodgers didn't foresee Lux having much of a role on their team this season thanks to the presence of Tommy Edman and eventually, Hyeseong Kim at second base. But they might feel just the slightest twinge of regret based on how well he's performing.

Lux is slashing .352/.438/.473 for the Reds so far, leading the National League in batting average and playing left field consistently for the first time in his career. Most importantly, he's getting a chance to play every day.

On Tuesday, though, Lux made a seemingly innocuous comment that might raise a couple of eyebrows in greater Los Angeles. He was asked how long it had been since he had had this much fun showing up to the ballpark every day.

"I feel like I always have fun, but probably high school," Lux said, per Charlie Clifford of NBC 5 Cincinnati. "Everyone's pretty close, it's a young group, and just coming to the field every day, it's a lot of excitement."

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In fairness, Lux was put in a fairly tough spot here. It's not like he was supposed to say he used to have much more fun as a Dodger now that he's A) on the Reds and B) crushing the baseball.

But there's a pretty notable nine-year gap between Lux playing in high school and his current stint with the Reds, and all nine of those years were spent in the Dodgers organization. And he's got two rings on his fingers to show for it.

One couldn't fault Lux for still feeling a bit bitter about the Dodgers trading him, even if he didn't mean to throw shade at them in this particular exchange. It will be interesting to see how he performs when the Dodgers visit Cincinnati in July.

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