Playing GM for the Dodgers: Three trade deadline moves for reigning champions looking for World Series repeat

No team in the major baseball league has put the bar as high as the Dodgers, which have not missed the playoffs since 2012. In the past 12 seasons, they have won 11 division titles, four pennants and two World Series. They came to the point that this is considered a disappointment unless they finish in October with a ring.

Given the overwhelming chances that the Dodgers give the playoffs (they are -1600 to win the NL West, by BETMGM), the objective with the commercial deadline is not necessarily on the completion of the playoffs, but instead, the next list of qualifying series is strong enough to win the world series (the dodgers are +140 to win the NL and the favorites +240 to win the world series).

These dodgers are struggling powerfully right now. After building a lead of nine games until July 3, they went 3-11, which is tied with the pirates for the worst baseball record at that time. Lead NL West decreased to 3 ½.

However, everyone assumes that the Dodgers will win the West, so it is a question of getting things just before October.

We know a lot about all the starting pitch injuries that the Dodgers have crossed, but they have so many arms that they will surely find four starters in Tyler Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Clayton Kershaw, Sheohei Ohtani, Emmet Snell Emmet.

In fact, they have a lot of talent everywhere, to the point that the director general of Dodgers, Brandon Gomes, told Athletic this week that “we will see how these next few days are going out and what everything looks like, but to date, our position has not changed to get out and get additional parts”.

So, hey, maybe they don’t really do much. But what’s going on if I was the GM? Here are three movements that dodgers should make.

The enclosure of the lifts is a major problem at the moment. During the season, the 4.41 era of the Dodgers enclosure ranks 24th in baseball. Things have also gradually aggravated. Look at the era of the enclosure of the lifts per month:

And now Tanner Scott has an elbow injury. Michael Kopech (could return in August), Evan Phillips (out for the season), Brusdar Graterol (could come back later this season) and Blake Treinen (possibly to come next week) are all different levels of injury.

Basically, the point of attack for the Office Front of this deadline is the enclosure of the lifts.

How about shooting Duran? The Twins Fireball has succeeded as a closer and configuration man. He has a 1.94 MPM this season. It is also under the control of the team until 2027.

Yes, the price would be gigantic for a lifter, but at least it is not a rental and he is a major of needle.

A big name closer to watching here which would be a rental, if the cardinals fall far enough, would be Ryan Helsley.

Dodgers could probably use two readers, in fact. This cannot hurt, given the frequency to which they deal with injuries. Some other names of the mixture could be griffin Jax of the twins, the configuration of the Guardians Cade Smith or even the Orioles Félix Bautista.

The former All-Star is again like his old self for pirates and is under the control of the team until next season.

If the dodgers caught Duran and Bednar while obtaining healthy feedback from Kopech, Treinen and Graterol, suddenly the problems of enclosure of the lifts become one thing in the past.

3. Prevent the others from obtaining Eugenio Suárez

The opponent of the Dodgers Last World Series was the Yankees, who desperately needed an upgrade to the third goal. The biggest threat of the NL for Dodgers may well be the Cubs, that they could certainly use an upgrade on Matt Shaw in third row. Tigers may well end with the best AL team and they could also guessed it, use the help of the third base. Brewers are tied with Cubs for the best record in baseball and there are upgrades in the warm corner.

Suárez is a free agent after the year and leads the NL to Homers while directing the majors in RBI.

Meanwhile, Dodgers are currently the third basic player Max Muncy on the injured list. If they caught a third basic player, Tommy Edman could slide towards the second goal. Hyeseong Kim becomes a good bench. Edman becomes the depth of the field field when Mancy returns with the ability to also play the second base. The additional depth clashes against future injuries and, let us admit, the offensive of the dodgers was not as good as the advertising recently. They have an average of 3.82 points per match in July while hitting only .212 / .280 / .369 in a team.

Do I suggest the dodgers need Suárez?

Absolutely not. But if they are the new evil empire, why not say will show you to so many other contenders and drop the hammer? Kiss wickedness.

It will not happen, but I played Dodgers’ GM for a second. I would totally see what Arizona would take dodgers for him.