The Los Angeles Dodgers have a comfortable 7.5-game lead in the National League West thanks to a 52-33 record. But even after spending more than $1 billion to improve the roster this past winter, upgrades are needed before the July 30 trade deadline. Could president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman find a way to acquire Luis Robert Jr. and Erick Fedde from the Chicago White Sox?
Los Angeles ranks third in The Athletic’s power rankings for the week of July 1. Within this ranking was a trade deadline prediction that they’d land Robert and Fedde “in a package deal.”
“They’ll try to get Garrett Crochet instead, but they will be rebuffed. They’ll ask again and get re-rebuffed,” wrote The Athletic’s Grant Brisbee. “So Fedde it is, and they’ll be fine with that. He’s been excellent in his first season back from Korea.
“It will take a lot of shiny prospects and young players to make this happen, but don’t worry, the Dodgers will make more of them. Their only real cost will have to be the overtime pay to the people working the prospect assembly lines. The Dodgers don’t always go big, but this is one of the offseasons where they go a little nuts. You can’t have the offseason they had and limp into the postseason with on-hand roster fixes.”
Luis Robert Would Be a Massive Upgrade for the Dodgers
Robert’s triple slash is .205/.279/.487 through 145 plate appearances this season. Of his 24 hits, 15 have gone for extra bases (6 doubles and 9 home runs). He’s also fresh off an All-Star season in which he set new career-high marks for homers (38) and RBI (80).
