MLB Insider Mark Feinsand thinks L.A. is gearing up for a huge offseason next year
Many Dodger fans aren’t happy with how this offseason is going thus far. The Dodgers have lost a lot more than they’ve gained, and fans wonder why that is. Are the Dodgers a full-go on this youth movement? Does their financial situation on Trevor Bauer have something to do with it? Many of us may never know.
MLB insider Mark Feinsand appeared on MLB Networks High Heat with Chris Mad Dog Russo and believes L.A. is set to make a big splash in next year’s offseason. After mad Dog mentioned that San Diego had been more active this offseason than the Dodgers, Feinsand said:
“Well, remember, there was a big gap between the Dodgers and Padres. The Padres are trying to catch the Dodgers, the Dodgers are still a really good team even after losing some of the guys they’ve lost. They do need to do something. I don’t know if there are going to be any huge moves. I don’t see them going out and paying [Carlos] Correa what he’s gonna want. I think Dansby Swanson’s market is going to explode because he’s the last shortstop available and you’ve still got four or five teams in the market for a shortstop, which I think benefits him, I think his number’s going to go up.
“I can see the Dodgers almost sitting out a little, making a few moves here and there — they need to get a pitcher, we don’t think [Walker] Buehler’s going to pitch. If he pitches this year, it’s maybe in September, but you don’t know what a guy’s going to be coming off of Tommy John. I think the Dodgers have their eye on next offseason, on Shohei Ohtani hitting the free-agent market, and they’re kind of saving all that big, big money to hand him whatever he wants.
“I’m not sure there’s anything left on the market that makes sense for them at the price it’s going to cost, to go out there and warrant spending a whole lot of money right now.”
L.A. would take a big risk if that were true, although the reward would be very high. Shohei Ohtani is already considered possibly the greatest baseball player of all time, dude is a unicorn and no one alive has seen someone like him.
As things stand, Ohtani is set to become a free agent in 2023 and will be making $30 million.
Ohtani, 28, is projected to sign a monster contract next season, and many teams will be in the running for “Shotime.”
If that is the Dodgers’ plan, let’s hope they strike gold.
