The Los Angeles Dodgers made multiple trades on Monday, but they might not be done.
After landing Tommy Edman and Michael Kopech in a three-team trade with the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox, the Dodgers double-dipped into the trade market on Monday and acquired Amed Rosario from the Tampa Bay Rays.
Even after two successful transactions, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman might not be done, as he’s still shopping for bullpen help heading into Tuesday’s deadline.
Los Angeles is participating in the sweepstakes for Miami Marlins closer Tanner Scott, but if Scott lands with one of his other suitors, Friedman will have to pivot to another talented reliever on the market.
This is where Kyle Finnegan of the Washington Nationals comes into play.
Finnegan is the second-best reliever available at present, according to Jim Bowden of The Athletic. Unfortunately for the Dodgers and other teams looking for late-inning bullpen help, Finnegan promises to be an expensive acquisition, if he is even moved at all.
“The Nationals are asking for more for their closer, Kyle Finnegan, than the Angels got for (Carlos) Estévez, but are also taking the position that they don’t have to trade him,” Bowden said on Sunday. “So if a team wants him, it’s going to take an overpay, even more than what the Phillies paid for Estévez.”
If the Dodgers decide to overpay for Finnegan in the hours leading up to the deadline, it will be because Scott is no longer available.
On the other hand, no one would fault Friedman for calling the trade deadline a wrap after Los Angeles’ epic Monday.
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