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Trade for Skubal? Stand Pat? The Dodgers Can Afford Any Option At Trade Deadline

In each of their last two marches to a World Series championship, the Dodgers’ deadline needs were much more pressing and obvious than they are right now. In 2024, the Dodgers made their desire for an impact arm abundantly clear and traded for the best starter available in Detroit’s Jack Flaherty. They still ended up with a dearth of reliable starting options late in the season and leaned heavily on their bullpen — they got 22 more innings from their relievers than their starters in the postseason — on their path through October. Last year, they had the opposite problem. An injured and overwor...