The Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2024 World Series in dominant fashion. Heading into the offseason, they're the heavy favorites to win the World Series again in 2025.
This winter, the Dodgers will look to do nothing but improve their chances to bring another title back to Los Angeles.
The No. 1 move that Los Angeles will make this offseason is just getting healthy. Namely getting Shohei Ohtani back on the mound, especially after his recent labrum surgery.
Seeing other stars like Tyler Glasnow and Clayton Kershaw return from injuries will be key as well.
But FanSided's Robert Murray expects the Dodgers to do much more than just get healthy this winter. Murray expects the Dodgers to add to two crucial positions that currently look like holes on their roster.
"The Los Angeles Dodgers main priorities this offseason are in the outfield and their rotation, a source tells me," Murray wrote on Thursday. "While Juan Soto would be at the top of any team's wish list, it's far from a guarantee LA can match his price tag. With the Dodgers likely to move Mookie Betts back to the infield this winter (per reports), they have a hole in a corner outfield spot."
The obvious answer for the Dodgers would be to bring breakout fan favorite Teoscar Hernández back. Hernández has voiced his eagerness to remain in Los Angeles, but the Dodgers would need to pay him to keep him.
"Starting pitcher remains an obvious need for this Dodgers team," Murray wrote. "However, considering the Dodgers assets, expect them to add at least one significant arm this winter."
While the Dodgers have a loaded top end of the rotation, when healthy, they lack the back-end depth. This is largely because multiple of their top prospect arms have undergone Tommy John surgery in the last year.
Los Angeles could look to bolster its rotation by adding one or two starting pitchers in free agency as Murray projects them to do. They could even explore a trade for a starter like Chicago White Sox ace Garrett Crochet.
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