The Los Angeles Dodgers have been one of the most dominant teams in baseball this season despite all of the injuries.
Los Angeles features more star power than any other team in the league, but the injury bug hasn't been kind to the organization. Despite this, the Dodgers currently have a 30-19 record and are in first place in the National League West.
It will be interesting to see how they handle the trade deadline this year. They will probably find some other star to bring to town for at least the short term. They did that last year by landing Jack Flaherty. It's pretty inevitable someone will come to town. But who could they trade? Bleacher Report's Kerry Miller called right-handed pitcher Nick Frasso the team's "most likely" trade chip.
"To a considerable extent, what the Dodgers are willing to give up depends upon the health level of their pitching staff," Miller said. "They could have Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, Roki Sasaki, Emmet Sheehan and even Shohei Ohtani available as rotational options by the All-Star Break. Or with the way things have gone in recent seasons, they could be down four more starters and desperately scraping the bottom of the barrel for anyone with an intact arm.
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"If that's the case, calling up Nick Frasso probably makes more sense than trading him away. But after he missed the entire 2024 season to recover from shoulder surgery, the 26-year-old right hander has spent the first few weeks of this season building up his stamina at Triple-A Oklahoma City, going north of 80 pitches in each of his last two outings. Physically, he's just about ready for his big league debut, but whether he has the goods to become a part of the Dodgers rotation is questionable at best, his level of dominance on the mound nowhere near what it was pre-surgery. Certainly worthy of a flyer for a lot of other teams, though."
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