Closer extraordinaire Devin Williams had been told by the Milwaukee Brewers that he likely would be traded to the Dodgers. He went to the New York Yankees instead, a turn of events Williams described as “the Yankees snuck in under the table and got the deal done.”
It’s not a secret that fortifying the bullpen remains on the Dodgers’ to-do list. They’ve been connected with free agent Tanner Scott, who notched 22 saves with the San Diego Padres and Miami Marlins last season. They’ve been courted by free-agent closers Paul Sewald and Kenley Jansen (isn’t it supposed to be the teams courting the players?