Our long, weird Dodgers offseason is nearly over, with spring training kicking off in the next week or so. It’s hard to say exactly when, because there’s the pitchers and catchers date like always, but there’s an earlier date for players participating in the World Baseball Classic, and some people don’t consider it real until games actually start in a couple weeks. But one way or another, the offseason will end, and it will have been weird.
Los Angeles didn’t play in the deep end of the free-agency pool, instead hanging out in the shallow end and picking off a Noah Syndergaard or Shelby Miller here and a JD Martinez or David Peralta there.