This year’s deadline carries even more significance than in year’s past, as there is no longer a separate waiver trade deadline in August.
This be-all, end-all trade deadline will lead to plenty of exciting headlines over the next few days. So the question becomes, as it has the past two deadline seasons, “Will the Dodgers acquire the biggest name on the block?”
At the last two deadlines, this has been the main question, with the sub-header to all Dodger fans pleading cries to the front office being “Will we add an impact reliever? PS: We’d prefer a lefty.