As the final 24 hours approached before baseball’s trade deadline, the Dodgers continued to engage the Tampa Bay Rays about pitchers Chris Archer and Matt Moore and the Cincinnati Reds about outfielder Jay Bruce.
The Dodgers also find their way into other reports — the Chicago White Sox about pitcher Chris Sale, the Oakland Athletics about pitcher Rich Hill and outfielder Josh Reddick, the Milwaukee Brewers about catcher Jonathan Lucroy — in large part because a team with a top payroll, top prospects and a creative front office shows up everywhere in trade rumors.