Conventional baseball wisdom says you have until the trade deadline to decide whether you think you have what it takes to make a legitimate run at the postseason. If you think you’re one or two pieces away — maybe one big bat or one dominant arm– you roll the dice and put up some young prospects and bring in the hired gun. If it looks like you just don’t have the stuff, you regroup and focus on improving for next year. You certainly don’t throw good money after bad by giving up top prospects for a losing cause.
Injuries and salary caps and opt-outs, oh my
Unfortunately, the Dodgers aren’t going to have the luxury of waiting until the trade deadline.