Last season the Los Angeles Dodgers acquired Jesse Chavez, Josh Fields and Rich Hill prior to the non-waiver trade deadline. The moves hardly came as a surprise, considering president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman’s emphasis on assembling plenty of pitching depth.
Fields and Hill remain with the Dodgers, with the former having contributed more in 2017 than the latter thus far. Nonetheless, statistics have Los Angeles as boasting one of the better pitching staffs in the Majors.
However, there are holes and concerns, primarily with durability. The Dodgers figure to be one of the more active teams at the trade deadline.