LOS ANGELES -- After unleashing the franchise's financial firepower again, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said Thursday's trades improved the Dodgers for this year and beyond. And until Friday's 4 p.m. ET non-waiver Trade Deadline, he's still talking to other clubs about pitching.
"I don't want to talk about the Trade Deadline in the past tense," he said on Thursday night.
The primary focus of the two deals he completed brought in replacements for the pitching staff -- starting pitchers Mat Latos and Alex Wood, late-inning reliever Jim Johnson and lefty reliever Luis Avilan.