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How past trade deadline scrambles motivated Dodgers’ winter spending spree

Staff WriterFollow

Jan. 24, 2025 3:30 AM PT

IIt’s been an unrealized goal of Andrew Friedman’s for years. This summer, however, it finally might come to fruition.

As he does at the start of every winter, the Dodgers’ president of baseball operations set lofty ambitions for their activity this offseason. He wanted to reinforce a talented team, one just months removed from winning the franchise’s first full-season World Series title in three and a half decades, with even more star power. He wanted to bolster roster depth across the board, especially a pitching staff that was ravaged by injuries.