Eventually the reputation of not trading prospects will disappear from the narrative.
When it comes to Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and general manager Farhan Zaidi, they’ve proven once again that they're more than willing to go get the talent necessary to win.
But the trade they completed Wednesday for Manny Machado — as impactful as it may be — is not the final move that will occur for the Dodgers as the trade deadline draws near.
“It’s meant as a means to an end,” Zaidi said while on the Dodgers radio station AM 570 in Los Angeles.