That right there is where the predicament starts: the Dodgers want to be the team that starts the eruption, the team that signs Bryce Harper or the team that trades for JT Realmuto. For a moment, it felt like the Dodgers, typically cautious spenders and traders, wanted to forget every strategy they had once stuck by and sign a player to a deal exceeding and breaking any boundary Andrew Friedman had set for his office.
If that is not enough there is JT Realmuto– one of if not the best offensive catchers in all of baseball just waiting to be acquired.