The clock is ticking on the Dodgers' divisional dominance, and Andrew Friedman knew it when he pulled off the most important trade of his career.
With the trade deadline on Friday, The Times provides real-time updates and analysis on all the transactions in Major League Baseball.Friedman threaded this needle for the last six seasons without external pressure. Friedman and Co. didn’t expect to have to pull off a trade of this magnitude. The Dodgers began the season with the deepest roster in the majors. The rotation and lineup were loaded. Maybe minor moves to plug holes, but nothing significant. That changed over the next four months.
The genesis for Friday’s seismic trade can be traced to the Dodgers’ four-game series in Washington at the beginning of July. On Saturday, before the Dodgers beat the Nationals for the third straight night, Scherzer mingled with a few Dodgers during batting practice. The three-time Cy Young Award winner and Walker Buehler, teammates in the All-Star game in nine days, spoke at length. Blake Treinen, Scherzer’s teammate in Washington, walked over for a chat.
The genesis for Friday’s seismic trade can be traced to the Dodgers’ four-game series in Washington in July.The Nationals had been surging, emanating 2019 championship vibes. But the Dodgers swept them and they never recovered, leading to general manager Mike Rizzo’s decision to deal eight veterans, including three All-Stars, less than two years after winning a World Series.
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