The Dodgers have a lot of ways to attack this offseason, and Tyler Glasnow stands out as one of the more interesting names to watch.
Los Angeles has the kind of flexibility most teams only dream about. The club has prospects, veteran talent and the financial muscle to move in just about any direction. That opens the door to all kinds of trade ideas, including deals built around outfield help or swaps that bring back younger, cheaper, more controllable players.
Glasnow fits into that conversation because the talent has never been in doubt. At 6-foot-8, the 33-year-old still brings some of the best stuff in baseball. The issue, as both the Dodgers and the rest of the league know, is availability.
In three seasons with Los Angeles, Glasnow has made only 53 starts and gone 18-11. He has two years left on the five-year contract he signed after coming over from the Tampa Bay Rays. The final year is a club option worth $30 million, so if another team acquired him this offseason, he could eventually function as an expiring contract.
That kind of profile can be useful for a team that badly needs pitching. There are plenty of those around the league, and for a lot of clubs Glasnow would instantly slot in as at least a No. 2 starter. The Dodgers, though, are not one of the teams scrambling for rotation help, even if Shohei Ohtani ends up abandoning his dream of trying to win a Cy Young Award.
That is why moving Glasnow makes sense as a possibility. Friedman has done this before, flipping pricier veterans for prospect-heavy returns when the situation called for it. In those cases, the goal is often to trim payroll, and Los Angeles has also shown it can turn those prospect hauls into real contributors.
One possible benefit would be financial flexibility. Getting Glasnow off the books could theoretically open the door to keeping Tarik Skubal.
There are also possible trade partners that line up neatly with what Los Angeles might want back. The Texas Rangers need starting pitching badly, and Evan Carter or Wyatt Langford could be appealing names in a deal.
The Los Angeles Angels are another team to keep in mind. They need pitching if they’re going to chase a return to the postseason for the first time in over a decade. Zach Neto has been floated for some time as a possible Dodgers target, and bringing him in could allow Mookie Betts to shift to second base, a move that would help extend his career at a high level.
With the prospect capital already in hand, the Dodgers could also use Glasnow and additional pieces to land a ready-made difference-maker while making the roster younger.
Or they could simply move his salary for prospects and keep pushing forward without that large contract attached.
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