Setting their sights on adding frontline talent to the roster, the Los Angeles Dodgers were strongly connected to the likes of Gerrit Cole, Anthony Rendon and Stephen Strasburg leading up and during the Winter Meetings.
The club identified Cole as their top free-agent target of the offseason and reportedly extended him an eight-year, $300 million contract offer. While they were serious in their pursuit, the right-hander ultimately went on to sign a record-breaking deal with the New York Yankees.
After additionally falling short in their efforts to ink Strasburg and Rendon, the Dodgers wound up making just one notable addition during the month of December.