The ending to the 2019 season was a disappointing one for the Los Angeles Dodgers as despite winning a franchise-record 106 regular-season games, they were defeated by the eventual World Series champion Washington Nationals in five games in the National League Division Series.
Knowing that the organization and its fans were increasingly antsy for a World Series of their own, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman went out and made a big splash this past offseason by acquiring Mookie Betts and David Price from the Boston Red Sox.
The trade was completed just before the start of Spring Training, leading to a ton of excitement surrounding the Dodgers as they got set to embark on the long journey that hopefully would lead back to the Fall Classic.