The former first-round pick of the Seattle Mariners, the Arizona Diamondbacks non-tendered Walker after he made only four starts across two injury-marred seasons in 2018 and 2019. Despite the injury troubles stealing a pair of his prime years, Walker is still entering just his age-27 season (for context, Tony Gonsolin turns 26 years old during the 2020 season), making him a prime bounce-back candidate and a solid investment for any team looking to build a starting rotation from the ground up.
The Dodgers certainly don’t seem to be in that sort of position though. Their rotation had the best starter ERA in all of baseball last season, why would they need to give Walker a chance?