The Los Angeles Dodgers have plenty of needs to meet in free agency, and ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez believes they will look for a closing pitcher before anything else.
The Dodgers invested in a closer last season, signing Tanner Scott to a four-year, $72 million contract after the World Series. Scott didn’t quite have the season the Dodgers would have liked, posting a 4.74 ERA through 61 appearances and blowing 10 save opportunities over the course of the season.
Their bullpen as a whole ranked in the bottom 10 teams across MLB in terms of ERA, posting a 4.