While some of the moves helped on the fringes, others clearly did not. With the Dodgers’ season now over after a stunning Game 5 loss to the Nationals in the NLDS, let’s look back and see how those moves worked out.
A.J. Pollock
After clearing up some of the log jam in the outfield by trading away the right-handed bats of Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig, the Front Office inexplicably signed the injury prone A.J. Pollock to a 5-year $60 million contract.
The move seemed rather puzzling at the time given the fact that highly touted rookie, Alex Verdugo, was waiting in the wings.