After more than a year of interest, the Los Angeles Dodgers got their man by acquiring Brian Dozier at the non-waiver trade deadline this season. They’d previously explored trade talks with the Minnesota Twins after the 2016 season.
With the Twins reportedly seeking top prospects Cody Bellinger and Walker Buehler in a trade, the Dodgers ultimately pivoted and sent Jose De Leon to the Tampa Bay Rays for Logan Forsythe in January 2017.
Coincidentally, Forsythe and two Minor Leaguers were traded to the Twins in exchange for Dozier. While the Dodgers had long targeted the slugging second baseman, he was enduring a down year.