Heading into the offseason the Los Angeles Dodgers were pegged by many to be among the teams expected to pursue Gerrit Cole, Anthony Rendon and Stephen Strasburg. Indications are they met with each of the three, but only Rendon remains available.
Strasburg was the first domino to fall, agreeing to a record-breaking seven-year contract with the Washington Nationals on the first day of the Winter Meetings. Cole then was next, breaking the records Strasburg secured with his nine-year, $324 million deal with the New York Yankees.
All the while the Dodgers have been identified as one of the favorites to sign Rendon.