At the beginning of the Winter Meetings, it was rumored that several teams had interest in Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli. Buster Onley actually reported that the Dodgers, Astros, and Mets had interest in the veteran backstop. However, with the JT Realmuto still on the trade block, the rumor mill has been slow on the Bucs catcher.
However, with the Winter Meetings coming to a close after today’s Rule 5 draft, there is another report about the L.A. Dodgers interest in Cervelli. The report comes from MLB.com’s Dodger beat writer Ken Gurnick. Gurnik wrote an article about the Dodgers being interested in the Francisco Cervelli as a potential fall back option if they miss out on JT Realmuto.