It felt like overkill in the offseason. The team that had everything — the defending champions — just kept layering on more and more talent and adding to a soaring payroll.

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Among the Dodgers' reported trade targets are a pair of slick-fielding defenders who are enjoying superb seasons at the plate.

The Dodgers need outfield defensive help, and Minnesota's Harrison Bader is among the potential players they could target at the MLB trade deadline.

It’s somehow been over five years since the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers made arguably baseball’s most important trade of the 2020s, a deal which sent All-Star outfielder Mookie Betts and former Cy Young winner David Price from Boston to Los Angeles.

The New York Yankees should avoid engaging with the Los Angeles Dodgers in these trade negotiations.

With Blake Snell set to return to the starting rotation, the Dodgers might consider parting ways with Dustin May ahead of the MLB trade deadline.

The New York Yankees are linked to trading for a solid reliever from an NL team ahead of the MLB trade deadline on July 31.