The Los Angeles Dodgers will never admit that they don’t have the money to sign whoever they desire at the top of the free-agent market, but faced with an offseason where each of the top names come with varying degrees of risk, and uncertainty after this season when the current CBA expires, perhaps this is when the Dodgers get a little more creative than just throwing money at their problems.
While we’re still a couple of weeks away from executives reverting to their high school gossip ways at the Winter Meetings, ESPN’s Jesse Rogers got them talking over this offseason’s hot topics. Among the questions asked by Rogers was who the top trade candidate is of the offseason, with the exception being that they couldn’t mention Tarik Skubal.
Opinions were varied, but Minnesota Twins’ Joe Ryan, Arizona Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte, and Freddy Peralta of the Milwaukee Brewers all received multiple votes. One executive, however, made sure to put it out there that the Dodgers could look to trade Tyler Glasnow this offseason.
No, it doesn’t sound like the Dodgers are shopping Glasnow, but if they are looking for creative ways to address their needs in the outfield and bullpen, perhaps the oft-injured 32-year-old is dangled as a trade chip. Either that or … the Dodger will look to shed his salary to bring aboard a better starter? A Tarik Skubal trade?!
Dodgers Rumors: Tyler Glasnow might be a trade candidate for LA this offseason
Increasing the chances of the Dodgers’ willingness to move Glasnow is the fact that, on paper, they already have a formidable rotation without the former Rays’ ace in the picture. A rotation that includes Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Emmett Sheehan, and Roki Sasaki, moving back to the rotation from the bullpen, is good enough to get you through the year.
The elephant in the room is that Glasnow is owed $32.5 million over the next two seasons and carries a $30 million club option in 2028 that converts to $21.5 million player option if declined. Again, the Dodgers won’t point to his contract being a burden, but if someone were willing to take it off Los Angeles’ hands, they likely wouldn’t be opposed to the idea.
Of course, given the number of pitching injuries they worked through in 2025, the Dodgers aren’t just going to give up depth (and still a very good pitcher) for the mere purpose of saving a dollar or two. But, in a world where including Glasnow could help in their efforts to land someone like Steven Kwan from the Cleveland Guardians? Or if it clears a path for them to add a better player on a high salary? Perhaps they listen.