The Dodgers went on a $1.1 billion shopping spree to wrap up 2023, significantly improving the roster with the additions of Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow.
But as the clock struck midnight and the calendar flipped over to 2024, the Dodgers’ focus remained the same: continue to improve the star-studded roster in order to win the World Series next season.
With pitchers and catchers reporting in a little more than a month, how exactly can the Dodgers get even better?
Do they need more pitching?
Coming into the offseason, the Dodgers knew they needed to upgrade their starting pitching. It wasn’t good enough in the postseason and it got exposed by the D-backs’ offense.
With the additions of Yamamoto and Glasnow and Walker Buehler coming back at some point in the early months of the season, the Dodgers, at least on paper, should be much better. You add in guys like Emmet Sheehan, Bobby Miller, Landon Knack and others, and the Dodgers are in a good spot with the rotation.
However, Los Angeles could still benefit from adding one more starter. That would give the Dodgers some insurance for the slight uncertainty surrounding Yamamoto, who will be pitching in a big league season for the first time in his career. It would also protect them against injuries to Glasnow, Miller and Buehler.