LA Lands a Ace: Dodgers Trade Proposal Brings in…

The Los Angeles Dodgers built their 2024 World Series run on the heels of a $1 billion offseason.

After signing top-tier free agents like Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Teoscar Hernández, the Dodgers were the favorites to win it all and made good on that promise with their eighth World Series title in franchise history.

This winter, they could be looking to bring in some top-tier talent once again, particularly at the shortstop position. That might mean handing out a long-term contract to the likes of Willy Adames or another free agent. Or, as Zachary Rymer proposed for Bleacher Report, it could mean snagging a veteran name with a blockbuster trade.

Rymer pitched a three-player swap that would bring three-time All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa from the Minnesota Twins to Los Angeles in exchange for pitcher Bobby Miller and prospect Edgardo Henriquez.

“If Carlos Correa is going anywhere this winter, it will be because Carlos Correa wants to go there,” Rymer wrote. “He has a full no-trade clause, and it doesn’t take much to imagine him balking at trade proposals that would send him to non-contenders. Or, say, the San Francisco Giants or New York Mets. But the Dodgers? One can see it.”

Entering the third year of a six-year, $200 million contract that he signed with the Twins, Correa has been hampered by injuries. In 2024, he logged just 84 games as he struggled with a right-foot injury following a left-foot injury in 2023.

As a result, the Twins could be looking to get out of Correa’s remaining salary while the Dodgers might see themselves as a fresh start where he could find his old form.

“Correa is a shortstop all the way, yet the Dodgers would have the ability to get him off his bothersome feet as needed,” Rymer added. “With the Twins for sale and no longer tied to a regional sports network, it’s hard to imagine them moving Correa in anything other than a salary dump. This move would accomplish that and save them from paying him over $30 million in each of the next four seasons.”

Miller struggled in his second season with the Dodgers in 2024, pitching for an 8.52 ERA and getting optioned to the minors twice, so he might benefit from a change of scenery as well. Meanwhile, Henriquez is a right-handed pitching prospect, ranked number 15 in the Dodgers system. 

Ultimately, if the Dodgers are looking for a high-upside offensive option at shortstop, they might not have to give up too much to land Correa.