Go out and snare a premium starting pitcher and additional left-handed relief pitching so they can make a serious run in October.L.A.'s braintrust landed Yu Darvish from Texas, Tony Watson from Pittsburgh and Tony Cingrani from Cincinnati just before today's trade deadline.
What the organization is screaming from the rooftops is this: "We want to win it all this year."
The Dodgers gave up prospects Willie Calhoun, A.J. Alexy and Brendon Davis, but held onto their top farmhands in bolstering the pitching staff.
General Manager Farhan Zaidi and President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman have set up Dave Roberts to go into the playoffs with a starting pitching corps of Clayton Kershaw, Darvish, Alex Wood, Rich Hill, Hyun Jin-Ryu and Kenta Maeda.
Kershaw is on the shelf with a back strain but expects to return to the rotation before the end of the regular season.
Expect Roberts to narrow the rotation to Kershaw, Darvish, Wood and Hill when October baseball comes around.
The Dodgers go to Atlanta tomorrow for a series with the Braves after sweeping the Giants over the weekend. Rookie Kyle Farmer, in his first major league at-bat, delivered a two-run double in the bottom of the 11th inning last night to give the Dodgers their eighth win in a row and a dramatic 3-2 come-from-behind victory.
The Dodgers rallied to tie the game at 1-1 in the ninth behind Chase Utley, who legged out a pinch-hit single and swiped second base, and Yasiel Puig, who brought him home with a single up the middle.
Utley, 38, a former MVP with Philadelphia, has been a steady influence in the clubhouse and provided needed sparks off the bench.
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