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Dodgers' 2024 free agents, trade targets, offseason guide after World Series win | News, results, highlights, statistics and rumors

Dodgers' 2024 free agents, trade targets, offseason guide after World Series win | News, results, highlights, statistics and rumors

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – SEPTEMBER 28: Willy Adames #27 of the Milwaukee Brewers pitches against the New York Mets at American Family Field on September 28, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images)

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Below, we've highlighted a potential free agent target for each of the four positions identified as potential areas of need:

Starting pitcher: Andrew Heaney

The Dodgers don't need to target the top of the starting pitching market and could also benefit from targeting a pitcher who has experience pitching in a swingman role.

Heaney, 33, had a 3.10 ERA, a 1.09 WHIP and a 110-to-19 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 72.2 innings as a member of the Dodgers in 2022. He parlayed that performance into a two-year, $25 million contract with the Texas Rangers, and he was a solid back-end starter, pitching some big innings during the team's World Series run in 2023.

Adames is easily the top option on the shortstop market and is coming off a season in which he posted a 118 OPS+ with 33 doubles, 32 home runs, 112 RBI, 21 steals and 3.1 WAR in 161 games.

The versatile Ha-Seong Kim is the only other potential everyday shortstop available in free agency, while Paul DeJong is a bargain option.

Corner outfielder: Tyler O'Neill

O'Neill will likely come at a slightly cheaper price than signing Teoscar Hernández or replacing him with Anthony Santander, but he is capable of providing a similar level of performance with a clean bill of health.

The 29-year-old posted an OPS+ of 132 with 31 home runs in 473 plate appearances and 49 of his 99 hits this year went for extra bases. He would be reunited with his former teammate Tommy Edman in the outfield.

Setup assistant: Kenley Jansen

Jansen has expressed in the past that he would like to retire in a Dodgers jersey, and after a year in Atlanta and two years in Boston, he could return to Los Angeles to complete his potential Hall of Fame career.

He converted 27 of 31 save opportunities with a 3.29 ERA, a 1.06 WHIP and a 10.2 K/9 mark in 54 appearances, and while the Dodgers may not be willing to give him ninth-inning duties guarantee, he could serve as part of the late-inning contingent.

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