Gomes was asked if the signing of Kyle Tucker marks the end of LA’s dominant winter, and simply put, the Dodgers aren’t done adding to their loaded roster.
“We’re almost done. We can never be done. We can’t say anything official yet, but we feel really good about this team with Spring Training in a few weeks,” Gomes said.
Have the Dodgers really solved the outfield – or is depth still an issue?
The Dodgers are coming off a tremendous offseason, adding perhaps the best closer in all of baseball in Edwin Diaz and 29-year-old All-Star outfielder Tucker. Los Angeles entered this offseason with two major weaknesses: the bullpen and the outfield, and some would say they solved them in one offseason by adding arguably the top two free agents at the position.
While the Dodgers added two phenomenal players, you could argue that they could use some depth in the outfield. Sure, the signing of Tucker does wonders for both the offense and certainly the defense, but their outfield depth outside of Tucker and Teoscar Hernandez is suspect.
Andy Pages’ defense is more than solid, but his offense is inconsistent. Tommy Edman is expected to be limited in spring training after undergoing offseason surgery on his ankle. Edman could start the 2026 season, and Alex Call is more of a platoon player, specializing in left-handed pitching.
If the Dodgers could add another player with solid depth to their outfield, LA could be unbeatable (and even more so).
Can the Dodgers’ already loaded rotation get any better?
While the starting rotation is taken care of, it never hurts to add. The Dodgers have a history of injuries in their starting rotation. The more they could gather, the better they would be to dominate both the regular season and the postseason. The Dodgers only care about eleven wins (or thirteen like last season) once the calendar turns to October.
However, the Dodgers would like to secure a first or second seed in the postseason to rest on those days, as opposed to 2025.
The Dodgers boast the strongest starting rotation in baseball, headlined by World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto alongside Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani. That quartet has already shown it can carry LA to the finish line, but adding another elite arm could completely bolster the Dodgers’ bid for a three-peat.
Only time will tell if the Dodgers are actually done adding to their roster.
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