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Dodgers completing due diligence ahead of deals
- Updated: December 8, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Dodgers came to the Winter Meetings seeking a closer and a third baseman, and they will probably leave on Thursday with the same needs.
“I don’t necessarily see us doing anything in the next 12 hours,” general manager Farhan Zaidi said on Wednesday night. “We’re involved in a few markets where some dominoes need to start falling. As of now, most of the players that have been moved or signed weren’t really high up on our list or on our radar.”
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Still high on the list is re-signing closer Kenley Jansen and/or third baseman Justin Turner. Jansen’s decision seems to be on hold, pending a decision by the other elite free-agent closer, Aroldis Chapman. Turner’s situation might be stalled because of a reported shortage of eager suitors.
Both Jansen and Turner were granted qualifying offers by the Dodgers, meaning that if they were to leave, each signing club would forfeit a valuable Draft pick and the Dodgers would gain one. Such a restriction apparently didn’t keep the Rockies from reportedly reaching an agreement with free agent Ian Desmond on Wednesday. The guidelines surrounding team compensation for free agents have …
