The Los Angeles Dodgers have done almost everything right this offseason.
They added stars. They stacked depth. They sent a clear message to the rest of baseball: catching them in October won’t be easy.
And yet, beneath the shine of another super team build, one uncomfortable truth remains—this rotation still feels fragile.
On paper, the Dodgers look unbeatable. In reality, they are haunted by last season’s injuries. Too many starts lost. Too many arms breaking down at the wrong time. Too much reliance on talent that couldn’t stay on the mound.
That’s why one proposed trade feels less outrageous the longer you sit with it.
According to FanSided’s Christopher Kline, the Dodgers could consider dealing Roki Sasaki—one of the most exciting young arms in baseball—to their division rival, the San Francisco Giants, in exchange for Logan Webb.
It’s the kind of idea that sounds impossible. Until it doesn’t.
Webb isn’t flashy. He doesn’t dominate highlight reels. What he does is show up. Every fifth day. For seven innings. Against anyone.
In 2025, Webb went 15–11 with a 3.22 ERA, 224 strikeouts, and over 200 innings pitched. He finished fourth in NL Cy Young voting, earning his second All-Star nod.
This wasn’t a peak—it was consistency. He’s been in the Cy Young conversation three straight seasons.
For a Dodgers team exhausted by fragility, that profile is intoxicating.
Webb is also under contract—five years, $90 million. In the modern pitching market, that number feels almost modest for a true workhorse. No yearly drama. No opt-out looming. Just certainty.
That certainty is what Los Angeles lacks.
Roki Sasaki represents the opposite. Electric. Young. Marketable. A bridge into the Japanese baseball market and the future of the franchise’s pitching identity.
But also unproven at the MLB level, and not the solution to a rotation that needs innings right now.
This is the tension inside the Dodgers’ front office.
Do you protect tomorrow—or stabilize today?
San Francisco, meanwhile, would never trade Webb lightly—especially to Los Angeles. The return would need to be dramatic. Sasaki might be the only name big enough to even start that conversation.
Five years of club control. Global appeal. A potential ace for the next decade.
If the Giants believe another season could slip away, the calculus changes.
And that’s what makes this scenario dangerous.
Not because it’s likely. But because it’s logical.
The Dodgers don’t need more upside. They need durability. They need someone who won’t disappear when October pressure hits. Someone who reduces risk instead of adding to it.
Trading Sasaki would hurt. Publicly. Emotionally. Long-term.
But championships aren’t won on potential—they’re won on reliability.
Spring training is approaching. The window to make bold decisions is closing. And while the Dodgers won’t say it out loud, this roster still has one question it can’t outrun:
Is brilliance enough—if it keeps breaking down?
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