The Los Angeles Dodgers could use a reliever right around now.
Los Angeles' bullpen has been good this season, but it's missing Edwin Díaz right now and it's unclear when he will return. He'll surely return this season, but it's unclear when. Between now and the August 3 trade deadline, the Dodgers should be looking to add, just in case. Bleacher Report's Zachary Rymer made an intriguing prediction that would solve this issue.
"Los Angeles Dodgers (51-29): They'll get Rico Garcia from the Orioles," Rymer wrote. Not Tarik Skubal? Yeah, that's going against the market at this juncture. But it's also recognition that the Dodgers don't need to make a trade to have a super-rotation for October, whereas they probably do if they want to have a super-bullpen.
"Despite some recent regression, Garcia still has a 1.95 ERA and 0.742 WHIP out of Baltimore's pen. Even though he's 32, his club control elevates his value, but probably not to a point where the Dodgers would have to subtract a top-10 prospect from their No. 1-ranked farm system."
Garcia may not be someone fans know, but he's a six-year big league veteran with a 1.95 ERA in 35 appearances this season for the Orioles. If the Dodgers could get production like that ahead of the deadline, the bullpen will be in perfect shape.