Dodgers Could Be Forced to Deal With 4 Different Arbitration Cases and That's a Lot

The Los Angeles Dodgers' front office has done a spectacular job since taking over as it pertains to avoiding arbitration with cornerstone assets.

This offseason, however, has been an entirely different story. And that stance comes despite the club reaching agreements with the likes of Cody Bellinger, Corey Seagar, Julio Urias, Ross Stripling and Enrique Hernandez, among others.

Despite the success in locking down a bunch of assets, the Dodgers still have an MLB-high four arbitration cases that have yet to be settled. Why is this shocking? Because LA hasn't gone to an arbitration hearing for over a decade, per insider Jon Heyman.

Those disgruntled players include sluggers Joc Pederson and Max Muncy, which is simply indefensible considering the alarming lack of urgency the Dodgers have exhibited this winter.

Pederson and the club were a staggering $1.75 million apart in talks.

Muncy, on the other hand, was seeking a salary in the range of $4.6 million. The Dodgers countered with an offer of $4 million.

Los Angeles also failed to reach an agreement with utility man Chris Taylor and reliever Pedro Baez.

Again, we're talking fine margins here, but the narrative remains an unsettling one for the franchise's braintrust.

It's worth noting that the Dodgers still have time to reach agreements with these players, but this is not the kind of news that fans expected to hear, especially entering an offseason where their club was forecasted to flex its wallet.