Dodgers Not Going for it in Free Agency Proves They’ll Never Win World Series With This Team

The Los Angeles Dodgers have had golden opportunities to win each of the last four World Series.

Yet, they have blown each of them, two at the horn, and two before ever reaching the promised land. This offseason, with so many of their competitors flexing their financial muscles, they let yet another golden opportunity with a stacked list of free agents dissipate.

After seeing their "sole focus" in Gerrit Cole choose $24 million and a better sales pitch with the Yankees, it's clear they didn't do their due diligence on Anthony Rendon.

Anthony Rendon signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim without receiving an offer from the team just about a 45-minute drive away, despite the Dodgers saying they didn't think he'd want to play there. We're not sure where they got that thought.

The Dodgers already missed out on signing Gerrit Cole or Stephen Strasburg, which is at least understandable, considering Cole signed a record deal with his favorite childhood team, and Strasburg just won a World Series in Washington. The Dodgers still have a great team, but there is no excuse for not even offering a deal to an NL MVP candidate and free agent, especially when they have that much money.

The Dodgers had a 2-1 lead in the 2016 NLCS over the eventual champion Chicago Cubs and lost. They lost a Game 7 at home to the Houston Astros in the 2017 World Series, then blew multiple in-game leads against the Boston Red Sox in the next Fall Classic. Finally, they blew a three-run lead at home in a clinching NLDS game this year against a perennial loser.

If management is going to take such a relaxed approach to free agency this year, of all years, then the Dodgers' World Series window might have closed completely.