2 post-Winter Meetings moves Dodgers can make to capitalize on Edwin Díaz deal

This year's Winter Meetings were, on the whole, incredibly underwhelming. Only three truly notable moves that were actually made, but of course the Dodgers were involved in one of them. They signed Edwin Díaz to a three-year, $69 million deal on the heels of Kyle Schwarber's five-year, $150 million contract to return to the Phillies.

Even after signing Díaz, Andrew Friedman said it himself: he's allowed to take it easy this year. The bullpen needs help, yes, but the Dodgers signed Díaz just because they could, not because there were no other options out there.

And they can still do more, just because. The bullpen needs a little help, but they could also live up to Dave Roberts' vow to "really ruin baseball" by making the biggest deal of the offseason.

2 moves Dodgers can make to capitalize after relatively tame 2025 Winter Meetings

Pretty realistic: Signing Pete Fairbanks

Signing Edwin Díaz is far and away the Dodgers' banner move of the offseason so far, and it may stay that way if they continue to take it relatively easy on the free agent and trade markets.

But the bullpen does still need help. Justin Wrobleski and Edgardo Henriquez may be out of jobs after Díaz's addition, but neither Anthony Banda and Ben Casparius were impressing by the end of the season either. Adding a guy like Fairbanks would be underwhelming after Díaz's addition, but he'd still be a better setup option than Tanner Scott and he's been a Dodgers target before.

The Rays declined their $12.5 million club option on Fairbanks earlier this offseason; for the Dodgers, signing him for one year and around that amount of money would be a steal.

We can dream, right?: Trading for Tarik Skubal

KTLA anchor David Pingalore seemed absolutely positive that Skubal-Dodgers trade was right around the corner starting on Day 1 of Winter Meetings. On Day 2, he tweeted: "The pieces are agreed to, the framework is done. What's holding it up now is the long-term extension and ownership approval in Detroit. The Tigers won't green-light it without the owner's sign-off, and the Dodgers won't ship out that kind of haul without a long-term commitment from Skubal."

Of course, nothing of the sort materialized, but Ken Rosenthal and Katie Woo of The Athletic did suspiciously mention that a Skubal trade wasn't out of the Dodgers' realm of possibility on Wednesday. (But what is, really?)

Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris has refused to shut down Skubal rumors outright, which means there's still a non-zero chance even though Skubal stayed put by the end of Winter Meetings.

The Dodgers have less than zero need for Skubal. They already have five set starters who form the best rotation in baseball, and they might add a swingman sixth (our money's on Emmet Sheehan).

But this is the Dodgers we're talking about. They're not doing a lot right now, but they have the resources to do everything. If they can get the Tigers to bite on the right offer for Skubal, why not make him their official sixth starter and figure out the rest later?