2 unresolved Dodgers developments with 2025 Winter Meetings in the rearview

The 2025 Winter Meetings are officially over, and the Los Angeles Dodgers managed to do what they always do: spend big (Edwin Díaz), dominate headlines, terrify the rest of baseball, and somehow still leave us with more questions than answers.

The Dodgers stabilized the back end of their bullpen. But are they upgrading the outfield, or are they simply rearranging furniture? And how close are they really to pulling off a Tarik Skubal trade? What would it cost them?

This franchise treats suspense like an art form. They don’t just make moves — they foreshadow them, like a prestige TV show that ends every episode on a cliffhanger. And right now? Dodgers fans are staring at two massive unresolved plot lines that could define the entire offseason.

2 unresolved Dodgers developments following 2025 Winter Meetings

The Teoscar Hernández mystery

We all know the numbers. We all know the vibes. And we all know the Dodgers’ front office is ruthlessly unsentimental when a roster spot is even slightly inefficient.

So when Teoscar Hernández’s name hit the rumor mill (again) at the Winter Meetings, nobody blinked. What raised eyebrows was the subtext: If Hernández is being shopped, the Dodgers are not just tinkering. They’re upgrading. Big.

And honestly? It tracks.

Los Angeles' outfield picture right now is … fine. Good. Functional. But this team wants elite defense, plus contact, big-game stability and the kind of postseason-proof depth that lets Dave Roberts sleep at night instead of turning into a bullpen nihilist by October.

The front office doesn’t leak smoke without fire, and Hernández is the perfect movable piece — talented, productive, but at a salary and skillset that can be redistributed for someone who fits the Dodgers’ ever-tightening postseason blueprint.

That explains why the Dodgers keep sniffing around names like Steven Kwan, Harrison Bader and Brendan Donovan (among others). If they trade Hernández, it’ll signal that they’ve found a better version of what he brings. If they keep him, it's because they couldn't.

Right now, the mystery is unsolved, but the breadcrumbs paint a picture: the Dodgers are not done with the outfield. Not even close.

The rumored Tarik Skubal megadeal

This Skubal saga has become the multiverse-level rumor that refuses to die. If you're feeling whiplash from all the noise, join the club.

But here’s the truth buried beneath the noise: the Dodgers love Skubal. And the Tigers know it. That's what keeps this rumor alive.

The sticking points, of course, are Skubal's price, his extension, and what the Dodgers are willing to sacrifice to pull this off. If a deal does become real, a surprise name that has emerged as a potential headliner is Tyler Glasnow.

The Dodgers adore Glasnow. Fans adore him. But his contract, injury risk and AAV make him the exact type of piece who becomes a trade headliner the moment a generational arm hits the market. Because even with Glasnow out of the picture, a rotation that includes Skubal, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell and Shohei Ohtani is illegal in at least 10 states.

So, while the 2025 Winter Meetings may be over, the Dodgers’ offseason is nowhere close to complete. Right now, we’re left with two giant cliffhangers: Is Hernández about to be replaced by a defense-and-contact monster? And are the Dodgers capable of prying Skubal away from Detroit (at the cost of Glasnow and a slew of top prospects)?

Whatever happens next will reshape this roster, rewrite expectations, and probably break the internet for a day or two. At least we can always rely on the Dodgers for that.