Contrary to Beliefs, the Dodgers Are Not Being Investigated

Weeks ago, the Dodgers organizational fate was uncertain. Andrew Friedman and his staff were the subjects of an investigation on the handlings of international free agents particularly from the Dominican Republic and Cuba. The heat of that investigation has since reportedly ended and for the time being, the Dodgers will not accrue any league or governmental consequences.

The story began when a report by Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated wrote a piece breaking down some shady findings within Major League Baseball. The report included screenshots of a 2015 email exchange between major league executives and more evidence found by the Department of Justice and an FBI probe launched specifically to investigate the MLB. The article specifically names the Dodgers.

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"“While both the league office and other teams are mentioned in the files obtained by SI, the Los Angeles Dodgers, a franchise with extensive scouting and development operations in the Caribbean, figure most prominently in the dossier,” wrote Wertheim."

That report led to what was believed to be an investigation and it was not until recently that those reports were confirmed by multiple reporters through Twitter.

The Dodgers could have been penalized with losses of prospects as well as lifetime bans to the now stand-alone general manager, Andrew Friedman. The whole scenario felt very Braves-esque.

However, Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports said on Twitter that the reports of an investigation were false and a ‘misconception’.

At the end of the day, this is huge news for the Dodgers. The Sports Illustrated report emphatically said that the Dodgers were linked to a major scandal in Carribean baseball and the ramifications of such connections could have been organizationally altering.

According to Brown though, the reports, while they may not have been false, will not be investigated.