Dodgers: Ten Crucial Questions the Dodgers Have to Answer in 2019

Question 2: How long until Seager returns to elite form?

Dodger fans let out a collective groan last year when Corey Seager lost the majority of the 2019 season due to Tommy John surgery as well as hip surgery.  While I fully expect him to recover, it remains to be seen just how long it will take for him to get back to where he was.  Will the Cactus League games be enough to get him back up to speed, or will he need to do additional rehab and possibly start the season in the minors.  The good news here is that given his age, the question for Seager shouldn’t be if he returns to elite form, but rather when.

Question 3: Who’s on Second?

In a classic case of life imitating art, the Dodger’s continued inability to lock down an everyday second baseman has fans feeling as frustrated as Lou Costello.  The revolving door continued in 2018, with Logan Forsythe, Chase Utley, Kiké Hernandez, Chris Taylor, Brian Dozier and Max Muncy all having logged time at second.  Half of those players are now gone as Utley retired, Forsythe was traded away and the Nationals picked up Dozier as a free agent.

Back in May, I expressed my doubts about the Dodgers pursuing Bryce Harper or Manny Machado but predicted they would sign either Dozier or D.J. LeMahieu to fill the hole at second.  While it looks like I was spot on with Machado and Harper, I was wrong about second base.  Second base remains a question mark.

Will Hernandez finally get a chance to be a everyday starter at a set position or is he more valuable as a super utility man?  Is Muncy’s defense good enough to keep his bat in the lineup as the starting second baseman?  Will CT3 get the nod at second or will he be spending most of his time in the outfield?  Will Gavin Lux get an early call up out of sheer desperation?  These are questions that will soon be answered.