Dodgers: Storylines to watch at the Winter Meetings

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Will ownership let Friedman make his first big signing?

Perhaps unfairly, Andrew Friedman has gotten the reputation for being “cheap”. It’s important to remember that Friedman does not set the budget he has to work with. That comes from ownership so if the Dodgers do finally make a big signing it won’t be because Friedman decided to stop being stingy, it will be because ownership gave him the approval to spend big.

The biggest outside free agent signing the Dodgers have made during Andrew Friedman’s tenure is signing A.J. Pollock which is not that big of a signing. The Pollock deal was for five years and $60 million dollars which comes out to twelve million a year. For an organization as rich as the Dodgers, that is a pretty small signing. It’s time for ownership to give Friedman the green light to sign a star.

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