Los Angeles Dodgers bargain lineup of the last decade

Best bargains of the last decade: Starting pitcher and reliever

Starting pitcher: Alex Wood (2.8 mil in 2017 breakout season)

Alex Wood was acquired by the Dodgers in one of the most awkward deals of the decade in which the Dodgers took on the contract of Bronson Arroyo who never threw a pitch for them.  LA also managed to ship out international signing Hector Olivera who later got into legal trouble.  Wood thrived in Los Angeles and went 16-3 in 2017 and pitched one of the Dodgers’ best postseason games ever no-hitting the Astros through 5 2/3 innings in the World Series.

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.Looking back now at the 2017 World Series and the cheating allegations that have come out against the Astros, that is now an even greater performance by Alex Wood.  The changeup was one of Wood’s best pitches in Los Angeles and the Astros’ batters seemed to alert each other when a changeup was coming.  Wood is now a free agent coming off an injury-plagued season and could be another bargain for whoever picks him up next season.

Reliever: Brandon Morrow ($1.2 mil in 2017)

The other biggest bargain of the decade for pitchers was Brandon Morrow who signed for just $1.2 million in 2017.  All Morrow did was become an integral part of the Dodgers’ World Series bullpen and pitch to an ERA of 2.06 while holding the opposition to a .194 average.  Unfortunately for the Dodgers, Morrow seemed to burn out in the World Series as he was used in every single game of the World Series.

Morrow parlayed his strong 2017 campaign into a two-year contract with the Chicago Cubs where he was injured and unable to replicate his success from Los Angeles.  While the Dodgers missed Morrow in 2018 and 2019, they did the wise thing by letting him move on as he has always been injury-prone and that continued to be the case in Chicago.

If Dodger prospects were included in this article then the bargain lineup and pitching staff would be made up of Dodger prospects but leaving them out this was a much tougher lineup to put together.  Who would make up your bargain lineup of the decade? Comment below!