Los Angeles Dodgers: 3 reasons why Trevor Bauer won’t sign with LAD

2. The Los Angeles Dodgers are already extremely deep in starting pitching

The Dodgers simply don’t need to spend that big on starting pitching.

It’s hard to make the case that there simply is not enough room for a Cy Young-winning pitcher but that is exactly the situation that the Dodgers are in. Of course, the starting rotation would be better in 2021 with Bauer, but LA really doesn’t need him and his presence could hurt the progression of some of the young arms.

Right now, the Dodgers’ starting rotation figures to feature Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, David Price, Julio Urias and Dustin May with Tony Gonsolin in the Ross Stripling-like sixth role. They already have six starting pitchers, with Price acting as a free agent addition after sitting out 2020. Do they really need to spend more in this department?

The answer is no. Sure, depth is great, but Dustin May and Tony Gonsolin would just be put on the back burner and converted to relievers, and there’s really not that much room in the bullpen at the moment. Option them to the minors? No shot.

Bauer also has made it very clear in his Youtube videos that he wants to sign with a team that is at least open to the idea of him starting every fourth day, not every fifth day. Yeah, manager Dave Roberts isn’t going to do that.

Too many moving parts to make this work. That just isn’t good business. But even if the Dodgers were able to figure it out and May and Gonsolin were on board, there’s still one more compelling reason.