ESPN analyst has Dodgers free agency prediction that will break haters' brains

The Los Angeles Dodgers' offense already looks primed and ready to take on the upcoming season, but there's reason to believe that they're still not done adding.

The current roster is full at 40, so it probably wouldn't be huge additions, but they could bring Kiké Hernández back into the fold — he didn't re-sign until late February last year — to bolster the bench. But other than that, there really aren't that any glaring holes on this roster. Chris Taylor is not an ideal bench option, but that's where Hernández would come in.

There were talks about replacing Max Muncy at the hot corner, when rumors about a potential Nolan Arenado trade to the Dodgers were at their peak. But Arenado seems destined to stay in St. Louis at this point, and LA has stood by Muncy as their Opening Day third baseman.

However, David Schoenfield of ESPN still thinks they could upgrade. Instead of Arenado, though, he predicted that Alex Bregman, the top position player left on the free agent market and all-time Dodgers enemy, would come out of free agent limbo to sign with LA.

ESPN's "bold" prediction has Dodgers signing Alex Bregman as free agency stalls

Schoenfield cites the clock that's running down on Bregman's time to sign a new deal, which could force his and agent Scott Boras' hands to take a smaller deal, just like Blake Snell and Co. had to do last year. Muncy could make a good trade candidate — he accumulated 3.0 bWAR in just 73 games last season — or the Dodgers could put either Muncy or Bregman at second base as Hye-seong Kim is expected to jump around the field.

Bregman does have a market — the Tigers and Red Sox seem to be at the forefront, but the Astros might be back in after they traded Ryan Pressly to the Cubs — but it seems he's standing firm on his seven-year, $200 million asking price, which might be why nothing's moved yet.

It feels unlikely that the Dodgers enter that fray for a player the fanbase hates, who plays a position that they already have settled. Bregman's bat is more consistent than Muncy's and his defense at third is better, but it feels incredibly unlikely the front office would forsake a successful reclamation project who's won two rings in LA for a guy that would probably get booed in his first at-bat at Dodger Stadium. No matter how long his free agency drags out, Bregman will end up somewhere, but it probably won't be in LA.