MLB Power Rankings: 1 biggest trade deadline need for every team over .500
By Tim Boyle
10) MLB Power Rankings: Los Angeles Dodgers need healthy pitchers of all kinds
The Los Angeles Dodgers would benefit from adding to their pitching staff. Yes, they might want to look at upgrading the shortstop. But you can get to the World Series getting very little offense from this position as long as other players are performing at the plate. If you don’t have healthy pitchers, you’re not going anywhere.
The Dodgers have already placed Dustin May on the 60-day IL after 9 starts and mercifully placed Noah Syndergaard on the 15-day IL after a dozen outings of getting mostly lit up. Bobby Miller might be able to provide them with the innings they need from the starters, but they’re going to need a whole lot more. Thank goodness for Clayton Kershaw and his invincibility at ever slowing down. Where would this team be without him?
9) MLB Power Rankings: Arizona Diamondbacks need a complete starting rotation
After Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly, what is there in the Arizona Diamondbacks rotation? Yes, it does seem like a lot of these teams on the lower side of the MLB Power Rankings need pitching. Too bad the Oakland Athletics and Kansas City Royals don’t have much to offer them.
The one missing piece for the Diamondbacks might be that significant number three starter. It should have been Madison Bumgarner who, by the way, is two years younger than Clayton Kershaw and completely cooked. The Diamondbacks have a talented farm system and the tools to make a blockbuster trade happen. Maybe they even steal away someone the Los Angeles Dodgers desire.