Revisiting the Dodgers’ acquisition of Yu Darvish just over five years later.
In recent years, the Dodgers have made a huge splash at the deadline three times, acquiring Yu Darvish in 2017, Manny Machado in 2018, and Trea Turner and Max Scherzer in 2021. The Dodgers did not win a championship in any of those years and did not re-sign any of the acquired players once their contract expired.
Over the next three weeks, every Wednesday, I’ll be...