After reports of a failed blockbuster at the 2024 trade deadline, which would've brought then-White Sox ace Garrett Crochet, outfielder Luis Robert Jr., and reliever Michael Kopech to LA, rumors of the Dodgers' interest in Robert have refused to die.
The Dodgers pivoted at that deadline to acquire Kopech from the White Sox and Tommy Edman from the Cardinals in a three-way trade, and then Crochet was sent to the Red Sox in the following offseason. Robert stayed put, and for good reason. He hit .224 with a .657 OPS in an injury-abbreviated 2024 season.
His 2025 didn't look much better (.