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Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes said ahead of spring training that the team’s goal after stockpiling so much talent in the offseason was to avoid an active trade deadline. That’s certainly easier said than done — it requires a lot of pieces to click in exactly how they were supposed to and for players to avoid injury — but the Dodgers added an incredible amount of depth that did get them off on the right foot.

If the trade deadline was tomorrow, the Dodgers would be looking for a center fielder; they still might, if Hyeseong Kim ends up needing an extended stay in the minors. Andy Pages redeemed himself slightly in his last two games against the Nationals with homers on back-to-back nights, but he’s still not an ideal option for the outfield. Tommy Edman can play there, but he’s been making most of his starts at second base and won a Gold Glove for his work there in 2021.

Other than Edman, the Dodgers have a myriad of options for second base in Miguel Rojas, Kiké Hernández, and Chris Taylor, all guys who have had slow starts to the season, but who the Dodgers also won’t be getting rid of anytime soon. If the Dodgers wised up and moved Mookie Betts to second and Edman to shortstop, that would settle things up easily.

With how crowded the Dodgers roster already is, the last thing they need is another infielder, but that’s only part of what makes a recent trade proposal from Bleacher Report not just unlikely, but pretty much impossible. Why … would anyone propose a Dodgers-Padres trade for Luis Arraez?

Bleacher Report trade proposal for Dodgers-Padres deal for Luis Arraez makes absolutely no sense

Even if the Dodgers needed a second baseman, the Dodgers and Padres have rarely swapped players, and their rivalry getting even hotter over the last few seasons certainly won’t incentivize either front office to help the other out.

Arraez has been, as ever, a solid presence on the Padres’ roster to start the season. He’s doing what he always does (hitting a lot of singles) and rarely striking out as a faithful No. 2 in the lineup. But if the Dodgers were going to put a light-hitting infielder in their lineup, they’d probably just call on Kim instead of giving prospects to one of their fiercest competitors for a guy who’ll be a free agent at the end of the season.

The Dodgers are definitely banking on Kim being ready for major league action soon anyway, and then they’ll be able to use all of him, Edman, and Hernández as versatile moving parts and send Pages back to Triple-A. They’ll be fine without Arraez.