Dodgers Predicted To Cut Ties With All-Star Closer After Trade Deadline

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The Los Angeles Dodgers didn't make too many notable moves at the trade deadline, but they're still one of the better teams in baseball.
Going into the stretch run, the Dodgers need to get healthy and play their brand of baseball. But if they can do the former, it could leave them with a roster crunch that results in a player or two getting cut from the roster.
Katrina Stebbins of Dodgers Way recently predicted the Dodgers would cut ties with veteran All-Star Alexis Diaz either in the offseason or late in the regular season after holding onto him at the trade deadline.
CINCINNATI, OHIO - JULY 29: Alexis Diaz #40 of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws a pitch in the 8th innning of the 5-4 win against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on July...
CINCINNATI, OHIO - JULY 29: Alexis Diaz #40 of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws a pitch in the 8th innning of the 5-4 win against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on July 29, 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio. More"In the event of a roster crunch, Díaz probably won't survive. The Dodgers might just send him to the minors instead of trading him, but either way, he most likely doesn't start the season on the Opening Day roster," Stebbins wrote. "He's done clean work over the 3 1/3 innings he's gotten for the Dodgers so far, but he's also still contending with the 12.00 ERA he left behind in Cincinnati.
"There's still time for him to prove that he can be a rare reclamation project that carries over (Anthony Banda, Evan Phillips, and so on), but he hasn't shown enough yet to survive a potential culling."
Diaz was a solid buy-low pickup from the Cincinnati Reds, but the Dodgers haven't used him much at all. His numbers with the Reds and in the minor leagues make him a huge question mark, and the Dodgers have a lot of viable options set to return from injury.
When Kirby Yates, Tanner Scott and others return from injury, the Dodgers will need to send somebody down to Triple-A or cut them. It seems like that's going to be Diaz unless he can string together four or five more impressive performances in a row.
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