Latest MLB Rumors on Potential Tyler Glasnow Trade After Dodgers' World Series Win

After adding Edwin Díaz to be their closer and boasting a rotation that currently runs six deep, the Los Angeles Dodgers could be open to trading one member of their starting staff.

Per ESPN's Alden Gonzalez, the Dodgers "would not be opposed" to moving Tyler Glasnow after his name was broached in conversations this week at the winter meetings.

Their bullpen was a mess throughout the year, though they were able to hide it enough to win the World Series for the second consecutive season.

Díaz will help solve that situation after agreeing to a three-year, $69 million contract that makes him the highest-paid reliever in MLB history by average annual salary.

Roki Sasaki, who spent the postseason as the team's closer, is going to be back as a starter next season. His addition to the group gives the Dodgers a rotation that also includes Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Shohei Ohtani and Emmett Sheehan.

It's safe to assume Yamamoto, Ohtani and Snell would be untouchable in trades.

Sheehan is still establishing himself as an MLB player due to injuries, but he showed a lot of promise in 2025 with a 2.82 ERA in 15 appearances (12 starts). He's also two years away from being arbitration-eligible, so his salary is incredibly cheap for a team that is currently spending $80 million more on payroll than any other club in MLB.

Even though the Dodgers are now making $1 billion in revenue annually, they may not want to keep spending for the sake of spending since their roster is already good enough to win a title.

Glasnow would make sense as the potential man on the outside looking in with this group. He is 32 years old with a long injury track record and is guaranteed $65 million over the next two seasons, plus a $30 million team option in 2028.

When Glasnow is on the mound, he is still capable of being dominant. The right-hander had 106 strikeouts and allowed 56 hits in 90.1 innings, though his 2.47 strikeout-to-walk ratio was his worst in a season since 2017.

Glasnow's career-high in innings pitched is 134 in 2024. He has only thrown more than 100 innings in two seasons since 2019.

Given his salary and injury concerns, the Dodgers might have to eat some of his salary if they did decide to trade him.

Whatever path the Dodgers decide to take, they are operating from a position of power no matter what. If they keep him, they have six quality starting pitchers. If they trade him, they could potentially bring back a solid return that helps them in other areas as they look to become the first team to threepeat as World Series champions since the New York Yankees from 1998 to 2000.