Los Angeles Dodgers: Right-handed power bats worth trading for

2. C.J. Cron

C.J. Cron was one of several power-hitting bats on the Minnesota Twins that led to them being the most surprising successful team in 2019. However, after a bad second half and with only one year left of arbitration on his contract, Cron is a candidate to be traded.

The Twins have answers at third and first base if Cron were to get moved and should be looking to move him to help the team’s biggest area of need: starting pitching. Lucky for them, the Los Angeles Dodgers could use a power-hitting bat such as Cron and have the pitching to spare.

This trade is so perfect with both sides having exactly what the other team needs that you can easily talk yourself into it. The Dodgers need that right-handed infielder that can play at the corners that they are missing without Freese and the Twins need to bolster the rotation any way they can.

A good starting point for both sides would be Ross Stripling. Stripling has been stuck in between on the Dodgers but was an all-star in 2018 as a starting pitcher. He could really blossom into his own while actually getting a role in the rotation.

The Twins might not get much more than that for one year of Cron, perhaps a low-tier prospect, but a Stripling-Cron swap along would be good for both parties.

Maybe it takes Stripling and Dennis Santana, who has found himself on the outside looking in with a poor showing in AAA OKC this season.

Either way, the Dodgers get that right-handed power-hitting bat that excels against lefties to play at first and third base.