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When the game of musical shortstop chairs stopped, not only did the Dodgers not have a seat, but they also weren’t even in the room. The team that spent the most money over the past decade essentially opted out one of the hottest free agent markets ever seen, especially for shortstops, where the top of the market soared 59% from last year.
The star-studded Dodgers had Corey Seager and Trea Turner at shortstop the past two seasons. They let each depart as free agents. In the past two years, eight elite free-agent shortstops have changed teams: Seager, Turner, Carlos Correa (twice), Marcus Semien, Trevor Story, Javier Báez, Xander Bogaerts and Dansby Swanson. Los Angeles was a non-factor in all of them.
