As is the case with most free agents who remain available with spring training quickly approaching, the Los Angeles Dodgers are lurking in the background for Cody Bellinger. The Dodgers were never going to be the team that jumped out and signed Bellinger to the lucrative, long-term contract that has alluded them over the last three years.
Bellinger, due to his struggles with the Dodgers, was forced to take a prove-it deal with the Chicago Cubs in 2023, and while he did earn National League Comeback Player of the Year honors, it wasn't quite enough to convince teams interested in him the following offseason.