Dodgers Facing Trade Decision After Blake Snell News originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Left-handed starting pitcher Blake Snell is in his tenth major-league season after making his debut with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2016.

With the trade deadline rapidly approaching, the Los Angeles Dodgers should go all-in and take a massive swing on a game-changing player.

To discuss the deadline and set up a crucial week for the club, Dodgers beat writer Fabian Ardaya hosted a live Q&A with The Athletic subscribers on Tuesday afternoon. Here are five key questions (plus a bonus one) that were asked and answered during the chat.

Los Angeles has had a solid season so far, leading the NL West, but there is room to grow ahead of another World Series run. Most notably, The Dodgers' bullpen needs a boost, as offseason acquisitions Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates have not performed to expectations, creating a hole in the pitching staff.

It felt like overkill in the offseason. The team that had everything — the defending champions — just kept layering on more and more talent and adding to a soaring payroll.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are set to pursue relievers at the MLB trade deadline, an area of weakness for the team. The Dodgers made several signings over the win

The Los Angeles Dodgers are in the market for another starting pitcher, and Miami Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara is a perfect fit.

They can’t make all of those moves and turn over half of the roster over the next two days. But they can still improve enough at trade deadline to fix the flaws that cost them this week’s series against the Dodgers.

Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report listed his Top 10 trade candidates with two days to go until the deadline. Among them was St. Louis Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley, and the Dodgers were listed as a fit.