Eric Stephen is the managing editor of True Blue LA, where he's covered the Dodgers since 2009, and the co-host of the Three-Inning Save podcast. He's on Bluesky at @ericstephen.bsky.social. While ...

The San Diego Padres wanted Shohei Ohtani. At the same time in 2022 when they ended up trading for Juan Soto, they also ...