Can Mark Walter’s Dodgers Magic Unlock a Championship Future for the Lakers?
The big move, though, was made on Aug. 25, 2012, when the Dodgers traded for All-Stars Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett from the Boston Red Sox, and took on a quarter of a billion dollars in contract obligations.
The players themselves had varying levels of success in Los Angeles, but the trade was pivotal due to the message it sent. They didn’t make the playoffs that year, but the Dodgers were a big-money team again.
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Walter and friends also were preparing to make major changes to the team’s baseball operations department beyond giving it a larger checkbook. Ned Colletti was the team’s general manager when Guggenheim took over and was fairly well-respected around baseball. He oversaw the drafting of Clayton Kershaw and Corey Seager before the team exchanged hands, then the Gonzalez trade and the signing of Yasiel Puig.
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