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Santiago Espinal is a really interesting case because the Dodgers quietly

Gave him an on-roster invite.

And, you know, it didn't really kind of move the needle any which way, right?

And really, this offseason, when you kind of look back at the offseason, you know, I think the Dodger fan base also forgets, like, yeah, you're losing, obviously, Clayton Kershaw.

You lost, you know, as far as, like, position players, you lost Ben Roarvid, right?

You've lost Andy Ibanez, who was designated for assignment, I feel like, 19 times.

And then you throw in...

Quietly, Tony Gonsolin was designated for assignment.

Michael Kopech looks like he's not coming back.

Kirby Yates not coming back.

Conforto has signed elsewhere.

Clayton Kershaw retired, right?

So you kind of see those bigger things, and then the additions are Kike Hernandez.

Obviously, that sounded like that was a match made in heaven.

It doesn't sound like Kike was going to play for anyone else, it sounds like.

And then Evan Phillips quietly added to the 60-day IL.

He won't be ready for a minute.

And so you don't really ever think like, Oh yeah, Santiago Espina.

Like that's, that's a guy that you pick up and, and,

Dodger fan had talked about it for a couple of years up until the, you know, kind of this run they're in, they needed that depth.