The Dodgers cut ties with two veteran position players four days apart; the impetus wasn't obvious from their batting stats alone, so why did Andrew Friedman decide the time was now?

With another tight NL West division race looming, the Dodgers didn’t wait to act aggressively this week, resulting in the team moving on from Austin Barnes and Chris Taylor.

The emergence of infielder Hyeseong Kim made Taylor expendable as part of what Andrew Friedman called "a very emotional week."