The Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t survive 2024 because everything went according to plan. They survived because when the plan fell apart, someone like Brent Honeywell Jr. was willing to take the ball anyway.
When Los Angeles claimed Honeywell off waivers that July, it barely registered outside the transaction wire. He wasn’t a high-leverage addition. He wasn’t lighting up radar guns. He was depth — a former top prospect whose career had been derailed by Tommy John surgery, an elbow fracture, nerve issues and more setbacks than most pitchers endure in a lifetime.
But the Dodgers didn’t need flash.