The Los Angeles Dodgers’ bullpen has the chance to be very good when it’s at its best.

The issue, however, is that the Dodgers have dealt with injuries, and unless the team makes a few trades over the next few months, there will be some question marks heading into the second half. Ryan Helsley could be available, a right-handed closer for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Whether the Cardinals decide to move on from him remains to be seen, but there isn’t much of a reason to keep him around unless they want to give him a QO and get a pick in return.

Tim Kelly of Bleacher Report named him a trade candidate and added that he could be a valuable asset in guiding the Cardinals to future success.

“Last season, Helsley won the Trevor Hoffman Award as the National League’s best reliever, posting a 2.04 ERA and recording an MLB-best 49 saves,” Kelly wrote. “Given how desperate teams are for impact relievers in the summer, the Cardinals could probably fetch a return of two top-10 prospects from a team’s system in return for Helsley.

“The Cardinals do have the ability to hold onto Helsley and extend a qualifying offer to him in the offseason, assuring that they at least get draft-pick compensation if he leaves in free agency.

But for a team looking to restock their farm system and once again build a great pipeline, moving Helsley this summer might be a nice way for outgoing president of baseball operations John Mozeliak to set Chaim Bloom up for success.”

The Dodgers’ farm system isn’t as strong as some would like to make it seem, but it remains above average, and the Cardinals could be interested in a few of their players.

If so, this team is in a win-now situation, one that the league has never seen before.

Why not continue to do everything they can to win a World Series? Helsley would add to that, and would be a perfect addition with his 2.63 career ERA in 246 appearances.