Anyone up for a little bargain bin shopping?

In a perfect world, the Los Angeles Dodgers wouldn’t be worrying about the pitching available at this year’s trade deadline.

After all, it’s not like they went out and got Blake Snell and Tanner Scott and re-signed Blake Treinen only to have to spend a lot of time parsing through outside options.

But here we are.

While the Dodgers are still in first place in the National League West, they’re also operating with a pitching staff that’s been ravaged by injuries up and down the staff.

Those injuries have led to them kicking the tires on a variety of available arms, including some new ones that could offer some intriguing upside.

Dodgers pitching trade candidates emerge as deadline buzz grows

In a story from earlier this month, Yahoo Sports’ Jake Mintz broke down all 30 teams in MLB and connected every buyer with some potential trade options, where he linked the Dodgers to pitchers Zach Eflin, Tyler Mahle, Andrew Heaney, Erick Fedde, Sandy Alcantara, Ryan Weathers and Pete Fairbanks.

“Somehow, this injury barrage is even worse than the one L.A. overcame last season to win the World Series. Right now, they need to acquire at least one playoff starter, maybe two, depending on how much faith they have in Tyler Glasnow and Blake Snell’s recovery timelines,” writes Mintz.

While Glasnow took a huge step back in his return to the bigs by tossing two scoreless innings in Triple-A on Sunday, he’ll still need a couple more rehab starts before he’ll be at a place to be a viable option, and even then he’ll likely only be good for three or four innings.

On the other side of the coin, Snell’s even further behind and likely won’t return until some point in July (at the earliest), while Roki Sasaki’s timeline is still unclear.

And although Shohei Ohtani made his return to an MLB mound recently, he’s only working as an opener and may not be able to be a full-blown starter at all this year.

So with all that in mind, it’s not a surprise for them to be connected to so many pitchers of various skill sets. The most intriguing arms on that list are Mahle, Fedde and Eflin, as they all are realistic options who wouldn’t cost a lot to acquire.

Mahle has been great for the Rangers this year (2.34 ERA in 77 innings), but he’s currently on the 15-day injured list due to right shoulder fatigue.

He’s inked to an affordable two-year, $22 million contract that runs through next season, so that shouldn’t be a detriment in Los Angeles acquiring him.

Eflin, Feede and Heaney all fall into the same category of being on expiring contracts, though they’re all having different seasons.

Fedde has the best stats of that trio (3.54 ERA), but the Cardinals may not be super inclined to deal him in the midst of a surprising season that could end in a postseason spot.

Heaney and Eflin are more likely to be dealt, as Heaney is on a one-year deal for the bottom-feeding Pirates, while Eflin has been simply okay for the disappointing Orioles.

In the end, all of the Dodgers’ internal candidates are better than all of these external options, but that may not end up mattering if they’re not able to come back because of their injuries.

Los Angeles will have no shortage of options available to them at the trade deadline; it’ll just be on them to make the right move.