Dodgers players paying attention during the calm before trade deadline storm

DENVER — A group of players sat in one corner of the visitors’ clubhouse at Coors Field on Tuesday afternoon, heads down, checking their phones. Before long an impromptu discussion broke out. The subject: the trade deadline.
The four Dodgers were focused on big names rumored to be on the move elsewhere around baseball. It’s been years since the Dodgers traded a major player from their active roster to a contending team at the deadline. With the best record in baseball, they&rsq