Yimi Garcia has struck out 33 and walked seven in 20 innings this season. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers)
Dodgers at Cardinals, 5:15 p.m.
Joc Pederson, CF
Jimmy Rollins, SS
Howie Kendrick, 2B
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Justin Turner, 3B
Andre Ethier, RF
Alex Guerrero, LF
A.J. Ellis, C
Mike Bolsinger, P
Joc Pederson, CF
Jimmy Rollins, SS
Howie Kendrick, 2B
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Justin Turner, 3B
Andre Ethier, RF
Alex Guerrero, LF
A.J. Ellis, C
Mike Bolsinger, P
By Jon Weisman
Here’s where the Dodger bullpen ranks in 10 key categories, compared with the rest of the National League:
- No. 3 in fewest innings thrown, behind the Mets and Reds.
- No. 2 in fewest batters faced, behind only the Mets.
- No. 2 behind the Mets in lowest on-base percentage allowed.
- No. 2 behind the Mets in WHIP.
- Tied for No. 1 with the Marlins for fewest home runs allowed.
- No. 1 in lowest slugging percentage allowed.
- No. 1 in lowest OPS allowed.
- No. 1 in strikeouts per nine innings.
- No. 1 in strikeout-walk ratio.
- No. 7 in rate of inherited runners allowed to score.
The last bullet point shows that Dodger relievers aren’t doing everything right. But they’re doing a lot of things very right — and that’s with Kenley Jansen having thrown 57 pitches so far all season.
And the other good news, heading into a stretch of 34 games in the next 34 days (with one doubleheader and one day off in June), is that so far, the Dodger bullpen haven’t been overworked.
leekfink
Yes, Kenley may have only thrown 57 pitches, but like 52 of them have been strikes.
Don Bright
And they would be even better if Hatcher wasn’t responsible for almost all the bad stuff
oldbrooklynfan
That’s fantastic. I knew the bullpen was doing very good but I was unaware that it was that good.