With Kenley Jansen signing with the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned who he plans to be the nearer for the 2022 season.
The Los Angeles Dodgers made the massive splash transfer to signal former Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman to a six-year contract. Nonetheless, the Braves did get a participant from the Dodgers within the type of closing pitcher Kenley Jansen, who they signed to a one-year deal. With Jansen out of the image, Dodgers followers are questioning who would be the new nearer.
Supervisor Dave Roberts was requested if he had a particular pitcher in thoughts to take over Jansen’s position within the bullpen. Right here is his reply, supplied by Invoice Plunkett of the Orange County Register.
Dave Roberts was requested once more as we speak if #Dodgers have a particular nearer to switch Kenley Jansen: “Proper now, I do not assume we do. I feel the simple reply is Blake (Treinen). However I do not know if that is the suitable reply. .. Proper now the place we’re at, we do not have a devoted nearer”
— Invoice Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) March 26, 2022
Dave Roberts’ assertion on nearer position ought to have Dodgers followers anxious
When wanting on the workforce’s depth chart, Blake Treinen does slot in because the nearer. Final season, Treinen recorded a 1.99 ERA, a 0.982 WHIP, 85 strikeouts and 7 saves over 72.1 innings of labor (72 video games).
Even so, Roberts mentioned he doesn’t know “if that’s the suitable reply.”
The week prior, h/t Plunkett of the Orange County Register, Roberts mentioned that he didn’t plan to have an unique nearer, expressing his confidence within the relievers he has within the bullpen to fill in. Primarily based on his feedback on March 26, he seems to be sticking with that plan.
Jansen was coming off a 2021 season the place he recorded a 2.22 ERA, a 1.043 WHIP, 86 strikeouts, 36 walks and 38 saves in 69 video games (69.0 innings). The Braves signed him to a one-year deal, the place he’ll receives a commission $16 million.
On the subject of who will change Jansen, it won’t be one possibility. It could possibly be a closer-by-committee technique utilized by Roberts all through the 2022 season.
