Rationalize Ryan Brasier’s decision in the crowded bullpen of the Dodgers

Los Angeles – Los Durham Bulls 2013 presented a former general selection No. 1 and a future rookie of the American League year. It is a ridiculous Baseball reference page And a pen on Andrew Friedman’s cap in his penultimate year as an executive with the Rays of Tampa Bay before leaving to administer baseball operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Twelve years later, Friedman has created a Goliath, with another member of that Bulls list of 2013 working under him as his general manager. On Friday, that general manager, Brandon Gomes, was present to present his former teammate Kirby Yates, who had signed A year and $ 13 million agreement With the renowned World Series champions. It was the pen in the cap of a low season in which the Dodgers captured the conversation again.

For yachts, it was a complete circle.

“He taught me a lot,” Yates said about Gomes. “We had a lot of fun, and he was an incredible teammate.”

“This,” said Gomes, “it’s especially fun for me.”

The Dodgers and the veteran reliever had turned around for years before finally putting the pen on paper this week. For Yates, it is a hope to correct a professional trend: of the 412 1/3 entries that has launched in the elderly, only one has arrived in the postseason. Three times in four years, Yates has signed with a current World Series champion. The Atlanta 2022 brave crashed in the NLDs. The Texas Rangers last year did not even reach the postseason, despite the fact that Yates enjoyed a stellar year (an effectiveness of 1.17 in 61 appearances).

Now, Yates joins a bullpen that ran into an anomalous problem: having many good options on paper to fit into a real opening day list. Even when factorization in the Br Ultrarol lesion, the Dodgers had a strange man of what will be a seven -men’s bullpen to start the season.

Only 12 months ago, the Dodgers signed Ryan Brasier to a two -year agreement and $ 9 million that represented only the eighth free agent contract of several years that Friedman has given a reliever. On Thursday, Braier was designated for the allocation, a reliever deleted from an image full of people.

“It’s good when your list is so talented,” Gomes said. “But obviously creates difficult decisions.”

Ryan Brasier has the commissioner’s trophy after the Dodgers achieved a World Series against the Yankees title. (Alex Slitz / Getty Images)

The bullpen of the opening day of the dodgers is established, except an injury. Blake Treinen has just signed a two -year agreement and $ 22 million. Tanner Scott obtained four years and $ 72 million, the second largest Friedman disbursement has given a reliever. Evan Phillips, Michael Kopech and Alex Vesia (the only reliever of this group with a year of minor league option) are the locks. Anthony Banda has no chief leagues options and it was a powerful left -hand option last year.

“I mean, on paper, it’s probably as good as you can, really,” Yates said.

That left Braier, who owes $ 4.5 million this year more incentives, such as the one cut. Brasier remained an effective reliever a year ago, reliable enough to start multiple bullpen games last October and gathering an effectiveness of 3.54 (with better underlying numbers) in 29 appearances despite the missing months with a tension in the calf . At the price, it still seemed to be a relative bargain.

Dodgers could have looked else BRAZIER. A bullpen of the inauguration of seven men will expand to eight every time Shohei Ohtani joins the rotation.

Instead, they now cut Brasier instead of sacrificing an optional reliever and flexibility in the future.

“We would have needed a place on the list in some way or form,” said Gomes.

According to the reports, the Dodgers had been buying fasteners, since they finished an agreement with yachts and can continue to do so for the next few days. Certainly, the Dodgers would find a commercial partner or someone who claimed the last year of the Brasier agreement; After all, they are far enough for the competitive balance tax threshold so that they will have to pay a surplus of 110 percent in addition to the $ 4.5 million bra.

The recent production of bra of it would make it a strong adjustment for a contender. But at least one rival evaluator was skeptical about the ability of Dodgers to find a commercial partner, particularly when clubs could wait until they release it and sign it for the minimum of the league. The help market was moved in recent days, with Scott and Yates leaving the board along with others, such as Carlos Estévez and Tommy Kahnle. Others remain unmarked, such as former Dodger Kenley Jansen and veteran Closer David Robertson.

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