If there was a hole to be poked in a Los Angeles Dodgers juggernaut at the start of last postseason, it was a shaky relief corps that lacked a true shutdown option in the ninth inning.
They ranked 21st in the majors with a 4.27 ERA from their relief corps, and converted just 46 of 73 save opportunities, but the emergence of starter-turned-reliever Roki Sasaki as a lights-out option in October helped erase those concerns.
With Sasaki shifting back to the rotation, the Dodgers shelled out a three-year, $69 million deal to sign Edwin Díaz during the offseason. That move anchors their bullpen with arguably the best closer in baseball.
With a bounce-back season from electric lefty Tanner Scott, a healthy campaign from Blake Treinen and returnees like Alex Vesia, Jack Dreyer and Ben Casparius, the Dodgers relief corps is deep. Add to that the eventual returns of Brusdar Graterol and Brock Stewart, and this looks an awful lot like a No. 1-caliber bullpen.
