3 Dodgers players your team should steal in free agency
By Mike Luciano
Los Angeles Dodgers. 2. 71. Pick Analysis. RP. Blake Treinen. player. Scouting Report
Treinen might not have put forward the best showing in the 2020 playoffs, but that doesn’t change the fact that his 100 mile per hour turbo sinker might be one of the most unhittable pitches in the league when he has control of it. Treinen is just two years removed from posting a 0.78 ERA as the closer of the Oakland Athletics, and the fact that his stuff hasn’t truly dissipated just yet should get teams interested in picking him up and trying to help him rediscover his elite form.
As Tampa Bay themselves have shown in the AL playoffs, a filthy bullpen is more important now than ever, and reinforcements both in the middle and on the back end are always going to be welcomed on a team that is serious about contending. Treinen’s days as a ninth-inning door-slammer might be behind him, but he has gotten some meaningful outs for the Dodgers, and that ability to get those clutch punch-outs could be vital for a team that is one or two relievers short of being in the championship picture.