Every week of shuffling the Dodgers' bullpen continued Saturday, with the workforce buying and selling for righty Connor Brogdon, sending minor league lefty Benony Robles to the Phillies.
Brogdon received off to a tough begin this season for Philadelphia, permitting runs in all three outings earlier than being designated for task on Tuesday. The proper-hander allowed seven runs (six earned) with six walks and three strikeouts whereas recording simply six outs in these video games, together with giving up a grand slam within the tenth inning to lose on Monday.
From Matt Gelb at The Athletic, who chronicled Brogdon's remaining days with the Phillies:
“I imply, I don't even know what number of balls I threw in a row earlier than I confirmed up,” Brogdon mentioned. “So at that time, I used to be identical to, 'Man, simply throw the ball within the zone.' Yeah. I imply, you may't depart a ball there to an enormous league hitter. He's going to hit us.”
The 6'6 Brogdon is primarily a fastball-changeup pitcher with a wholesome dose of a cutter blended in. Drafted within the tenth spherical in 2017, the righty had a 3.88 ERA and 4.30 FIP over 5 seasons with the Phillies. He has held opponents to a median exit velocity of 86.7 mph in his profession, almost two ticks under the league common.
He had a 3.22 ERA and three.17 xERA in 44 innings in 2022, and pitched 4 scoreless innings in that yr's World Sequence with seven strikeouts, together with two by Yordan Alvarez.
Brogdon, 29, is out of choices, so he should be on the lively roster each time he joins the Dodgers, whether or not in Chicago this weekend or in Minneapolis, the place the workforce will start a three-game sequence in opposition to on the Twins on Monday.
It's been a busy transactional week for Dodgers relievers, together with non-roster visitor veterans Nabil Crismatt and Dinelson Lamet who’ve been known as up from Triple-A. Crismatt earned a win in his solely sport, whereas Lamet pitched three shutouts and recorded his first skilled save. Each have been designated for task, and not reside on the 40-man roster.
Left-hander Nick Ramirez was acquired by commerce from the Yankees on Tuesday and is in Oklahoma Metropolis. Fellow southpaw Matt Gage, who was in OKC, was launched Tuesday however has since been re-signed to a minor league contract, per Jon Heyman of the New York Post. The Dodgers additionally chosen Kyle Harm the day after an eight-out efficiency, and somebody should be despatched down as soon as Brogdon arrives.
Robles was signed as a world free agent out of the Dominican Republic in 2017, and started the season on the Excessive-A Nice Lakes roster, for which he pitched final season. Robles, who turned 23 in October, had a 3.86 ERA and a 38.6 p.c strikeout price in 33 video games for the Loons in 2023, with 53 strikeouts and 19 walks in 32⅔ innings.
