The bullpen was a clear area of need for the Los Angeles Dodgers heading into Thursday's trade deadline, and they addressed it ... sort of.
Los Angeles made some relatively low-profile additions to its relief corps, acquiring right-handed reliever Brock Stewart from the Minnesota Twins and rookie bullpen arm Paul Gervase from the Tampa Bay Rays. It was a rather modest deadline overall for the reigning World Series champs, indicating that they are banking on getting a great deal of talent back from their lengthy injured list down the stretch.
The Dodgers' pitching staff took another hit on Friday, however, when setup man Kirby Yates landed on the IL with lower back soreness.