Last January the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Joe Blanton and one month later added fellow right-handed relief pitcher Louis Coleman. Both played pivotal roles for the club during stretches of the 2016 season, though Coleman’s effectiveness went by the wayside as fatigue set in.
While the Dodgers retained a significant cog in their bullpen this winter by re-signing Kenley Jansen, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman hardly views the group as a finished product. “I don’t think you ever get to a place with the bullpen where you feel like you’re done,” he said from Dodgers FanFest on Saturday.