The Dodgers losing Caleb Ferguson last year could have potentially been a lot worse. If not for the sudden rise of Victor Gonzalez, Los Angeles might have struggled without a consistently effective left-handed guy in the bullpen.
Ferguson went down in mid-September with damage to his Ulnar collateral ligament that resulted in Tommy John surgery. At the time, he was arguably having the best string of innings of his entire Dodgers career. Fergie was striking out guys at the highest rate of his career and walking at the lowest rate.
Now a few months into his recovery from TJ, Ferguson had his first interaction with Dodgers media.