Far too often last year, the Dodgers were put in situations that essentially any other team probably couldn’t survive.
A mass amount of injuries necessitated situations where the bullpen was relied on to carry the team to win after win. It was something inconvenient and less than ideal, though wildly fascinating considering how reliant the team was upon its ‘pen.
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Heading into this season, the team was supposed to have unrivaled pitching depth to the point where the dreaded bullpen games were going to be a thing of the past.