One former Dodgers bullpen flop has already headed to the Guardians' pitching lab to try to revive his career, and now another (a bit less of a flop, but a flop nonetheless) is right behind him. On Wednesday, Cleveland traded for reliever Blue Jays reliever Justin Bruihl in exchange for cash.
Connor Brogdon (the aforementioned bigger flop) only pitched one major league inning for the Dodgers in 2024 and gave up two hits (two home runs) before his season ended with plantar fasciitis. Bruihl hasn't been with the Dodgers since late July 2023, but he spent all of his 66 2/3 innings between 2021 and 2023 in LA going up and down between the majors and minors, to middling results (3.