One thing that I have come to realize is that when AF and the other Dodger baseball FO personnel determine that there is a weakness in their organization, they address it head on. Most everyone has come to realize that the current Dodgers have a significant weakness in their bullpen, and they went full on in last year’s draft. I know DC is working his way through the recently drafted and signed relief pitchers, but let’s revisit what the Dodgers did in 2019 Rule 4 Amateur draft last June. Potential relievers who were drafted as relievers (mostly):
Aaron Ochsenbein (6th round) – Great Lakes
Nick Robertson (7th round) – Ogden
Alec Gamboa (9th round) – AZL
Mitchell Tyranski (12th round) – Ogden
Jacob Cantleberry (13th round) – Ogden
Sean Mellen (14th round) – AZL
Jeff Belge (15th round) – Great Lakes
Cyrillo Watson (23rd round) – AZL
Mark Mixon (26th round) – Ogden
Every one of those pitchers had an outstanding 1st professional season with the Dodgers, with the exception of Sean Mellen who only pitched all of 1.