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Meet Aaron Ochsenbein – Closer in Waiting

There has been considerable discussion on LADT regarding relief pitchers and more specifically what the Dodgers could or should do to strengthen the bullpen. It is a conundrum in that standing pat might fit the definition of doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Yet with relief pitchers who knows. How many have that dominant year and then what follows is not nearly as dominant or even below average? The corollary is also true in that a very average year or years is followed by a lights out one. Is that what the Dodgers are hoping for in 2020?