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Dodger Blue > Dodgers News > Dodgers News: Blake Treinen’s Stuff ‘Is In A Great Place’
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Dodgers News: Blake Treinen’s Stuff ‘Is In A Great Place’

Sebastian Abdón Ibarra
May 11, 2024
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May 5, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen (49) pitches during the eighth inning against the Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports
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Blake Treinen finally made his 2024 season debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 5 against the Atlanta Braves and he looked just as effective as L.A. remembered him.

It was the first Major League action Treinen has seen since missing all of 2023 due to injury. It took until May for Treinen to make his debut this season thanks to an injury to his ribs that he suffered back in Spring Training.

Treinen has been a mainstay in the Dodgers bullpen since the 2020 season and has been extremely effective as their extreme high-leverage arm and eighth inning setup-man. He allowed one run in five innings before his injury in 2022, and had a 1.99 ERA and 32 holds in 72.1 innings the year before that.

He has been perfect in all three of his outings so far this season, with no baserunners allowed and four strikeouts.

The arsenal, his slider in particular, has looked just as devastating as ever and is why the Dodgers have so much faith in him as a reliever, according to Jack Harris of the L.A. Times:

“His stuff is in a great place right now,” general manager Brandon Gomes said in March. “There are a lot of outcomes where he’s an elite pitcher, whether it’s the 2021 form or not.”

With an increasingly dwindling bullpen, Treinen’s return came at just the right time for the Dodgers team that is in desperate need of relievers they can rely on in big spots.

His results in the Minors while on a rehab assignment were not great, with a 10.38 ERA in 4.1 innings. However, it did not worry Dodgers manager Dave Roberts as he knew better than to doubt the ability of Treinen’s stuff to play in the Majors:

“I wasn’t really too concerned about the stuff,” Roberts said of Treinen, who along with Daniel Hudson, Alex Vesia and Michael Grove make up the back end of the Dodgers’ current bullpen orientation.

“For me, it was hoping he could trust his stuff, whatever he had, in the strike zone; betting on the stuff to play and get major league hitters out,” Roberts added. “And that’s what I’m seeing.”

Evan Phillips is expected to be back with the Dodgers as soon as he is eligible to come off the injured list, but the team is still expected to be without Brusdar Graterol, Kyle Hurt, Ryan Brasier, and possibly Joe Kelly for an extended period of time.

Having an elite back-end arm like Treinen back goes a long way to making their losses sting less.

Dodgers bullpen has been improving despite injuries mounting

In the early part of 2024 and before their dominant 14-2 stretch, the Dodgers’ bullpen was around middle of the pack in terms of ERA. In the team’s last 16 games, the bullpen has moved all the way up to the sixth spot and has been a key contributor to the Dodgers recent success.

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BySebastian Abdón Ibarra
Sebastian Ibarra covers the Las Vegas Raiders as a staff writer for Raiders Newswire. He previously worked as a Marketing/Communications intern for the Ontario Jr Reign, and a staff writer and two time Editor for the Campus Times at the University of La Verne. Sebastian graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2022 from ULV with a major in Communications. His love of sports stems from his baseball career starting at tee-ball and ending his senior year at Servite High School. He enjoys video games and DC comics in his spare time. Follow him on Twitter: @sebas_abdon.
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