When the Dodgers pulled off their three-team trade-deadline deal last month, much of the focus was on Mat Latos and Alex Wood, the two starters they picked up.
But almost as significant to the front office was the addition of relievers Jim Johnson and Luis Avilan.
Neither end of that deal has worked out as the Dodgers planned, however, with Latos and Wood going winless and posting a 5.91 ERA in two starts each. Yet they look like Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale compared to Johnson.
Johnson came on to protect a two-run lead in the seventh inning Sunday and retired only two of the 10 batters he faced.