For several years, Dodger fans complained about the Dodgers bullpen… or lack thereof of one. Maybe a lot of their ire was directed (unfairly) at one Kenley Jansen, but I think that many Dodger Fans believe that in the past Andrew Friedman simply did not value the bullpen and therefore did not build good bullpens. I beg to differ. The Dodgers’ bullpen has never been as bad as fans have stated, but it also is true that Andrew Friedman is evolving in the way he and the Dodgers build a bullpen. Let’s look back at how the Dodgers bullpen ranked for all of MLB by year in ERA under Andrew Friedman:
- 2021 – 3.