In Saturday’s column, we took a look around the farm system of the Dodgers and outlined a handful of potential pitchers the club could conceivably utilize for the stretch run of the regular season. But while there’s a good chance the Dodgers do indeed call on one of the youngsters we mentioned, it still doesn’t solve the team’s problem of not having a reliable lefty relief specialist.
As a matter of fact, there are only three southpaw pitchers on Triple-A Oklahoma City’s entire active roster — Jeremy Bleich, Justin Marks and Edward Paredes.