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Dodgers' Andrew Friedman had inside scoop on pitcher Adam Liberatore

The Orange County Register | June 30, 2015

Related Topics: Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers minor league players, Andrew Friedman, Joel Peralta, José Dominguez (baseball)

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Left-hander Adam Liberatore has become a key piece of the Dodgers' bullpen, having allowed just 14 hits while striking out 26 in 22-1/3 innings this season. He has been equally effective against right-handers and left-handers, holding them to .176 and .170 batting averages, respectively.

PHOENIX – One of Andrew Friedman’s first acts after taking over the Dodgers’ front office was to take advantage of a mistake made by … Andrew Friedman.

As executive vice president of baseball operations for the Tampa Bay Rays, Friedman kept Adam Liberatore down in Triple-A for parts of three seasons even as the left-hander was dominating left-handed hitters and demonstrating his readiness for a spot in a major-league bullpen.

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