It’s not very often you hear about a youngster in the Dodgers system who straightaway has the talent to succeed in the back-end of a minor league bullpen. More times than not, the Los Angeles management crew breeds most of its young arms as starters, then eventually converts them to relievers when a suitable door opens. However, there is one certain prospect in the organization, righty reliever Zach Pop, who may have the natural talent to climb the organizational ladder through the relief corps.
Last spring, we talked about Shea Spitzbarth a bit, and Pop is similar in the sense that he wasn’t one of those high profile draft choices who quickly became a household name as a starting pitcher.