Arguably, their offense is among the very best in baseball. Their starting pitching is decent but, more importantly, deep. But, if there’s one, single downfall to the 2019 Dodgers, it’s been the performance of their bullpen.
Effectiveness of relief pitching is extremely difficult to measure. So much so that standard metrics like ERA do not reflect in the least how a reliever is performing. We all saw the Evan Longoria bases-loaded double off of Dylan Floro on Monday night to propel the Giants to victory—a perfect example of how a reliever’s ERA can be misleading.