For all the Los Angeles Dodgers have accomplished during their stretch of six consecutive National League West titles and back-to-back pennants, the bullpen has remained a trouble spot. In their quest to improve the unit, Joe Kelly was signed to a three-year contract during the offseason.
Kelly was coming off a subpar 2018 campaign that he managed to salvage late and took that momentum into the postseason. Prior to signing the converted starter, the Dodgers’ last look at Kelly was when he collected 10 strikeouts over six scoreless innings across five appearances in the World Series.