The Los Angeles Dodgers’ bullpen struggled on the finish of the season in 2025, and are reportedly not in for one of many prime closing choices in the marketplace in Pete Fairbanks.
Ken Rosenthal and Katie Woo of The Athletic spoke about Fairbanks’ market in an article, and didn’t checklist the Dodgers as a workforce within the right-hander.
Fairbanks has been with the Tampa Bay Rays since 2019 and has turn out to be a stable nearer within the AL East. He recorded a career-high 27 saves in 2025, maintaining an ERA of two.83 throughout the common season. Final season marked the fourth time he had stayed below a 3.00 ERA in a season.
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The Dodgers gave Tanner Scott a four-year, $72 million contract forward of 2025, although his function has come into query following his string of poor performances final season. Regardless of the Dodgers’ struggles, normal supervisor Brandon Gomes revealed LA are assured in him in addition to their different relievers.
“Now we have a ton of choices,” Gomes stated. “Clearly, as we noticed because the season performed out, completely different guys emerge. Now we have numerous guys that we belief on the again finish. So what that each one appears like I believe will sort of come out of who’s out there and what is smart for us.”
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Gomes continued to speak about Scott, saying the southpaw nonetheless had his belief and would get his probabilities throughout 2026.
“He actually is likely one of the guys in that group,” Gomes stated. “We’ve seen it previously. There may be reliever volatility. Sadly, we’ve seen this occur previously with different nice relievers. So we absolutely imagine Tanner’s gonna come again and have a fantastic yr for us subsequent yr and be proper there within the combine to pitch on the again finish of the video games.”
If the Dodgers are out of the marketplace for a brand new nearer, they’ll hope the again finish of their bullpen can step up and produce higher numbers subsequent season than they did in 2025.
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