{"id":90142,"date":"2024-12-08T23:18:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T04:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=90142"},"modified":"2024-12-28T10:48:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T15:48:47","slug":"team-signs-shutdown-reliever-treinen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/12\/08\/team-signs-shutdown-reliever-treinen\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Bring Back Shutdown Reliever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Los Angeles Dodgers have amplified their bullpen needs by signing free-agent flamethrower and closer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/treinbl01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-11-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blake Treinen<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Treinen signed with the Dodgers in 2020 but has now ventured into his new environment. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/11\/19\/dodgers-reliever-could-provide-depth\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Treinen<\/a> demonstrated himself as a reliable, elite, and shutdown closer for the Dodgers. However, the veteran has shown success throughout his MLB career with substantial postseason experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Dodgers Bring Back Shutdown Reliever<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SOURCE: The <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dodgers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Dodgers<\/a> have agreed to terms with RHP Blake Treinen on a 2-year, $22 million deal. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gdE1AiMiPN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gdE1AiMiPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ari Alexander (@AriA1exander) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AriA1exander\/status\/1865963213650612565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was an All-Star in 2018 with the Oakland Athletics and is a two-time World Series champion with the Dodgers (2020 and 2024). Treinen showcased a dominant October, sporting an ERA of 2.19 with a 2-0 record, along with 18 punchouts and three saves across nine appearances. Treinen was the hero of game five as he came in to pitch in a high-leverage situation and then went on to record seven outs and threw 42 pitches. It&#8217;s the most pitches he has ever tossed in a Dodger uniform. The Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 7-6 and earned their eighth World Series title.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Treinen has also played with the Washington Nationals but has owned a 43-34 record, 80 saves, 560 strikeouts, and an impressive ERA of 2.78. His most alluring season in terms of ERA was with the Athletics in his 2018 All-Star season, with an unbelievable ERA of 0.78. But when it comes to Treinen, he accounts for more than just being dominant. The veteran has also showcased resiliency and strength.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Treinen received the unfortunate news that he was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and borderline type 2 diabetes. However, following these health issues, Treinen fought through the adversity. He went on to achieve greatness, pitching at a speed of 100 mph with his sinker. Overall, he is a force to be reckoned with. However, Blake also has a filthy sweeper that was proven effective against the Yankees in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/10\/31\/dodgers-win-2024-world-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">World Series<\/a>. The horizontal break that it carries makes it such a sneaky pitch to fool hitters.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers have amplified their bullpen needs by signing free-agent flamethrower and closer Blake Treinen. Treinen signed with the Dodgers in 2020 but has now ventured into his new environment. Treinen demonstrated himself as a reliable, elite, and shutdown closer for the Dodgers. However, the veteran has shown success throughout his MLB career [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4831,"featured_media":91342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1071,33,35],"tags":[991,92,2262],"class_list":["post-90142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-dodgers","category-news","tag-blake-treinen","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mlb-free-agency"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90142"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91590,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90142\/revisions\/91590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}