Dodgers right-hander Blake Treinen’s season is officially over, struck down by a shoulder injury suffered while warming up in the bullpen on Saturday. Manager Dave Roberts made it crystal clear: “his season’s over,” a gut punch to the Dodgers’ relief corps just when they need all hands on deck.
The Sudden Stop in the Bullpen
The veteran pitcher was getting ready to come into the game against the San Francisco Giants when something went terribly wrong. He just stopped warming up in the bullpen. SportsNet LA showed the stark footage: bullpen coach Josh Bard embracing Treinen, then the 38-year-old walking off with trainer Bernard Li toward the dugout and clubhouse. It was so sudden, Brock Stewart, who ended up pitching the bottom of the seventh, wasn’t even warming up before getting called in and needing extra pitches just to get ready. Roberts himself admitted, “I don’t know if it was a complete blowout. But really unfortunate.”
A Leader Lost and a Contract Winding Down
This injury hits hard, especially since Treinen just got back in September after missing two and a half months with elbow inflammation. In his brief return, he’d given up three runs in 6 2/3 innings, with three walks and six strikeouts. For the season, his 3.64 ERA and 5.07 xERA across 36 games, with 31 strikeouts and 13 walks in 29 2/3 innings, showed he was a consistent presence. Alex Vesia summed up the team’s feeling, saying, “Obviously it’s gut-wrenching for us. Blake’s one of our leaders in the bullpen. He’s been around for quite some time.” He’s the longest-tenured pitcher on the team, in his seventh season with the Dodgers. This also means his tenure with the team might be over, too; Treinen is in the final year of a two-year, $22 million contract and is set to be a free agent after this season.
With imaging still to come, the Dodgers are now without a veteran leader in their bullpen, and it looks like Treinen’s time in Los Angeles could be coming to an abrupt, unfortunate end.
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Originally reported by True Blue LA.
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