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Bullpen finding formula for repeat
Los Angeles Times
|October 18, 2025
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BLAKE TREINEN has been beleaguered, but the reliever has become part of a bridge to Roki Sasaki.
(ROBERT GAUTHIER Los Angeles Times)
Sasaki, the converted starter with a 100-mph fastball and vanishing forkball.
The organization's vision came together in Game 3, as the bullpen was entrusted with covering the 3¥sin-nings that remained after starter Tyler Glasnow’s removal.
With Vesia recording two outs and Treinen taking down two more, Roberts had to find a bridge to Sasaki. He called on Anthony Banda, who pitched just once in the three previous weeks.
Banda pitched a perfect eighth inning against the heart of the Brewers’ order, retiring Brice Turang, William Contreras and Christian Yelich in succession.
The night ended with Sasaki becoming the first pitcher to register each of his first three career saves in the postseason.
“The thing about our guys is they're battle-tested,” Roberts said, “and T’ve never lost faith in them.’
The truth was, he didn’t have a choice.
Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates, the team’s two high-priced bullpen additions from the offseason, aren’t on the active roster.
This story is from the October 18, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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