The Los Angeles Dodgers saw their 2022 season come to an end far before they would have hoped, but they still had one of the most historic seasons of all time by finishing the year with 111 wins, which set a live-ball era National League record.
The Dodgers led baseball with the most runs scored, backed by an offense featuring Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Trea Turner, and their pitching staff allowed the fewest number of runs thanks to an elite rotation and bullpen.
Although Brusdar Graterol and Yency Almonte dealt with injuries during the year, both were key members of the Dodgers bullpen while pitching in high-leverage roles often. Ultimately, they both allowed runs and took the loss in the final games of their season, but overall, both were effective more often than not.
After being eliminated, both Graterol and Almonte took to Twitter to thank Dodger fans for their support.
Thank you Dodgers fans ⚾️🙏🏾🫡🦾🔥😁 pic.twitter.com/H9ldxGWJKa
— brusdar graterol (@BrusdarGraterol) October 21, 2022
Dodger nation I want to say thank you for all the support all of you gave me this season. I see why you guys are the best in baseball!! Made it a blast going out and there and playing in front of you all 🙌🏾🙌🏾💯
— Yency Almonte (@showtimealmonte) October 19, 2022
The Dodgers finished the 2022 regular season with 3,861,408 in announced attendance (47,671 per game average), which once again lead the Majors in the category. Excluding the pandemic-impacted 2020 campaign when fans were not permitted, the Dodgers have led baseball in home attendance in baseball for nine consecutive seasons.
L.A. surpassed 3 million fans for the ninth time in the past 11 years, with the only exceptions during coming in 2020 and due to limited capacity for a portion of the 2021 schedule. Additionally, the Dodgers posted the second-highest attendance figure in Dodger Stadium history, falling just behind the 2019 season’s 3,974,309 in announced attendance.
Graterol finished his season with a 3.26 ERA in 46 games while Almonte became a breakout star with a 1.02 ERA in 33 games after signing a Minor League deal in the offseason.
Dodgers relievers comfortable without set roles
Although the Dodgers’ bullpen cost them in Game 4 of the National League Division Series, they were considered a strength of the team heading into the playoffs, despite the lack of a true closer.
Although the Dodgers constructed their bullpen differently than most teams do, relief ace Evan Phillips believes every pitcher understands the reasoning behind it. “I think we’ve somewhat done it this way all season,” Phillips began.
“Unfortunately we lost Blake (Treinen) early and Daniel Hudson shortly after that. Outside of the ninth inning early in the year, we didn’t really have defined roles and it was just going out there and getting the guys out that we were called upon for.
“I think the nature of what our bullpen has done this whole season, everyone has somewhat just bought into that idea of when the phone rings and your name is called, you go out there and you get your outs.”
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