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Introducing BBI: How We Actually Score a Bullpen
The 2023 NLDS raised a specific problem that ERA could not answer. The Dodgers finished with the best run differential in baseball that season. Arizona swept them in three games in a best-of-five, with roughly half the Dodger payroll. The first post on this site tried to explain what happened to the bullpen. Three seasons…
Game Notes | LAD 8, PIT 9 | June 10, 2026
Shohei Ohtani threw 102 pitches, held a lineup nobody fears to four runs, and left with a five-run lead. The Dodgers lost anyway. Pittsburgh does that to you sometimes. Worth Remembering Ryan Ward. Bases loaded, two outs, 6th inning, up one. Grand slam to right. WPA +.264, the highest positive swing of the game. What…
The Ground Ball Bullpen: Built, Lost, and What It Cost the Dodgers
The 2023 Dodger bullpen had a ground ball rate of .480 and a walk rate of 2.57 BB/9. Three seasons later both metrics have reversed. The Pythagorean gap is part of the cost.