Dodgers: Possible Bullpen Targets to Replace Daniel Hudson

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 29: Daniel Hudson #41 of the Los Angeles Dodgers walks to the mound during the ninth inning of a game against the Philadelphia Phillies t Dodger Stadium on May 29, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 29: Daniel Hudson #41 of the Los Angeles Dodgers walks to the mound during the ninth inning of a game against the Philadelphia Phillies t Dodger Stadium on May 29, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /
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MONTERREY, MEXICO – MAY 05: Relief pitcher Adam Liberatore #36 of Los Angeles Dodgers pitches on the seventh inning during the MLB game against the San Diego Padres at Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey on May 5, 2018 in Monterrey, Mexico. Padres defeated the Dodgers 7-4. (Photo by Azael Rodriguez/Getty Images) /

Adam Liberatore, Josh Sborz, and JT Chargois

If the Dodgers want to replace Daniel Hudson with someone inside their organization they have three deserving candidates from the OKC bullpen.  Liberatore and Chargois are certainly no strangers to the Dodgers and both would be upgrades on Hudson.  Chargois throws hard with movement but he was unable to harness his control with the Dodgers.  So far with the OKC Dodgers, he has walked only one batter in three-plus innings so it’s possibly the demotion is having the same effect on him that it did for Scott Alexander.

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Adam Liberatore is also a known commodity to the Dodgers.  Liberatore helped finish off club’s combined no-hitter against the San Diego Padres and has thrived in the OKC bullpen.  In Triple-A, Liberatore has posted a 0.84 ERA and allowed just one run, a solo home run, in ten plus innings of work.  For the big league Dodgers this season, Adam Liberatore posted a 3.38 ERA but held opposing batters to a .214 batting average.

The one new internal candidate who could upgrade the Dodger bullpen is Josh Sborz.  Sborz is a right-hander from the University of Virginia and has been in the Dodgers organization since 2015.  This season Sborz has made stops at Double-A Tulsa and is now with the OKC Dodgers.  Overall, Josh Sborz has posted a 3.38 ERA while limiting the opposition to a .219 batting average.  Sborz has struck out 32 batters in twenty-six plus innings of work and has thrown a handful of shutout innings in spring training for the Dodgers over the past two springs.

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