Rank the Dodgers relievers

Ranking the Dodgers relievers through June. I got a couple of my favorites, and Torre got some of his favorites. Maybe one day they'llmeet up. :)d

1. Jonathan Broxton - Easily number one, he's the closer, the guy who stirs the drink, throws a 100 MPH fastball. And going force the Dodgers to pay his rotundness a lot of cash next year. 

2. Ramon Troncoso - You can't go wrong picking Troncoso or Belisario 2nd. Troncoso gets the 2nd pick because of a couple of reasons. He was supposedly the last pitcher chosen for the roster, and now he's the 8th inning/backup closer. And he's been money this year outside of a couple implosions.

3. Ronald Belisario - You heard the stories already. He was scouted out of winter ball. Great stuff, poor makeup. Throws 96 MPH bowling balls, had several different nicknames including Pumpkin Head. Also tried to throw a wild pitch during an intentional walk. There's concerns that Torre is trying to kill his arm, but Ronald knows the score. I'm sure if you ask him if the choice was between Torre overusing him, or the Dodgers pushing him down the depth chart because he can't be used as much, he'll choose the first option. Because if there's one thing, Torre's loyal to his guys.

4. Brent Leach - First lefty, and a guy I really feel should be used more. I understand why Torre doesn't want to use him most nights. He's the only lefty in the bullpen at the moment, and he doesn't want to be caught flat footed against a lefty-lefty matchup. But he simply needs to pitch more. Leach only pitched 13.1 innings, and he's been on the roster since May 6th. If you're worried that Broxton, Troncoso, and Belsario's innings count, you should hope that Torre simply uses Leach a bit more. One odd thing about Leach this year, lefties are actually hitting better against him over right handers.

Right handers: .448 OPS(28 PA) , left handers: .741 OPS(26 PA)

5. Jeff Weaver - I admit, I was scratching my head when the Dodgers decided to throw Jeff Weaver a bone in the off season and give him a minor leauge contract and an opptunity in spring training. Obviously it wasn't going to cost the Dodgers much, but he's Jeff Weaver. I'll just say his upside isn't as high as a guy like Ronald Belisario. But suprisingly, he pitched pretty well considering the circumistances. Long relief, spot starter, etc. A jack of all trade and masters of none he is, but hey. He's Jeff Weaver, and he pitched way better than I expected. 

6. Cory Wade - Simply not the same pitcher he was last year. Last year, it was Ramon Troncoso on the short stick, and this year is Wade. That said, he seems to be a bit unlucky this year, Fangraphs has his ERA(Before the White Sox game where he gave up 4 ERs, so the info will be a bit outdated.) At 4.68, but his FIP at 3.62

Remember that thing about Torre being loyal to his guys? That's Wade there. Other guys Torre would pull on a drop of a hat, guys with better stuff like Troncoso and Belisario early in the season, Torre will leave in to struggle. That's not Wade's fault though, that's on Torre not realizing or not caring that Wade can't finish the job without being roughed up.

7. James McDonald - Just called up, and first appearance he goes 2 and 2/3 innings with one earned run on a home run by Josh Field. I wasn't able to see the game so I can't tell how well he really did pitch, but that seems encouraging to me. His job as is is to be the new long man, which Weaver hasn't been lately. Will the Dodgers let him do that though? There's rumors that McDonald will be sent down to activate either Milton or Stults.

8. Guillermo Mota - This guy. While he pitched better than he has to start the season. He's still Mota. He's a guy who should have been a NRI, and instead Ned Coletti somehow thought he was worth $2.3 million. Mota's has some positives, he can throw a 94 MPH fastball. His reputation as a crap pitcher forces some of the batters he faces to underestimate him, and ground weakly. And he had a scoreless streak for a while until he gave up a homer to Juan Rivera on Friday.

That said.

I wouldn't mind if he was DFAed this moment.

9. Will Ohman - Oh-man, last I heard he's scheduled for a MRI. Has an option for $1.5 million next year, and the only way it doesn't get exercised if he's hurt. I like Ohman, but he's no good for anybody hurt.

10. Scott Elbert - Was in the bullpen for a couple of weeks, Dodgers decided that wasn't for him, and decided to put him back in the starting rotation in the minors. Was just promoted to Triple-A, and is rumored it was done to allow other teams to see how Elbert does against tougher competition so they can scout him in any trades.

11.Hong-Chin Kuo - He's been on the DL since April 29th. Haven't much from him, and what we had isn't encouraging. He'll finally be arbitration eligble next year, but I imagine the Dodgers will offer him a contract if he can pitch. Has gone on record that he'll retire before going under the knife again.

12.Travis Schlichting - Used only twiced, and then shipped off to Triple-A to make room for McDonald. He'll probably come back up in Sept.