With Eric's article about the lack of a need for 13 pitchers, it would probably be nice to see exactly how our pitchers have been used lately. If you are interested here's a chart showing how the pitching staff has been used (including pitch counts) over the past two weeks after the jump.
| 5/21 No Game | 5/22 vs. Angels | 5/23 vs. Angels | 5/24 vs. Angels | 5/25 vs. Rockies | 5/26 vs. Rockies | 5/27 vs. Rockies | 5/28 vs. Cubs | 5/29 vs. Cubs | 5/30 vs. Cubs | 5/31 vs. Cubs | 6/1 vs. D-Backs | 6/2 vs. D-Backs | 6/3 vs. D-Backs | |
| Kershaw | 97 | 98 | ||||||||||||
| Wolf | 95 | 109 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Billingsley | 108 | 111 | 111 | |||||||||||
| Stults | 95 | 55 | DL | |||||||||||
| Milton | 81 | 86 | ||||||||||||
| Kuroda | Activated 86 | |||||||||||||
| Weaver | 31 | 59 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Mota | 8 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 20 | |||||||||
| Schlichting | Called up | |||||||||||||
| Leach | 9 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 13 | ||||||||
| Ohman | 5 | 17 | 5 | DL | ||||||||||
| Wade | 20 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 32 | |||||||||
| Belisario | 9 | 31 | 14 | 34 | 37 | 15 | ||||||||
| Troncoso | 23 | 24 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 20 | ||||||||
| Broxton | 30 | 38 | 12 | 15 | 12 |
It looks to me like the Dodgers would be just fine with only 7 relievers. No one really looks overworked over the past two weeks, although Ramon Troncoso and Ronald Belisario have both been worked pretty hard. Troncoso, Belisario, and Brent Leach lead the Dodgers with 6 appearances over the last two weeks. The Dodgers have had 39 relief appearances over the last 13 games for an average of 3 relief appearances per game.