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With the offseason fully upon us now, we embarked on the task of reviewing every player from the 2021 Dodgers. Every day beginning November 8 through December 31, we profiled at least one player from this year’s team.
This is the most ambitious season review project we’ve done here, considering the Dodgers used a franchise-record 61 different players, six more than they’ve used in any other season.
You might ask, with only 54 days remaining on the calendar in 2021, how did we fit all the reviews in this year? But it was even more daunting when you realize we reviewed 11 players who were on the Dodgers’ 40-man roster during the season but didn’t play in a game. One of them — a pitcher — was even on the active roster for one game, but he did not pitch.
To fit 72 player reviews into 54 days, we had some days with multiple reviews. All will be linked here for your reference. Last year, for comparison, we wrote 44 player reviews.
In addition to an essay about each player’s season, the reviews contain relevant statistics, roster and contract status, and a game of the year selection in most cases.
The breakdown of the reviews is 45 pitchers and 27 position players, though two of the position players also pitched. Can’t remember which two? Don’t worry, their versatile exploits will be covered within.
Mookie Betts started off the review series, just like the 116 games he started batting leadoff for the Dodgers this season. The final review was of closer Kenley Jansen. Oh, and the review for Ryan Meisinger — the pitcher who was active for one day but did not pitch — was on December 24, a perfect present for Christmas Eve.
I hope you enjoy the series.
2021 Dodgers season reviews
November 8: Mookie Betts
November 9: Julio Urías
November 9: Jimmy Nelson
November 10: Chris Taylor
November 11: David Price
November 11: Alex Vesia
November 12: Brusdar Graterol
November 13: Steven Souza Jr.
November 14: Justin Bruihl
November 15: Trea Turner
November 16: Matt Beaty
November 16: Phil Bickford
November 17: Blake Treinen
November 18: Dustin May
November 18: Tony Gonsolin
November 19: AJ Pollock
November 20: Travis Blankenhorn
November 21: Jake Jewell
November 22: Max Muncy
November 23: Joe Kelly
November 23: Trevor Bauer
November 24: Austin Barnes
November 24: Mitch White
November 25: Corey Knebel
November 26: Sheldon Neuse
November 27: Yoshi Tsutsugo
November 28: Mike Kickham
November 29: Max Scherzer
November 30: Kevin Quackenbush
November 30: Scott Alexander
December 1: Edwin Ríos
December 2: Evan Phillips
December 2: Victor González
December 3: Albert Pujols
December 4: Tommy Kahnle
December 5: Caleb Ferguson
December 6: Gavin Lux
December 7: Zach McKinstry
December 7: Garrett Cleavinger
December 8: Josiah Gray
December 9: Edwin Uceta
December 9: Andre Jackson
December 10: Cody Bellinger
December 11: Bobby Wahl
December 11: Anthony Bemboom
December 12: Conner Greene
December 13: Clayton Kershaw
December 14: Luke Raley
December 14: Jake Reed
December 15: Neftalí Féliz
December 15: Billy McKinney
December 16: Nate Jones
December 16: Darien Núñez
December 17: Keibert Ruiz
December 18: Chad Wallach
December 19: Cole Hamels
December 20: Corey Seager
December 21: Dennis Santana
December 21: Jimmie Sherfy
December 22: Andy Burns
December 23: Yefry Ramírez
December 23: Shane Greene
December 24: Ryan Meisinger
December 25: Danny Duffy
December 26: Ashton Goudeau
December 27: Justin Turner
December 28: Will Smith
December 28: Andrew Vasquez
December 29: DJ Peters
December 30: Zach Reks
December 30: Walker Buehler
December 31: Kenley Jansen