Dem Bums – A Dodgers Blog

The Dodgers inked Takashi Saito to a one year, $1 million deal today.  This is a virtual bargain based on the going rate for relievers who have closed.  Saito came through huge for the Dodgers after Eric Gagne went down and Danys Baez struggled.  Saito saved 24 games and he struck out an impressive 107 batters in only 78 1/3 innings.

With Gagne’s future in doubt, it’s nice knowing we have a guy like Saito to fill in at the closer role.  Heck, just having a strikeout guy like this in the pen with another one like Jon Broxton is a luxury a lot of other teams don’t have.