“I’m going to sit here until I’m blue in the face and tell you guys it’s not who I am as a pitcher,” Treinen said in a conference call with reporters Sunday morning. Oakland could have traded Treinen before the tender deadline or simply tendered him a contract to later trade him. The Dodgers paid the price because they believed Treinen was still an elite reliever. Whatever his role, Treinen is focused on proving himself right, along with the Dodgers and the other teams who believed in his abilities. “I’m not a broken pitcher,” Treinen said, “and I feel like that’s kind of been the consensus across baseball right now.”

Source: Los Angeles Times December 15, 2019 21:45 UTC