Report: Dodgers bolster bullpen, claim screwballer off waivers

Kyle Madson

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The Dodgers are aiming to bolster their bullpen as they piece together a pitching staff that has been hounded by injuries all season. MLB Network's Mark Feinsand on Saturday reported Los Angeles claimed Brent Honeywell off waivers.

Honeywell, 29, has appeared in 45 games since the 2021 season. He has a career 4.95 ERA with 50 strikeouts and 28 walks in 60.0 innings. He has a typical fastball, slider, sweeper, changeup pitch arsenal, but he also throws a screwball about 3.3 percent of the time according to Baseball Savant. 

While Honeywell struggled in 2021 and 2023, he had a 2.70 ERA in two appearances for the Pirates before getting waived this season. 

LA has leaned a lot on its bullpen while ironing out some issues in its starting rotation this year, so adding another reliever to the bullpen, particularly one that doesn't have a ton of innings on his arm this season, makes sense.  

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Kyle Madson neither likes writing about himself nor writing in the third person. Nevertheless, he persists. While Kyle has spent most of his writing career covering the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers, he’s never lost the love of baseball that has resided in the deepest recesses of his soul since he began playing T-ball at 4 years old (no matter how hard John Fisher has tried). Aside from writing, Kyle also hosts a radio show, the Insiders, with James Ham on ESPN 1320 in Sacramento. When he’s not being a sports dork, Kyle loves being a normal dork and traveling, visiting museums, diving further into K-Pop fandom (#SKZ) and hanging out with his wife and cats. Don’t follow him on Twitter or Instagram at @KyleAMadson.