Chris Martin and Tommy Kahnle showed flashes of excellence out of the bullpen, enough to make the postseason roster. Anyone else?
but given the overall arc of Kimbrel’s season, I’m guessing they will have little trouble, erm, letting go.Kahnle spent most of the season on the injured list recovering from forearm inflammation. When healthy, his fastball/changeup combination was electric. He struck out more than a batter per inning while limiting opponents to a 0.63 WHIP.
Kahnle’s $3.45 million salary this season was a potential heist for the Dodgers. The injury really got in the way, but one can understand what the front office saw in him. I’m just not sure if it’ll be enough to get the Dodgers to offer him another major-league contract for next year, when Kahnle turns 34.
At the time, the Martin-for-Zach-McKinstry swap looked like the kind of sensible bullpen-bolstering trade contending teams make at the deadline. Nothing more, nothing less. From that point on, Martin was
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