{"id":97166,"date":"2025-09-23T08:12:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T08:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=97166"},"modified":"2025-09-23T08:13:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T08:13:25","slug":"%f0%9f%92%a1%f0%9f%92%a1%f0%9f%92%a1insight-roberts-speaks-out-on-treinen-dodgers-manager-dave-roberts-sent-an-honest-message-about-blake-treinen-ahead-of-the-postseason-insiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=97166","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udca1\ud83d\udca1\ud83d\udca1INSIGHT: ROBERTS SPEAKS OUT ON TREINEN \u2014 Dodgers\u2019 manager Dave Roberts sent an honest message about Blake Treinen ahead of the postseason, insiders say his comments reveal the team\u2019s internal strategy and concerns, and fans are buzzing over whether this transparency will impact Dodgers\u2019 playoff performance."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235715599.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235715599.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235715599.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235715599.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Dodgers' Dave Roberts Sends Honest Message on Blake Treinen Before Postseason\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>LOS ANGELES, CA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 18, 2025: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen (49) pitches in relief against the San Francisco Giants in the seventh inning at Dodger Stadium on September 18, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.(Gina Ferazzi \/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers are going to the 2025 MLB playoffs. But whether they have a former postseason hero coming out of their bullpen remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Dodgers manager Dave Roberts spoke about Blake Treinen\u2019s ongoing struggled and why he is hopeful the LA reliever will be able to find his form when the postseason starts.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers (88-68) clinched a playoff berth Friday and have a magic number of three to clinch the National League West. But Treinen, who was 2-0 with a 2.19 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 12 1\/3 innings last October, is 1-7 this year with a 5.55 ERA and minus-0.6 bWAR and has been especially bad in September.<\/p>\n<h2>What Did Dave Roberts Say About Blake Treinen\u2019s Recent Struggles?<\/h2>\n<p>Treinen was having another remarkably consistent year into September until the wheels came off starting in Baltimore \u2014 on the near-no-hitter loss to the Orioles.<\/p>\n<p>But Treinen is 0-5 with one blown save and a 15.19 ERA in 5 1\/3 innings over his past seven appearances since Sept. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Two of those losses came against the Philadelphia Phillies, who the Dodgers may see in the playoffs down the road, and two of the defeats came against the rival San Francisco Giants, including his five-base-runner, three-run implosion over 2\/3 of an inning Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Treinen entered with the Dodgers leading 1-0, after a brilliant seven-shutout-inning performance from Emmett Sheehan. But he gave up three straight hits, including Patrick Bailey\u2019s game-tying double, then walked Rafael Devers and Willy Adames, putting LA behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just wasn\u2019t getting [swing and] miss,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cI don\u2019t know if he was being too fine. I thought the stuff started getting better with the Adames at-bat, where he had count leverage but couldn\u2019t put him away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need him. It was a perfect opportunity for him to put up a zero, and he didn\u2019t get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>What Did Dave Roberts Say About Blake Treinen In The Playoffs?<\/h2>\n<p>Treinen has been one of the Dodgers\u2019 high-leverage relievers since 2020, but LA has has not seen him slump like this since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Back then, Roberts had Kenley Jansen and a plethora of trustworthy arms \u2014 including Treinen \u2014 to rely on. But this year, the Dodgers are entering with a bunch of question marks, including Treinen and closer Tanner Scott, who has a minus-0.5 bWAR and 4.64 ERA in 58 appearances as the closer.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts knows how important Treinen is to the Dodgers, especially since his starting pitchers have not given them depth \u2014 and each game in the playoffs is a race to see which team can get 27 outs by any means necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Roberts is confident in his setup man to flip the switch when the playoffs start next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce you get to the postseason, then nothing else matters except competing and doing your job,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cI do think that [Treinen] is caught up in the mechanic part of it, and the thought is the performance in the postseason, the success in the postseason has been fantastic, and sometimes there is something that kind of triggers in your mind \u2014 the familiarity and the competition and you get on a run and get hot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re expecting from Blake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pat Pickens is an experienced sports writer and media personality who has written for outlets like NHL.com, the Associated Press, the New York Times and USA Today. He covers the NFL, NBA, NHL and NBA as a breaking news contributor at Heavy. More about Pat Pickens<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Dodgers<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dodgers have come to rely on Blake Treinen in the playoffs, but he is struggling this year as LA gets ready for October. 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