GLENDALE, Ariz. — Four more years, Freddie Freeman says. The Dodgers first baseman wants to play until he’s 40, putting that out there as a soft target for retirement this spring.
Mookie Betts doesn’t expect to sign another contract. The team’s outfielder-turned-shortstop is planning to walk away when this one expires in six more seasons.
Blake Treinen is older than both of those players and also has a retirement plan in mind. But the relief pitcher is keeping that between him and his wife.
“If and when I do decide to hang it up, I’m not sure I’d really tell anybody,” the 37-year-old Treinen said. “I don’t think my career has warranted a fanfare. Guys like Mookie and Freddie, they’ve had pretty amazing careers. Guys like that, that’s for fans who want to appreciate knowing that they won’t see them again. For a reliever, you almost have to be a Mariano type to have that.”
Fanfare or not, there is at least one hint that this could be Treinen’s farewell season when he talks about the two-year contract he signed before last season.
“I don’t think God would have given me a two-year contract for me to just have the year I had last year,” Treinen said. “I’m praying my whole life that I’m able to go out on top as the best version of myself. I don’t think I’m done.”
Last year was certainly not the best version of Treinen. He went on the injured list in mid-April with a forearm strain and didn’t return until July. In 24 appearances after returning, he had a 6.27 ERA. His faith was tested with five losses in a two-week stretch of September.
“Oh, it was frustrating for sure,” Treinen said this spring. “I felt like the start of the year was pretty good. Then the elbow injury and just everything else after that – feeling good but not really having the stuff I’m used to having. There was a clear distinction in vertical break on a lot of things, how late things were moving.
“That’s frustrating, trying to figure it out down the stretch. You have a couple good ones and think, ‘Okay, I’m there.’ I remember thinking after the Seattle series (to end the regular season) and then against Cincinnati (in the Wild Card Series), ‘Okay.’ But it didn’t work out that way. Gratefully, we still won. It would have been harder if we hadn’t won. All in God’s time. So many people had opportunities to have potentially career moments. … I can’t feel too bad about it. Obviously, I would like to have pitched better in the World Series. But I know I contributed. That’s not what I’m worried about. You want to be your best at those big moments. I wasn’t. That’s alright. This year is a new year.”
At 37, Treinen still figures prominently in the Dodgers’ bullpen plans. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he thinks Treinen still has “a lot in the tank” and will be pitching in high-leverage situations in front of new closer Edwin Diaz.
“I know the age is one thing. But for me, it’s what I see and what the ball is doing,” Roberts said. “He’s healthy again. The ball is coming out really well. So for me, I don’t care about the age. The body is moving well. He’s still strong.”
Treinen said he feels “awesome” physically and has been happy with his pitch mix, though he expects to refine the command of his slider by the end of spring. Roberts doesn’t hesitate, saying some of Treinen’s early spring work has been “as good as I’ve seen him throw the baseball in a while.”
“I certainly trust him,” Roberts said of where the veteran fits in the bullpen hierarchy. “How much we lean on him, that’s kind of depending on how he’s feeling and who else we have around him and how they’re throwing the baseball.”
SASAKI PLAN
After two uneven outings in Cactus League games, Roki Sasaki’s next game action will be on the back fields in a ‘B’ game or simulated game setting, Roberts said.
“We have to get him to four innings,” Roberts said of Sasaki, who threw 45 pitches in his most recent outing but retired just six batters. “I think it’s just more of an easier, controlled (setting). We have to build him up, all the while being good too, right? But we had to take him out of a game the other day. When you get down the road you can’t afford to not have him built up.”
BABY WATCH
Kyle Tucker and his wife welcomed their first child, a baby boy. Tucker is expected to rejoin the team at Camelback Ranch for Friday’s workout and should be in a Cactus League game soon, according to Roberts.
Betts also left camp briefly this week to check on his wife, who is expecting another child soon.
UTILITY MAN
Santiago Espinal has impressed the Dodgers since being signed to a minor-league contract – enough to make the season-opening roster.
“It’d be hard to imagine him not being on the team,” Roberts said.
Espinal has gone 12 for 19 this spring, including a two-homer, six-RBI day against his former team, the Cincinnati Reds, on Thursday. Espinal can play all around the infield, even the corner outfield spots if needed. He has fit into camp “seamlessly,” Roberts said.
“He’s a smart player. He knows the type of player he needs to be to be a major-league player,” Roberts said. “He has fun playing, but there’s a focus when he plays.”
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