LOS ANGELES — When the final out was recorded on his most recent save – just the third of his promising young career – Jack Dreyer pumped a fist toward infielder Miguel Rojas, hugged catcher Ben Rortvedt and otherwise showed little emotion.
If the young left-hander was elated at the completion of a much-needed Dodgers’ victory on Sunday at Baltimore, he barely showed it. If he was a bundle of nerves over getting the call to end a five-game losing streak, he hid it well.
A surprise to make the roster when the season started for the defending World Series champions, the undrafted Dreyer still operates somewhat in obscurity as his first full season nears a close, and yet gives off an air like he has been there before.
In a sense, he has.
As one of just five Dodgers players who have been o